Russia in Europe
Фото пресс-службы Президента РФ
Russia-EU
Фото пресс-службы
Президента РФ
EU – Russia: Trade, 2011,
Russia’s turnover, percentage
52,1
47,9
EU
Others
Source: http://www.ved.gov.ru
EU – Russia: incoming FDI, percentage
25
EU
Others
75
Source: European Commission
EU – Russia: Trade, 2011
• Russia – EU’s 2nd imports source after
China
• Energy - 78,9% of imports from Russia
• Russia – EU’s 4th exports destination after
the US, Switzerland and China
EU – Russia PCA
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Concluded – 1994
Entered into force – 1997
Since 2007 – “automatically renewed”
New EU-Russia agreement – negotiations
EU-Russia Road Maps on Common Spaces,
2005
• Common economic space
• Common space on freedom, security and justice
• Common space on external security
• Common space on research, education and culture
• Criticism
Common Economic Space
• Free trade area
Customs union Common market
Economic and monetary union
• WTO
WTO+
Free trade area
• Russia’s WTO accession process
–1993 - 2012
• Customs Union, 2010
(Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus)
Common Space on Freedom, Security and
Justice
• Freedom of movement – visas, readmission, immigration,
asylum
• Fight against terrorism, false documents, money
laundering, illegal drug trafficking, human trafficking,
corruption, theft
• Effectiveness of courts, civil & criminal justice,
EUROJUST
Common space on external security
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Foreign Policy dialogue
Fight against terrorism
Non-proliferation of WMD
Crisis-management
Emergency response
Common space on external security: Obstacles
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Political developments in Russia
Georgia
Frozen conflicts (Transdniestria, Karabakh)
Lack of trust
Common space on external security: Solutions
• Medvedev – Merkel, Meseberg palace, June 2010 – EURussia Committee on Foreign and Security Policy
Common space on research, education and
culture
• Knowledge based society, modernization
• Bologna process, exchanges
• European identity based on common values including
freedom of expression, democratic functioning of media,
respect for human rights including minority rights
Research & Innovation
• Russia - the most successful (by funding) “third country”
participating in FP6
• “Partnership for modernization” 2010 http://formodernization.com/:
 Investments
 SME
 Leveling of technical standards
 Intellectual property rights
 Transport / Low carbon economy
 Energy Efficiency
 Climate change
 Research
 Space
 Efficiency of courts
 Fight against corruption
Seminar
• EU-Russia Road map for External Security: What is there
to change?
• European Council on Foreign Relations - European
Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013: The effectiveness of the
EU foreign policy
• The EEAS Review 2013 - Lessons learnt
• The EU and defence: today and tomorrow - See:
http://iss.europa.eu/publications