... reappeared on the horizon in 2020, and after the incident with the Ryanair flight, the pressure on Minsk increased significantly. The European Union has expanded its lists of blocked persons. By June 2021,
these were 166 individuals and 15 legal entities
, including ... ... taken will not yet lead to the collapse of the Belarusian economy. A significant proportion of the country’s trade is with Russia. However, in a number of areas, sanctions are still quite painful, especially in the field of oil refining and the production ...
... focused on the prospects of the second-track diplomacy in the EU – Russia relations. Sabine Fischer, Senior Research Fellow at SWP, and Larisa Deriglasova, Professor at the Tomsk State University, spoke on the matter. Alexander Gusarov, Head of the European Union Division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia, acted as a discussant.
The following session was aimed at identifying potential spheres of constructive cooperation of Moscow and Brussels with energy sector and the Arctic acting as such. The former was introduced by Irina Kustova, CEPS Research ...
Presentation of The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations, December 6, 2021 at 14:30
Given the current state of the EU-Russia relations, few channels of communication remain as effective and fruit bearing as earlier. This leaves both Russia and Europe in need of boosting their efforts to ...
... Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Mitja Slavinec, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia; Branko Rakovec, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia to the Russian Federation; and Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation
On November 11, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in partnership with the Embassy of the Slovenian Republic and the EU Delegation to Russia, held the Eleventh Meeting in the “EU-Russia” Series by RIAC and the ...
... for Afghanistan, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The delegation also included other EEAS representatives and members of the EU Delegation to Russia. The following issues were discussed during the meeting: possible interaction between Russia and the European Union in the APR and the Indian Ocean region, prospects for the development of multilateral formats of international cooperation in Asia, and the impact of the U.S.-China confrontation on the situation in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In addition,...
... and the Embassies of the Chair Countries of the Council of the European Union
Speech at the 11th Meeting in the “EU-Russia” Series held by the Russian International Affairs Council and the Embassies of the Chair Countries of the Council of the European Union
Dear colleagues,
Russia’s relations with Western Balkans enjoy a centuries-long tradition. Despite a geographic distance that separates us we are closely united by our common history, Slavic roots, likeness of temper and culture, language and traditions, strong ties ...
... The beauty of the set of consultations we have with the EU is its evolving and flexible nature, allowing us to adapt and embrace new issues.
3. On a different track—regional cooperation.
Despite all political complications the interaction between Russia, the European Union and its Member States, as well as Norway and Iceland, within the framework of the Northern Dimension and its four partnerships—Environmental, in Public Health and Social Well-being, on Transport and Logistics, and on Culture—is developing ...
... of EU interest”. This is, to put it bluntly, a kind of a Bermuda triangle. In these treacherous waters any constructive initiatives are doomed to run aground and sink. Hardly the best scenario for the current European security equation.
3. Globally Russia and the countries of the European Union are being overwhelmed by poly-crises, ranging from pandemics and migration to climate change. The scale and complexity of these security-related challenges is mounting at an alarming rate.
Being closest neighbors, Russia and the EU are ...
... for relations between Russia and the West.
The meeting was attended by international experts from the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.
The positions of the United States, the European Union, and Russia on Afghanistan were presented by Douglas Lute, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired, United States Permanent Representative to NATO 2013-2017; Natalie Tocchi, Director of the Institute of International Relations (IAI) in Rome; and Andrey Kortunov,...
... negative dynamic of the relationship. The scenario suggests that the EU emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic stronger and more united. According to this narrative Brussels also takes a more pro-active stance, including on foreign and security policy. In Russia, a more active opposition prompts the political leadership to embark on certain economic and political reforms. This changes Moscow’s foreign policy rationale and opens a window of opportunity for more constructive engagement with the European Union, including on the Donbas conflict. Both sides are able to steer their relationship through the choppy waters of global US-Chinese rivalry.
Little of what happened since November 2020 seems to points in this direction. The first visit of ...
