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A joint seminar with the Embassy of Estonia to Russia and the Delegation of the European Union in the Russian Federation is planned for mid-autumn 2017. On August 30, 2017, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a meeting with Arti Hilpus, the Estonian Ambassador to Russia. The meeting ...
... Political Affairs Directorate; Martin Roger, Director of Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Issues, Policy Planning Department; Arti Hilpus, Estonia's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Russia; Veikko Kala, Minister-Counsellor, Estonian Embassy to Russia. The following issues were discussed: Russia-EU relations, opportunity for a RIAC and Embassy of Estonia co-organized seminar during Estonia’s Chairmanship in the EU. Andrey Kortunov, Director Genera, Russian International Affairs Council,...
... since the Soviet times: in 2014 Russia fully met the gas needs of these republics having exported 2.5 billion cubic metres of gas to Lithuania, 1 billion to Latvia and 0.4 billion to Estonia. The BRELL power grid has been supplying power to Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia since 2001. In 2009 the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant which generated up to 70% of the gas consumed in Lithuania and made it possible to export energy was shut down on the EU’s demand. The Baltics finally turned from an energy-excessive ...
... place was chosen for particular reasons: it saw fierce battles between the Red Army and the armed forces of the Third Reich, including the Estonian SS-Legion. The core Europe and international organizations choose to ignore this tradition in modern Estonia, while Russia is its chief critic. Just as in Latvia, Estonian SS veterans, however, de facto enjoy the patronage of the local government. In 2013, for example, in response to the traditional criticism by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its Estonian ...
... dealt with ‘either our way or their way’. In that case, how will Estonia use its position within the EU to influence the development of its relations with Russia? Estonia will definitely not encourage the EU to recklessly boost ties with Russia. Estonians are sceptical about Russia and they think they know it too well. They then feel it is their responsibility to warn fellow Europeans to ‘take care, it is a dangerous place’. I can recall several occasions where politics and business ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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