In late November, the EU will host the Eastern Partnership Summit, a project aimed to strengthen ties with former USSR republics. In Lithuania, the EU will initiate an association agreement with Ukraine as well as Georgia and Moldova.
Russia, which wants to play a leading role in the post-Soviet space, has suspicions about the EU’s plans in Eurasia.
Moscow
is afraid of losing its economic and political influence on Ukraine, as
the main naval base of its Black Sea fleet is located at Sevastopol. At
the same time, Kiev has tried to diversify its contacts and decrease
its dependence on Russia.
