"Russia is part of Europe purely because of the geographical location." Yes, in the geographical context. But this is still not the same as the political cont

"Russia is part of Europe purely because of the geographical location." Yes, in the geographical context. But this is still not the same as the political context. There is kind of a long, shared (christian) history. And there are people who say, russia should be closer to the EU, than Turkey, or Bulgaria, because of that. Putin sees himself in the image of the european (christean) emperor tradition. "The majority of Europe is part of the EU, but EU is not Europe" And EU means Unified Europe. So who and what is european, to qualify to become unified? Open and ongoing question, but geography only plays a minor part in it. That was my main point. Political charged terms are seldom clear and precise and european is such a term, with more ambiguity than the clearly defined geographical term.