PUSH and PULL, the double-faced strategy dividing the EU from Russia

... these choices on the economies of the area, yet none of them has ever offered a justification of how this policy would protect European interests. On the contrary they skipped this crucial step and proceeded to seal the deal, again according to Ms. Mogherini: "In the next five years we'll have to review our relations with Russia," and "at the moment Russia is not a partner (of the EU), but a strategic country and a neighbor, above all of Ukraine."5 This is, however, only a small part of the story and there are other angles to explore. Let us turn our attention to the trade partners of the EU now, and observe that while many European goods are not being exported to Russia anymore,...