How the US Hybrid War on Russia Induces and Constrains Eurasian Integration
... installations of NATO military infrastructure on their territories. These installations are to be used against Russia. Along with NATO, the EU enlarged in 2004 and 2007 with Cyprus, Malta and eight Eastern European countries. The EU further increased its influence ... ... Crimea and Russia as a result of popular vote in Crimea. The war imposed a direct threat to Russian national security, frustrated Eurasian integration, undermined the EAEU and imposed heavy economic sanctions on Russia. Any surviving traces of cooperation between Russia and the West came to an ...