Valdai Club

Relations Between Russia and the European Union: A New Stage? Seminar

Moscow, with ECFR

Materials

When “Common Space from Lisbon to Vladivostok” Is Impossible: Agenda for a New Model of Russia-EU Relations

For the next several years it will be impossible to formulate such a new strategic goal of Russia-EU relations, which would be shared and endorsed by both sides.

“Hostility as Usual”: Perpetuating the Impasse in EU-Russia Relations

It became increasingly clear to the Russian public that the EU was highly dependent on the US on a wide range of various matters, including those concerning economics and trade.

Why EU’s New Russia Policy Sets Both on a Collision Course

The European Union’s new guidelines for relations with Russia reveal that Brussels has no meaningful ideas on how to deal with Moscow, Valdai Club expert Piotr Dutkiewicz believes.

Piotr Dutkiewicz

Understanding Uneasy Nation-Building Process in Post-Communist Europe

Moscow is right to insist that the West is not doing much to understand how Russians feel about the post-Cold War world.

Valdai Club Experts Discuss Relations between Russia and the European Union

The relationship model, adopted in 1990s, was based on the impossible task of "Europeanization of Russia" in accordance with the regulations of the European Union.

Some Important Questions and Points Regarding Russia’s EU Strategy

The practical task for Russia is to make Europe useful for Russia’s development and to shape a relatively safe environment.

Timofei Bordachev

Valdai Club Experts Meet With Carl Bildt

A meeting of the Valdai club experts with Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt took place within the ECFR visit to Moscow at March 14, 2016.

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Valdai Club Seminar "Relations between Russia and the European Union: A New Stage?"

Round Table With Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Video

Vygaudas Usackas: EU policy Toward Russia Should be Determined by Common Interests

21.03.2016