We must engage in dialogue with Russia. Nonetheless, we must bear in mind that the country has different political roots to Western countries and that its current leader’s power-oriented objectives are not compatible with ours. In this article, we emphasize the importance of rediscovering the concept behind the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) – that is, of dialogue on all areas that concern us, with a European Union that gives up bilateral logic in order to operate uniformly on aims determined collectively.