European Experts on Russia-EU Ties and FIFA 2018

... 2018, what factors do you think determine the current state of Russia – EU relations? Kadri Liik : Well, what influences? Ukraine, of course, does: the annexation of Crimea, invasion of Donbass. That is clearly a big thing in EU – Russia relations.... ... confrontational. Then, it depends on how it evolves, but if the EU continues to perceive that Russia is meddling or interfering with elections and issues, including social media activity and these media outposts like Russia Today and Sputnik, that of course will maintain this distress at a very high ...