EU and Russian Federation Cooperation within the “Northern Dimension” Partnership in the Framework of Transport and Logistics: International Legal Analysis

Abstract

This article focuses on the interaction of a major integration association of the European Union and the Russian Federation. The article analyzes the existing forms of cooperation, primarily in the framework of the Northern Dimension Partnership in the field of transport and logistics. The charter document of the Memorandum of Understanding 2009 is considered in more detail. First of all, attention is focused on the compliance of the established international legal norms in the Memorandum with the practical actions undertaken by the participants of the Partnership. The current situation regarding relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation is analyzed through the prism of the political tendencies of our time. The article emphasizes the importance of the research, especially in the field of transport and logistics, as transport is a strategic arsenal of any state. The future economy of the country depends on the development of transport relations with partners. At the beginning of the article, an important issue is studied – cooperation, as a form of interaction between the subjects of international public law. The specificity of cooperation is noted, which consists in the fact that as a form of interaction, it is fixed in several international legal acts and is considered as a generally accepted principle of public international law, and, accordingly, as jus cogens norms. The article also presents an excursion into the history of the origin and further development of relations on the issue of transport and logistics between the European Union and the Russian Federation. The purpose of the research is to identify specific prospects for the future interaction of the Partnership participants, and also, on the basis of the existing information, to suggest areas in which there is need to work with great effort.