As for Europe, its claims towards Russia are fairly transparently based on fears about energy, unjustified fears at that.
If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe.
Right now, Russia's future should be wedded to Europe. Why they see NATO as a threat is beyond me. Clearly, NATO is not a threat.
I don't believe that Russia's a threat for Europe. I think that's a big scam.
The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we have done that will we be ready to integrate with Europeand Europe needs Russia.
We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.
Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.
Particularly from a German perspective, from a European perspective, I can only say again, Russia is our neighbor.
