Exactly, the dependency on Russia was wanted by large parts of the EU political leadership in order to remain competitive economically. It’s interesting to see

Exactly, the dependency on Russia was wanted by large parts of the EU political leadership in order to remain competitive economically. It’s interesting to see that most people consider Europe was tricked by Russia, when in fact this relationship was both wanted and good for both parties. Based on who the EU’s energy suppliers are, I can’t seriously consider that the EU cares about democracy or international law so much that it would perform economical self-sabotage. My theory was that the US gave the EU an ultimatum on Russia and it caved.