YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhalyova,
Executive Secretary of the Political Committee, had a meeting
with Bundestag deputies from the Free Democratic Party. The
German side was represented by Patrick Kurth, MP, and Serkan
Toeren, MP, and Maximilian Spinner, Secretary of the Political
Department of German Embassy.
Deputies of German Parliament were interested by the progress
and assessment of the Russian parliamentary and presidential
elections, growth of public activity in Russia and prospects
of Russias political development.
The discussion also evolved around the Russia-EU relations
and Germanys role in their improvement.
Visa-free regime for the Russian citizens to the EU and
an anti-ballistic missile defence system that could be developed
jointly with NATO are the initiatives of our party that we
put forward as early as in 1990s, Sergei Mitrokhin stressed.
See also:
Russia-EU
Relations
Russia's
ABM and Missile Defence Initiatives
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