«They don’t Choose Neighbors»: a Look at the Relations between Russia and the European Union

The article says that pragmatic Europe has never been eager to help Russia in difficult periods. The promising rapprochement declared in words over nearly 30 years of shared history in many positions has even led to a cooling in relations due to the expansion of NATO to the East, justified by nothing but enlargement to the detriment of Russia. The author also emphasizes that Russia is developing successful cooperation with individual EU countries to improve their energy supply in defiance of Washington and its satellites from Central and Eastern Europe (Poland and the Baltic republics). The article concludes that Russia’s building up defense against NATO's approach, defensive actions during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and Ukraine’s crisis (protecting the Russian people from Bandera gangs), presented by the West as aggression, served as an excuse for the isolation of Russia, an unprecedented information war, and the introduction of sanctions. The author concludes that in this way the West checked the firmness of Russia's intentions to defend its own interests and the desire to pursue an independent policy proclaimed by V. Putin at the Munich Security Conference in 2007. The article emphasizes that Russia is trying to build friendly, equal, mutually beneficial relations with all countries.