Political message from Dmitri Medvedev. There is no consistency in the analyses of the outcome of last week's EU-Russia summit. Several commentators have highlighted the decision, finally, many months late, to open the long-planned partnership agreement talks; others the difficulties to be overcome. The points are, both, very real. The decision to set up a “strategic partnership” has a significance that is far greater than the muted response to the opening of negotiations on Friday. At...