EU Cannot Demonstrate Unified View of Russia
8 Feb 2010
New Europe
Maria Lipman, an analyst with the Carnegie Center in Moscow, has said that the EU cannot demonstrate a single opinion as far as Russian policy is concerned. Moscow has always been more successful in bilateral relations with the so-called Old Europe.
Lipman noted that relations between Russia and the EU have not developed smoothly, citing three issues: the Energy Charter, which Russia refused to ratify; European security and the suggestions of President Dmitry Medvedev, which Europe is only beginning to discuss and the original reaction was not that of enthusiasm; and NATO.