RELACJE EUROPEJSKICH PAŃSTW B. ZSRR Z UNIĄ EUROPEJSKĄ - STAN I PERSPEKTYWY.

The main goal of the article was to perform an analysis of relations between the European countries of the former USSR and the European Union, and - in accordance with the outcomes of this analysis - to formulate an opinion about the future developments of these relations. The deliberations conducted in the article are focused on identifying the main factors, both legal (contractual relations and their implications) and empirical (state of economic relations, measured with values of selected indicators), specific to relations between each analyzed country of former USSR and the EU. In the article, two main hypotheses have been formulated: • Relations between each analyzed ex-USSR country and the EU are specific. • Russia is a dominant entity on the former USSR territory, still having relevant, if not crucial influence on relations between all the other ex-USSR countries and the EU. The main scientific methods, used in the article include the analysis of legal agreements and values of empirical indicators, as well as a synthesis of the results and conclusions. These methods were anteceded by research of scientific literature and usage of statistical techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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