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"As a member of the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Russian Federation is a privileged partner of the EU. Cooperating and maintaining good relations with our great eastern neighbour is a condition of our stability and prosperity. The possibility of adopting a strategic partnership is therefore being studied, with the aim of establishing closer cooperation. It would enable
considerable progress to be made in terms of politics and trade. However, as with any relationship of trust, the EU’s relationship with the Russian Federation should be established on the basis of shared values. The year 2011 and the wave of democratisation it brought in the Arab world were a reminder of how much we cherish democratic principles and how important it is for Europe to promote these. The restrictions placed on the creation of new political parties in April 2011, the lack of transparency in the legislative elections of December 2011, and the refusal to register a large number of opponents as candidates for the presidential election, cannot go unheeded. The European Parliament, in a resolution that I co-signed, has therefore condemned these recent developments in the Russian Federation and urged Mr Medvedev to implement the reforms he announced."@en1
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