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Listen: "I believe that when history is written on the Crimean conflict, it will be seen as a defeat for Russia."
Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister and champion of a united Europe, does not mince words about Vladimir Putin. But when it comes to the state of the European Union today, he is as upbeat as a Swede can be.
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