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The French leader said the EU needs to be “ready to act” if Moscow goes “too far” French President Emmanuel Macron has said that while Paris seeks to avoid direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict, an intervention may be necessary to deter Russia from advancing too far.

The Baltic states have been displaying “extreme Russophobia,” harassing even Russian-speaking children, a senior diplomat says Moscow will not sever diplomatic relations with Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania despite the “extreme Russophobia” rampant in the three Baltic states, since such a move would effectively mean “abandoning our compatriots in trouble,” the director of the Russian Foreign…