EU foreign policy in post-Soviet states should focus on pragmatic interests and steer clear of promoting democracy, Russia's EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov told EUobserver, as Brussels and Moscow gear up to talk about the "essence" of their post-2007 relations in Finland at the end of this week.
"I've always been a pragmatically-minded person. I believe that any cooperation including foreign policy cooperation between different countries and organisations is primarily based on interest...
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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.