EU-RUSSIA COOPERATION
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Russia have agreed to deepen their cooperation over judicial matters, examining potential joint projects to "ensure the independence and effectiveness" of both sides court systems. Although this co-operation 'road map' approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso is supposedly an equal partnership, the EU is more expected to assist Russian judicial reform than vice versa. In this regard, the EU and Russia have agreed to organise "professional training" for "judges, ...
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