Why does Russia need a new framework agreement with the EU? What should it be like?

... together. Photo: Andrey Kortunov Andrey Kortunov, PhD, RIAC Director General As the history of relations between Moscow and Brussels suggests, both parties can live without a framework agreement. The term of the initial document signed by Russia and the European Union two decades ago, has long expired; the new framework agreement has been negotiated since 2008, with deadlines repeatedly postponed: but the absence of an agreement, however, does not mean the end of cooperation. Still, the framework agreement is an important political document reflecting the understanding ...