Relation between European Union and Russia

RELATION BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIA

Introduction

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the subsequent events in the early 1990s , the EU found it easy to agree with Russia on its agenda . The democratization calls were making some progress to the indebted and weak Russia . But the strategy is in shambles now . The high energy prices ranging from oil to gas has enhanced and developed Russia 's position in the world making the country to adopt a strategy of defiance and has shown very little in nurturing a formidable

relationship with the EU . Russia has employed different strategies to demonstrate her defiance to EU rule of law in different countries from Georgia , Ukraine , South Ossetia and Abkhazia . The game of energy supply and pricing continue to attract divisive arguments from either side This analyses EU-Russia relationship from the pre-Soviet times to the moment and concludes with recommendation for the way forward (Entin 2007

Post-Soviet Relationship

After the split of Soviet Union and creation of Russia from the late 1980s to the greater part of 1990s , the EU-Russia relations were not as volatile as it is now . During this time , Russia and the EU were on consensus most of the time recalling that Russia was very much indebted and in financially incapable . These times was characterized by Russia 's dependence on EU

In 1989 the EU agreed on a trade partnership with USSR and in 1994 signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA . Because of the Chechen war...