... UC Interview Series: Andrey Kortunov
In the interview for the The University Consortium
Andrey Kortunov
, Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), shares his analysis of Russia´s relations with its neighbours, EU and China.
Interviewer: ... ... resources in building stronger relations with our neighbours. I do not recall a single visit of any Russian President to any of the Baltic states, while American and many Western European leaders paid visits to Tallinn regularly. But Estonia should be more important ...
Russia and its Baltic Sea neighbors could start repairing their badly broken relationship ... ... area. As a result, I even wrote a short book for CMC called The Baltic Chance: The Baltic States, Russia, and the West in the New Europe. The idea behind both the project... ... collaboration on the issue of climate. This is now seen as a priority not only in the European Union, but increasingly in Russia as well. What is particularly interesting...
... represent the interests of the Russian-speaking minority. The centrists came to power because they had
committed themselves
to the principal tenets of Estonian nationalism, thereby ensuring the stability of Estonia’s political course.
Roman Mayka:
Russia's Position on the Baltic States: Why We Need Each Other
While the new approach to the European Union may be connected to the EKRE Eurosceptics coming into the government, the new President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid is attempting to revise the country’s relations with Russia. Her initiatives have resulted in an official visit to Moscow ...
This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between Russia and NATO, namely in the Baltic region. The authors argue that steps to ensure military stability are not only possible, but are also mutually beneficial.
This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between ...
... large Russian-speaking communities as a fifth column leading to tensions that exist to this day. After a while, problems have accumulated, and Russia's unchanging attitude pushed the three Baltic republics towards the Western institutions: NATO and the European Union. In the midst of these problems, Russia has yet to change its attitude towards the Baltic states. Moscow preferred to talk to the 'old Europe' over the heads of Russia's closest Western neighbors. Russia still expects that Brussels, Berlin and Paris would solve all the problems within the EU and the Baltic states in particular. Such ...
On June 10–12, 2019, in St. Petersburg, European Council on Foreign Relations together with Russian International Affairs Council held an expert meeting on “Security Issues in Relations between Russia and the Baltic States and Russia-Ukraine Relations”
On June 10–12, 2019, in St. Petersburg, European Council on Foreign Relations together with Russian International Affairs Council held an expert meeting on “Security Issues in Relations between Russia ...
... has been closely linked with the eastern neighbour since the Soviet times: in 2014 Russia
fully met
the gas needs of these republics having exported 2.5 billion cubic... ... “energy mainland.”
At the end of the day the efforts of the leaders of the Baltic states to resolve the current situation are driven by political phobias. On the... ... connected with their dependence on Russian gas supplies. Russia
meets
about a third of the European Union’s gas needs, with Poland, Italy and Germany accounting for 60%...
