... the EU is subject to
Chapter 35
of EU accession, which relates to the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo (European Union 2015), and despite the fact that Serbia has shown engagement in the dialogue, it still has restraints in many areas,... ... (The Times of Israel 2021), seem to point to the fact that Serbia is taking a tougher stance in this regard. Serbia relies on Russia’s veto as a permanent member of the UN Security Council in order to receive a more satisfactory resolution to the Kosovo ...
On March 12, 2021, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation held an online expert discussion to assess the state and prospects for fostering the relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation
On March 12, 2021, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation held an online expert discussion to assess the state and prospects for fostering the relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation....
... other hand, has drawn increasingly closer to Islamist radicals, who have nothing in common with the Western values. Ten years after the conflict broke out, the US maintains a largely symbolic military presence in Syria’s northeast regions, while the European Union is plainly unable to settle on a new strategy in Syria.
Should Russia be considered a winner? Tactically—yes. Russia’s successful and relatively low-budget military operation quickly made Moscow the principal external actor in Syria. As far as we can see, though, Moscow has failed to design any exit strategy ...
Report 65/2021
Report 65/2021
The report analyses the application of foreign sanctions against Russian citizens, companies and economy sectors. It also considers global trends in the use of sanctions and restrictive measures against Russia within individual areas (the “Ukrainian package,” sanctions against pipeline projects, “cyber sanctions,...
... or a company from the EU, which fell, for example, under the blocking sanctions of the US Treasury, could make payments within the EU. Now European banks will simply refuse such transactions, and the courts are likely to side with them. In fact, the European Union wants to create infrastructure that has already been created, for example, in Russia. Moscow was considering the establishment of a national payment system even before the large-scale sanctions of 2014. Despite the limited weight of Russia in the global financial system, the country has its own sovereign payment system, which allows ...
... will Russia can achieve almost anything.
In order to fulfill one’s national interests, it is important to work really hard, and Russia is good at it.
It is most expedient to look at the state of relations between Russia and the Council of Europe, Russia and the European Union through the perspective of a politically strong Russia.
Sergey Utkin
Membership in international organizations should be considered in the broader context of foreign policy and international relations in general. No international organizations ...
... Leo Vass, Second Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Russia. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed state and prospects of the Transdniestrian settlement, Russia-Moldova relations, as well as some general challenges of interaction between Russia and the European Union at the present stage.
... rapid pace. The most important of these were: Russia’s belonging to European civilization; the overwhelming majority of the population and manufacturing potential being concentrated in the European part of the country; the geographical proximity of Russia and the European Union; the volume of their economic, financial and technological ties and trade; the greater appeal of the European Union’s legal, humanitarian and socioeconomic model compared to the American or than any other model; the European Union’s ...
... presidential decree, assessed how real the threat is and what consequences it could lead to.
It is necessary to make it clear what "a possible break with the EU" means – whether cutting relations with individual European countries or with European Union structures, said Kortunov.
"If we talk about EU countries, we shouldn’t forget that they now account for more than 40% of Russia's trade turnover, they are the main source of investments and technologies that go to Russia. No one is ready to give up on this, and no one will," he said.
As for structures of the EU bloc, in general, a break would be possible, but it would ...
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