This publication is the second joint work of MGIMO and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on foreign and domestic political aspects of the development of the European CIS countries. The emphasis is on the prospects for their interaction with the European Union, in particular within the framework of the "Greater Europe" concept. The book was the result of a joint project of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies of MGIMO (U) and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, held throughout 2004.