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This paper compares the trade policies of the EU and Russia, focusing on issues arising from the signature of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTAs) between the EU and Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in June 2014, as well as those relating to the customs union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan (BRK), and the Eurasian Economic Union. The author points out that while the EU is greatly expanding its preferential trade relationships with all major trading blocs in the world, Russia is not integrating with any trading bloc of global significance, something that has serious implications for the country’s economic modernization and competitiveness.