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During an EU- Russia summit in the Western Siberian city of Khanty Mansiysk on June 26-27, talks on a new agreement on strategic partnership are to be launched. A number of Russian and foreign political analysts shared their opinions on what to expect from the summit with RIA Novosti. Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia I don't think we should expect any breakthroughs from the Russia-EU summit, but it will mark a positive turn. For a rather long time we could not conduct serious dialogue for many artificial reasons, such as disagreements over Polish meat or phytosanitary issues. Now we will start a more consistent dialogue. But for the time being neither Russia nor the EU know what policy the other side will pursue toward its partner. There are no grounds to expect... [read full story]
