> Here, check the history of sanctions of the EU to Russia. It goes back to 2014.m Oh no. The totally ordinary year of 2014 when nothing happened, and sanction

> Here, check the history of sanctions of the EU to Russia. It goes back to 2014.m Oh no. The totally ordinary year of 2014 when nothing happened, and sanctions on Russia suddenly appeared for no reason at all. Prior to that there was hardly a single thing the West was doing to, or against, Russia. Moreover, there were multiple "restarts", "reboots", "second chances" etc. that Russia repeatedly shat on. Oh look, in 2011 they were discussing visa-free travel to the EU: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-russia-agree-steps-towards-visa-free-travel/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-russia-agree-steps-toward... And according to Putin himself he floated the idea of Russia joining NATO: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/stone-interviews-putin-says-asked-russia-joining-nato https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/stone-interviews-p... Oh, and Putin himself claimed that Ukraine is free to do whatever it wanted with regards to NATO: https://youtu.be/BeDW5C7Sbb0?is=Kdp75p9dCL6kAkVh https://youtu.be/BeDW5C7Sbb0?is=Kdp75p9dCL6kAkVh