Recently the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza stated that the foreign ministers of Poland and Germany — Radoslaw Sikorski and Guido Westerwelle — have worked out a common position concerning an eventual EU policy toward Russia.

According to the newspaper, the European Union will help Moscow to modernize the country, and Russia, in its turn, must move toward democratization and become a predictable partner in international and energy policy.

Is this a new beginning?