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"Ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest challenges the European Union faces is to build relations with Russia, with both parties acting as partners. Relations with Russia and the Russian people must be strengthened in order to allow us to engage in economic cooperation and to work together to establish international norms in Eurasia. The European Union should pursue the goal of bringing Russia closer to the EU and to its standards and institutions. To this end, it is essential that the EU coordinate its external policies on Russia, both at EU institutional level and at Member State level. Relations with Russia should not be viewed as secondary to either short
term economic interests or negative historical experiences.
Russian civil society should be a key partner for the European Union in its relations with the country, and we should support it in its efforts to promote democracy, media freedom and respect for human rights. Modern
day Russia is a heterogeneous country. On the one hand, it is fighting a post
colonial war in Chechnya and violates the fundamental human rights of those living in this region. On the other hand, however, it is a target for ruthless terrorist attacks, and a country that over the past 15 years has undergone impressive democratic transformation. Yet this country is under threat from the distinctive and authoritarian presidential system that is currently in place, as well as from state control over the media and violations of the rule of law.
Even as we level criticism at the system put in place by President Putin, however, we must never forget that there is also another Russia. This other Russia found its full expression in the thoughts and activities of Andrei Sakharov, who was both a great European and a great Russian. The real Russia today, or in other words the Russia of the Memorial Society and the PEN Club, is defending Russian democracy, and it expects the European Union to support and help it in its efforts to build Russian democracy and to bring Russia and the European Union closer together."@en1
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