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Disinfo: EU is systematically destroying the ties with Russia

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The EU is systematically destroying the ties with Moscow. The EU has cancelled all, without exception, mechanisms, set up in agreements on cooperation and partnership: the summits twice a year between the Russians government and the EU Commission and its chairman. Four areas to mutual projects for cooperation, more than 20 topics for dialogue on various sectors; the annual conference between the Russian MFA and representatives of the EU. Those sessions were intended to create a comprehensive overview of all vectors for Russian and EU mutual actions. All of this has been destroyed, but not by Russia.

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Pro-Kremlin disinformation about the EU, attempting to deflect attention from Russia's violations of international law.

The EU has imposed restrictive measures, including sectoral sanctions, as a result of illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia's destabilising actions in eastern Ukraine. Formats such as regular high-level dialogues and cooperation remain suspended in the absence of the full implementation of the Minsk agreements by Russia.

The EU’s approach to Russia is guided by five principles agreed in 2016 and reaffirmed, most recently, by EU Foreign Ministers in October 2020. Read more about the EU-Russia relations here.

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TASS - Russian (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 231
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15/02/2021
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Country: EU, Russia
  • Keywords: Diplomacy with Russia, European Union
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