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EU-Russia talks heat up ahead of summit

Visa facilitation and trans-Siberian airlines might not make it into the EU and Russia's new road map agreement, which is due to be sealed at a bilateral summit in Moscow's Great Kremlin Palace on 10 May.

The 60-page document will set out guidelines for future co-operation on four "common spaces" in the fields of the economy, external security, freedom and justice and education.

The text is set to be published shortly after next week's meeting, with both sides "optimistic" about t...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

A 10 May Moscow deal is on the cards, but the Soviet era continues to cast a shadow (Photo: thesetides.com)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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