Provincialism in Big-League Politics
... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said that the EU was likely to give further effect to the anti-Russian sanctions in spring [1] . Accordingly, Russia, which regards these sanctions as illegal, is not going to even discuss the conditions of their lifting, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov professed after a meeting with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkēvičs in January [2] . Negotiations on an economic integration agreement between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union appear to be the most effective tool for normalizing the international situation in Europe. Even though both sides continue to make such forceful statements, ways to resolve the impasse appear to be taking shape. Negotiations ...