Neither the Russian foreign affairs ministry nor the European Commission
, the executive arm of the EU, was immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC on Friday.
The relationship between Russia and the EU hit a new low last week when the EU s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, visited his counterpart in Moscow. It has since been described as a humiliating trip by analysts.
Borrell went
to voice the EU s opposition to the arrest of Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President
Vladimir Putin. However, he accused Russia of
putting together an aggressively-staged press conference during his trip.
In remarks to the press, Lavrov said that, the EU is not a reliable partner, at least at the current stage. Borrell failed to address that comment, which sparked
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