Seven Phantoms of the Russia’s Policy Toward the European Union
... the US pressure, but there are reasons to believe that the Russian side had expected EU countries to resist this pressure. The sanctions were not the only example of European economic interests being outweighed by political considerations. In a less dramatic ... ... Moscow, February 6, 2015 The Russian political tradition emphasizes hierarchy and this emphasis fully applies to the Russian foreign policy. Having confronted such a complex, ambiguous and controversial structure as the European Union, decision makers ...