The “West or Russia” choice cuts off many additional opportunities for Eastern Partnership countries
Vyacheslav Sutyrin:
Russia and Belarus: ... ... with six eastern countries of the former socialist bloc. The collaboration program with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine was primarily intended as a means for introducing these countries to the European experience and approaches to developing ...
... was touched upon at a conference in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) on April 11, 2011. URL:
http://mfa-pmr.org/ru/GTm
(in Russian).
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. Transnistria: Who is the Boss Now? URL:
http://totul.md/ru/newsitem/838005.html
(in Russian).
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. In this format, Moldova and Transnistria were the parties to the conflict, Russia and Ukraine were guarantor countries, the OSCE was the mediator and the European Union and the United States were observers.
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. Nina Shtanski: Interaction between Russia and the EU in Transnistria Settlement: From Consultations to Coordination. URL:
http://regnum.ru/news/1572044.html
(in Russian).
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. Moldova // Proceedings ...
... alleviation of pressure on the TMR could be offered to Moscow in exchange for lifting the economic restrictions imposed after Moldova signed the Association Agreement with the European Union. Chisinau has been applying economic pressure on Transnistria with varying success over the past 15 years. Back in 2006, amidst a freeze in relations with Russia, Ukraine shut the border to Transnistrian exports.
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Since that time, local enterprises wanting to enter foreign markets have ...
... Union’s ‘Eastern policy’ the current situation is reminiscent of what happened in September 2008. At that time, immediately after the August war in Georgia, the European Union decided not to become involved in a direct confrontation with Russia. Instead, the European Union decided to strengthen its relations with the six countries to the east, specifically Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
I think we are going to see a similar intensification of the European Union’s ‘Eastern policy’, including its relations with Ukraine. The new Ukrainian government is far more committed to close ...
