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Russia in Europe
Фото пресс-службы Президента РФ
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Russia-EU
Фото пресс-службы Президента РФ
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EU – Russia: Trade, 2011, Russia’s turnover, percentage
Source: http://www.ved.gov.ru
47,952,1EUOthers
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EU – Russia: incoming FDI, percentage
Source: European Commission
75
25
EUOthers
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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
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EU – Russia PCA
• Concluded – 1994• Entered into force – 1997• Since 2007 – “automatically renewed”• New EU-Russia agreement – negotiations
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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
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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)
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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
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Common space on external security
• Foreign Policy dialogue• Fight against terrorism• Non-proliferation of WMD• Crisis-management• Emergency response
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Common space on external security: Obstacles
• Political developments in Russia• Georgia• Frozen conflicts (Transdniestria, Karabakh)• Lack of trust
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Common space on external security: Solutions
• Medvedev – Merkel, Meseberg palace, June 2010 – EU-Russia Committee on Foreign and Security Policy
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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
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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
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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