European Union and Russia

beneficial cooperation: It seems today nobody objects, according to Russia Today. In practice, we face many obstacles created by our European partners and EU bureaucracy. For a long time we have been talking about the need to deepen Russia-EU ties. For us it is absolutely clear that the relationship should be built on a long-term basis, not in an atmosphere of confrontation, but in a spirit of mutually beneficial cooperation. Russia and the EU are two major political and economic power centers on the continent. Being the largest geopolitical entities on the European continent, the Russian Federation and the European Union are naturally interdependent in many ways, linked by their common civilizational roots, culture, history and future. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.