Analyzes
Baramidze: We expect Russia to behave like a 21st century European country!
Expert: No changes in German-Russian relations due to elections
"Irrespective of the German election result, the “special relationship” between Germany and Russia will continue to thrive. The global economic crisis has served to forge even closer business ties between Germany and Russia. […] Germany is likely to concentrate on economic relations with Russia, which have proved lucrative, and to confine criticism of Russian domestic affairs to rhetoric", according to Researcher of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Minna-Mari Salminen.
Péter Balázs: If elephants fight we don´t need to run between them
EU-Russia: the time of reconciliation and approach is here
"Any assumptions that having less daily cash flow as a result of the oil price plunge will change Russia into a more compliant and accommodating neighbour are simply unrealistic. For all that, now is the time for the EU to widen its interaction with Russia because for both sides patience will pay off in the end." - writes Christopher Weafer, Chief Strategist of Uralsib Capital in Russia.
The West Balkans: Between the EU, the USA and Russia
"The realization of the South Stream project would help consolidate EU-Russian co-operation in the West Balkans," writes Dušan Reljić, a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, in an August paper.
