AUSTRIAN-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AFTER AUSTRIA’S JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 90’S OF THE XX <sup>th</sup> CENTURY: STATUS, PROBLEMS
This article focuses on the Austrian- Russian economic relations that have developed after Austria joined the European Union in the second half of the 90’s of the XXth century. The author states that a kind of «reload» of the economic relations between Russia and Austria turned out to be difficult and painful due to country’s entry into the EU. On the one hand, Austria, absorbed in the adaptation to the European Union, has lost some of its former interest to high level of economic cooperation with Russia. On the other hand, Russia has not taken full advantage of new opportunities for enhancing the economic cooperation with Austria as a member of the EU. Nevertheless, some time later in the Austrian-Russian economic relations there have been signs of positive changes.