What threatens Europe, the world and Russia Brexit? The New Times asked Russian politicians and experts: Alexey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences: This is a big blow to the project of a united Europe, which, however, needs to be corrected. As for Russia, it is both economically and financially strongly tied to both the European Union and the largest British transnational companies. So the damage for us, of course, will be.