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On September 30, 2021, the 17th EUREN (EU-Russia Network) meeting on the election period and correlation between domestic and foreign policy in EU-Russia relations was held online. The opening remarks were made by Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
The discussion focused on the impact of the parliamentary elections in Germany on its foreign policy and the impact of the elections to the Russian parliament on bilateral ...
The meeting agenda covers the latest international events affecting relations between Russia and the European Union, and the prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation in various fields
On August 27–29, 2021, Salzburg (Austria) is hosting a regular hybrid meeting of DER-Dialog-Europe-Russia Advisory Board, that meets twice a year under ...
... nine more large companies, according to which at the beginning of June this year the general license was not renewed. That is, they were no longer exempt from the sanctions.
In part, this list overlaps with the list of 78 organizations specified by the European Union when it introduced
its restrictions in June
. Brussels also used sectoral sanctions, but their principle is different from the American one. In particular, certain categories of petroleum products and potash fertilisers were prohibited ...
... Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of the People’s Republic of China. Second, this is the first anniversary of the stormy internal political events in Belarus that followed presidential elections which were not recognised by the United States or the European Union and caused discontent among a significant part of Belarusian society.
In the first case, we see how the behaviour of a formally independent state is completely subordinate to the decisions of one of the great powers. Protection by the United ...
... Europe and Montenegro will not deviate from the path to EU accession. Montenegro is already the front runner in the process and, according to the results of a public opinion poll conducted in November and December 2020 on behalf of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro,
77.6% of Montenegrin citizens
have a positive attitude towards the EU and the country has opened all chapters with three provisionally closed (European Union External Action Service, 2021). Furthermore, the country, together ...
On July 26–30, 2021, International University Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain, in partnership with the European Union Delegation in Spain, held a summer course “Quo Vadis Europa?” for young European scientists.
On July 26–30, 2021, International University Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain, in partnership with the European Union Delegation in ...
... a meeting with Krzysztof Krajewski, Polish Ambassador to Russia.
The issues discussed in the course of the meeting with the Polish diplomat included bilateral Russian-Polish relations, as well as more general issues of Russia's interaction with the European Union and NATO. The discussion also touched upon the prospects for the development of the OSCE in the context of the upcoming Polish chairmanship of this organization in 2022. The Polish Ambassador was informed about RIAC short-term work plans ...
... devaluing of common values has directly resulted in
disassembling common spaces
, including people-to-people contacts. Today, the never-implemented idea of a visa-free regime is exacerbated by a number of scandals with Russian spies penetrating into the European Union as well as by borders closures on account of the pandemic. It is far more difficult to enter the European Union today than it was five years ago. Yet, free movement of people who carry ideas and values is the key means of communication ...
RIAC and Aspen Institute (Italy), in cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), continued the series of international forums
RIAC and Aspen Institute (Italy), in cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), continued the series of international forums. On July 13, 2021, the second Russia-EU Forum was held. The
first Russia-EU Forum
took place on July 9, 2020.
The second Russia-EU Forum focused on the relations between the EU countries and Russia in...
... welfare programs will see the European workforce become too expensive to be competitive on the global markets. At the same time, its professional and geographic mobility in many EU member states remains relatively low.
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia and the European Union: Shall We Dispense with Summits?
For Russia, such negative tendencies within the EU would accelerate the country’s pivot from the EU to China, South-East Asia and other Asian nations. This pivot could get another impetus once the EU introduces ...
