EU-Russia relations have evolved from pragmatic but stagnating relations, in the framework of a Strategic Partnership, to a confrontation. While hopes for a cooperative relationship started dwindling even earlier, the crisis over Ukraine, which erupted in 2014, was an unexpected game changer. It has complicated relations between Moscow and Brussels in several ways:

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Constituency Involvement

The organization:

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Austria

Three years have passed since the reunification of Crimea with Russia, but Western countries continue to challenge the ‘annexation’ of Crimea by the Russian Federation ignoring the legitimate will of the people of Crimea, which they expressed on 16 March 2014.

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Preamble

Since 21 March 2014, Crimea is a part of Russian Federation: administratively two entities, the Republic of Crimea (22th republic of the Russian Federation) and the city of Sevastopol. So the status of Crimea is juridically clear and simple: it’s Russia.