ENHANCING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE RELATIONS SHOULD BE THE CORNERSTONE OF RENEWED EU-RUSSIA TIES

'People-to-people' contact means interaction between the normal citizens of the EU and Russia at various levels without any official interference and guidance. For such contacts, they obviously have to obtain proper visas and travel documents, but the state's role should end there and beyond that it is the spirit of their interaction and understanding which would shape up ideas, thoughts and responses.