... issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: various aspects of relations between Russia and the West, application of new U.S. sanctions against Russia and Russia's response measures, recent developments in the interaction between Russia and the European Union, and the specifics of bilateral Russian-Danish relations. The priorities of Putin’s fourth presidential term, possible dynamics of Russia's social and economic development, and current Russian foreign policy priorities were also touched ...
... Ukrainian crisis, no ‘business as usual’ is possible in any foreseeable future; Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree on many critically important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that of the European Union; it will not take any initiatives that might look risky, inappropriate or untimely to other members of these organizations. To cut it short, there are absolutely no reasons to hope for any breakthrough in the German-Russian relations just ...
... revolutionary change of the social and economic way of life was a correct one.
Of course, not everything is doom and gloom in the Ukrainian economy. For one, the forecasts of an imminent economic collapse and social upheavals did not prove true. The country’s economy grew by 2.1 per cent in 2017. Trade with the European Union was particularly pronounced that year, growing
29 per cent from the same period the previous year
, reaching $17.5 billion (42 per cent of all exports). There are also positive examples with regard to individual types of commodities, primarily ...
The European Union has been active in Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The impact of its activities have varied across the five independent Central Asian states: - The political impact of the EU's policies has been the most evident ...
... is probably overstated.
But similarly, in certain EU countries and in the US, politicians over there will say that Russia’s economy is in tatters and it’s because of sanctions (the way Barack Obama put it). I don’t think that was true, either. Politicians ... ... circumstances we are living in?
Igor Yushkov:
Sanctions vs. Cheap Oil: What is More Dreadful for Russia’s Fuel & Energy Complex?
For European Union countries, one main point is that they’re a net energy importer. The EU is the largest net energy importer in ...
The fifth African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit was held on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The leaders of African and EU countries once again gathered to develop strategic decisions on the future of their cooperation. Interestingly, this is the first time ...
... November 24, 2017, arguing the need for closer relations with the European Union’s eastern neighbours. Indeed, in recent years, Georgia has been just about the only country in the region that continues to display lofty ambitions in its relations with the European Union while at the same time making a number of practical changes in public administration and the economy in keeping with Georgia’s commitment to “political association and economic integration” with the European Union. In this context, one wonders if Georgia is in a position to become the new “success story” of the Eastern Partnership against ...
... demonstrate long-term economic growth, unlike its neighbours.
Ukraine is experiencing a zero balance of exports and imports with the European Union. The balance used to be negative; however, Ukraine has arrived at the current level at the expense of declining ... ... cent to
10 per cent over the past 25 years
.
With its current extreme reliance on foreign capital injections, the Ukrainian economy is waiting for a decision from the IMF on a new credit tranche. If the country receives what would be its fourth tranche,...
... “mediating” role of the European Union’s governing bodies, with all their mechanisms and channels of influence, will continue to grow. This will be equally true of the Baltic Sea Region countries.
Moscow, for its part, continues to regard the European Union as a key strategic foreign economic partner, despite the Russian economy’s “pivot to the east” and the Western sanctions. This is a given for the preservation of the scale and balance of foreign economic cooperation in Russia’s interests. The emphases made in Russian official statements indicate that there ...
... among today’s world leaders a person more charming, wise, experienced, knowledgeable and at the same time so easy-going and ironic. He is the father of the Luxembourg economic miracle. He turned the country with a lop-sided declining steel-making economy into a leading financial centre of the world with the highest per capita income in the European Union. Luxembourg today has the highest AAA credit rating. The only other EU country that has such a rating is Germany.
No wonder I read with some dismay arrogant, disdainful and extremely unfair foreign and Russian media comments on his annual ...
