Collapse of USSR was engineered by western powers which included EU. Yeltsin was very dear to washington and brussles, and the economic policies he adopted on the behest of World bank and IMF (primarily europe dominated institutions) led to death of approx 12 million russians and formation of the kleptocracy that brought putin in power.
And what does that have to do with Europe?
Collapse of USSR was engineered by western powers which included EU. Yeltsin was very dear to washington and brussles, and the economic policies he adopted on the behest of World bank and IMF (primarily europe dominated institutions) led to death of approx 12 million russians and formation of the kleptocracy that brought putin in power.