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A panel discussion on the architecture of integration processes in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in the post-Soviet area, featuring several experts on the topic, including Vladimir Grigor'evich Sokolenko, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry; Tamara Guzenkova, Director, Center for Studies of the Problems of the Near Abroad, Russia's Institute for Strategic Studies, Doctor of Science (History); and Yari Gavrilechko, expert, NGO Fond obshchestvennoi bezopasnosti; and moderated by Armen Oganesyan, is presented. Sokolenko says the probability of the Eastern Partnership or the Vysehrad Group of Four getting into the European paradise is not very high. The final result is the same for all: During the past 20 years, none of these states have become a full-fledged member of the Western community. Meanwhile Guzenkova in regard to the EU, Russia demonstrates a temporary rapprochement based on considerations of convenience. Nevertheless, in each case, both Ukraine and Belarus have over the past 10 or even 15 years been working to diversify their political and economic space and striving to define an independent policy that would set them apart from both the eastern and western vectors. Adapted from the source document.