Russia’s Flailing EU Policy
Russia’s Flailing EU Policy

Author(s): Agnieszka Legucka
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; policy; Russia; foreign policy; Alexei Navalny;
Summary/Abstract: The poisoning and subsequent arrest and conviction of oppositionist Alexei Navalny worsened the already tense Russia-EU relations. Although the EU remains Russia’s most important trading partner, the EU’s support for democratic values is a challenge for the ruling power elite in Russia. As a consequence of the international criticism of Russia by Western countries and the internal protests related to Navalny and other issues, relations between Russia and the EU will coarsen.

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