Summary: | The article analyses the differences in the EU’s and Russia’s approaches to the cooperation between two integration blocs – the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), as well as the obstacles to cooperation and the possibilities to find the way out of the
current deadlock. Proceeding from the information about the contacts between the EAEU and the
EU Member States, the author regards the bilateral relations might be currently more preferable
for the EAEU in the absence of substantial dialogue between the European Commission and the
Eurasian Economic Commission. The potential of the OSCE structures is emphasized as a ground
for future negotiations between the EU and the EAEU. The author concludes that numerous agreements on trade and economic cooperation with the EAEU and its partners, including the interconnection between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SERB) could form
the new integration framework for the Greater Eurasia
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