Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: Excellent, Saint-Petersburg State University, language: English, abstract: The main aim of the paper is to assess how does the Russian Federation form its policies towards the European Union and how effective such policies are. The paper explores the main actors, challenges and levels of the decision-making process. The conclusions emphasize difference of effectiveness of the policy on different level of the actors cooperation.