page_title: Russia–European Union relations
hierarchical_section_title: Russia–European Union relations
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Рабочий завтрак Президента России Владимира Путина с Федеральным канцлером Германии Ангелой Меркель и Президентом Франции Эммануэлем Макроном
context_page_description: Russian–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union and its largest bordering state, Russia, to the east. The relations of individual member states of the European Union and Russia vary, though a 1990s common foreign policy outline towards Russia was the first such EU foreign policy agreed. Furthermore, four European Union-Russia Common Spaces are agreed as a framework for establishing better relations. The latest EU-Russia strategic partnership was signed in 2011, but it was later challenged by the European Parliament in 2015 following the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbass.
  Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
context_section_description: Russian–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union (EU) and its largest bordering state, Russia, to the east. The relations of individual member states of the European Union and Russia vary, though a 1990s common foreign policy outline towards Russia was the first such EU foreign policy agreed. Furthermore, four European Union-Russia Common Spaces are agreed as a framework for establishing better relations. The latest EU-Russia strategic partnership was signed in 2011, but it was later challenged by the European Parliament in 2015 following the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbass.
  Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
caption: European Union Leaders Emmanuel Macron of France and Angela Merkel of Germany with Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Hamburg, Germany in July 2017.
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