dependence of the area on external markets, among which Russia, is increasing. The study of the economic and geopolitic relations … between EU and Russia is rather intricate due to the overlapping of several scenarios. On the one hand there are the growing … interconnections between EU and Russia which have led to envisage the creation of a Common Economic Space or even of a free trade zone …

to examining the extent to which Russia – by far the largest, whether measured by geography, population, economy, or … powerful state can deploy to influence a neighbor, the paper considers the extent to which, if at all, Russia may have made use … other non-Baltic post-Soviet countries. The discussion suggests that, while Russia deployed all three modes of influence …