A Sad Anniversary: Ten Years of the Partnership for Modernization

... past decade and an incentive to think about the opportunities offered by the next ten years One approaching anniversary seems almost entirely lost in this spring’s torrent of different celebrations and commemorative dates. Ten years ago, the “Partnership for Modernization” Russia-EU Initiative was launched. Let us recap: at the 25 th Russia-EU summit in Rostov-on-Don on May 31—June 1, 2010, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and President of the European Commission Jose Barroso announced that the Partnership marked a ...