1. Master signifier in decay : evolution of Russian political discourse since Putin's comeback / Andrey Devyatkov -- 2. New media and political protest : the formation of a public counter-sphere in Russia, 2008-12 / Svetlana S. Bodrunova and Anna A. Litvinenko -- 3. Russian identity after the...

This CEPS Policy Brief analyses the state of EU-Russian relations as seen from the vantage point of the summit held on June 9-10 in Nizhny Novgorod. The authors describe the political context in which the summit was embedded, the anticipations it evoked from the both sides, its outcomes and some...