Russia is seeking to restore the superpower that the Soviet Union used to be, and the politicians in Europe and in the USA should know about that, this is the message shared by Alexander Kwasniewski, Polish President (1995-2005), chairman of the board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) when closing the 11th YES Annual Meeting in Kyiv.
The European Union will not allow Russia to dictate conditions as for the EU’s relations with Ukraine, said Stefan Fule, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy during the panel “Association Agreement With the Eu and Strong Relations With Russia – Difficult? Or Impossible?” at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
Russia should decide: whether it wants to be a strategic partner or a strategic competitor to the European Union, said President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, the featured guest of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday evening in Kyiv.
Mangold Klaus. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Mangold Klaus. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Aslund Anders. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
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Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Leszek Balcerowicz. Aslund Anders, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations. Leszek Balcerowicz, Chairman (2001-2007), National Bank of Poland. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Klaus Mangold, East–West Committee of German Industry, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Rothschild , Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Petro Poroshenko, Chairman of the Supervisory board of the National Bank of Ukraine. Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES) 
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of Bruegel. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Strauss-Kahn Dominique, Managing Director of the IMF. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Raissa Bohatyreva, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Hryhory Nemyria, Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Pierre Lellouche, National Assembly, France. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Еmbassador of the President of Poland. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Richard Haass, Strauss-Kahn Dominique, Aslund Anders, Mangold Klaus, Balcerowicz Leszek, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Petro Poroshenko. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Aleksander Kwasniewski, Olena Franchuk, Victor Pinchuk. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES) 
