RUSSIA AND THE EU POTENTIAL AREAS OF COOPERATION

There is a growing need to bring EU and Russia’s relations back to normal so both sides can work more closely with each other again.

Common Interests

1. Trade
2. Economic Cooperation
3. Cross-border cooperation in the North-West of Russia with Finland, Sweden, Poland and the Baltic countries in terms of migration management, tourism, economic development, environmental protection
4. Humanitarian Cooperation
5. Counter-terrorism and crime prevention
6. Cooperation with Europol
7. Artificial intelligence
8. Green Deal (it is in the interests of Russia and the EU to intensify bi- and multilateral cooperation on the curbing and managing of climate change. In the mid- to long-term, such cooperation even has the potential to enhance political relations between Russia and the EU).
9. Climate science is an underdeveloped field of mutually beneficial Russia-EU cooperation. This particularly applies to research into the social, geographical and economic dimensions of climate change. Russia and the EU have a common interest in mitigating the risks posed by the effects of global heating on security in already unstable world regions, as well as on migration and terrorism.
10. The EU and Russia should strive towards establishing a structured dialogue on shaping the future of energy-related economic and trade relations. Building upon first results of this dialogue, both sides should then aim at developing their cooperation. Climate policy measures, such as carbon pricing, could become part of this structured cooperation.
11. The options for concrete (state) cooperation could include: Incentivising joint research and development projects of Russian and EU companies that work on carbon neutrality technologies and business models; Joint research projects on hydrogen and other power-to-X infrastructures; Feasibility and potential studies for the production and export of different renewable energy technologies in Russian regions; Building high-voltage power links between the Murmansk Region as well as the Republic of Karelia on the one hand, and Finland on the other side to connect new wind parks in the Russian North to the EU electricity market; The creation of exchange programmes on climate change, renewable energy technologies, environmental science as well as policy making for students and researchers; A border carbon tax agreement and the coordination of carbon pricing.
12. Cooperation with the EU on cyber defence or logistics