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Let me start by quoting the EU Trade and Investment Strategy approved by the EU Council on 27 November 2015: “The EU’s strategic interest remains to achieve closer economic ties with Russia. The prospects for this will, however, be determined primarily by the course ...
On February 19, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council hosted an expert meeting “Cooperation between the EU and the EEU: Realities and Opportunities.” The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the expediency of and prospects for international research on the subject. The issues discussed by experts at the meeting were as follows: 1. Perception of the ...
... kind of a reactive foreign policy which is trying to respond to challenges to the Russian national security and development priorities, Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council said in an exclusive interview with Eurasia Diary. “I think, it is more reactive rather than proactive and more tactical than strategic,” he added. The expert believes that first of all, Russia needs to reinvent its economic development model, because the current model is inherited....
The final failure of the trilateral Russian-Ukrainian-EU trade negotiations was a bad Christmas present to all the parties involved. The negotiations had lasted for a year and a half; there had been more than twenty rounds of meetings, including six at the ministerial level. The sides had addressed many ...
Russia’s trade with the European Union dropped by about 30% in the first nine months of 2015 due to the European sanctions and falling oil prices, Russia’s Permanent Representative at the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said on Tuesday, commenting on the decision of the ...
... plan, which not only failed to be implemented, but also led to the unlawful independence of Kosovo. This, in turn, provoked the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The peace prizes awarded to Barack Obama in 2009, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010 and the European Union in 2012 were an attempt to influence the policies pursued by the main world players. While recognizing the role of major states, the Nobel Committee sought to encourage them to do something to repair the crumbling world architecture. Obama’s ...
This was written as the Paris attacks unfolded. I have preserved the unfolding nature of the original piece to connect the reader in a deeper sense to what I was feeling as I wrote this. As this historic terrorist attack unfolds, France, Europe, the West, and the Middle East need to really think about what they've been doing and what they are about to do before doing it. This is a time to be smart, but it is also a time to marginalize unhelpful, myopic voices, be they those of ...
... early October, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel visited Sochi to meet with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in the capacity of a leading international political figure because his small country is presiding over the European Union and can wield more influence in the EU agenda. The Luxembourg Embassy and Russian International Affairs Council gathered several European ambassadors and experts together in a meeting behind closed doors to mull over the ways out of the ...
... customs in order to inform future generation of French sailors that would undertake another commercial trips to the Russian North. Until St. Petersburg was founded in 1703, Arkhangelsk was the only harbor city that would allow Russia to have access to European trade. The first French-Russian trade and friendship agreement was signed in Arkhangelsk. Bruno Vianey, in his book “Le voyage de Jean Sauvage en Moscovie en 1586”, highlights the importance of this expedition for what it represents ...
By Brian E. Frydenborg, February 26th, 2015 (updated February 27th-28th) Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse here If you think your site or another would be a good place for this content please do not hesitate to reach out to me! Please feel free to share and repost on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (you can follow me there at @bfry1981) One of the sad things about looking at current commentary about Russia, America, and the state of their relationship is the lack of measured and reasoned...
| 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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