Russia doesn't eye the Eastern Partnership as a transparent project, RF Duma member said.

"If the matter concerns economic and humanitarian cooperation between the EU and six former soviet states, no problem will emerge. However, the European Union should not use the project as a tool to artificially separate the friendly countries from Russia," Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of Duma committee on international relations, told a news conference on Thursday.

Eastern Partnership project aimed at establishment of closer ties with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine and also Belarus, if it accepts the democracy improvement plan.

It offers countries better trade access, economic assistance and visa liberalization as they adapt to EU standards.