The relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Macedonia are not at all marred by open political issues, said Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki in Ohrid. According to Milososki, the division between east and west are part of history and today the countries are more interested in progress at a global level. According to Lavrov it is an old logic that today certain European politicians are forcing certain countries to choose “Russia or Europe”.