Edith Cresson about Russia and European Union

As General De Gaulle said, “Europe goes from Atlantic to Urals” – that what he said. And I think that it’s true. These words have been difficult to apply for a long time but now there is absolutely no reason that we wouldn’t cooperate, and we have lots of things to do with Russia.

65th Anniversary of the end of WW II. By Knut Fleckenstein (EU)

The horrific event of the Second World War caused the death of 60 million soldiers and civilians. Nearly half of them were citizens of the former Soviet Union. It led to the extermination of peoples and minorities and reduced to rubble whole cities.

Andrey KLIMOV. The grief of Moscow, a signal for the World (Rus)

This morning Moscow was yet again shaken by explosions. This time the terrorists targeted the Underground. Information agencies reported dozens of victims. Very soon I received a phone call: the ubiquitous BBC asking for an urgent comment. What can I say in this case?

Perspectives of Russia-EU would be partnership. By Alexander Fomenko (Rus)

Up to now the mutual misunderstanding is a real communication problem between Russia and EU – though both sides use today lingua franca of American English.

Russia and the West. By Karl-Georg Wellmann (EU)

There are two constants in European politics.
First: Russia is part of Europe, in geographic, cultural and historical terms. That is not something which can be taken for granted, as is repeatedly demonstrated by comments by Russian politicians, among others.

Disturbances in the EU — Russia relations. By Alexander Rar (EU)