Putin’s return poses questions for EU strategy

Report from a conference on Russia held in Helsinki in November 2011. Germany and Poland said the EU should co-operate more closely with Russia despite calls by liberal MEPs and the Russian opposition for a confrontational approach.

ESO: Background information: Putin unveils counter-EU option for post-Soviet states http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-unveils-counter-eu-option-for-post-soviet-states/

ESO: Background information: Putin’s Russia: frozen in decline http://www.europeansources.info/record/putins-russia-frozen-in-decline/

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