EU, Ukraine and “Red Lines” of Russian Foreign Policy
... intention to integrate with these countries regionally – and that means a lot for Russia. There are two events, which piqued curiosity of the international community. Firstly it was Russian intervention to Georgia in August 2008 and so-called gas crisis in January 2009. These two events took place very closely to official announcement of the Eastern Partnership in May 2008 and its official start one year later. Both events have a very long history and I am surely not suggesting that these ...
01.03.2013