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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Either side doesn't much care for what the other side. Russia also doesn't care much for EU is doing. In a way it is a fork in the road that leads to the Ukraine into one form or another of relinquishing some of its sovereignty. The EU is inviting it to join, but maybe somewhere down the road or it would be subject to EU laws that perhaps were unforeseen at the time. Or if Russia prevails the Ukraine will someday be assumed (along with Belarus) into a single Russian (federation) and inevitably loosing its national identity.
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Well half of the Eastern European countries in the EU still don't really apply EU law as they should do, so I'd imagine if the Ukraine joined they'd get away with all sorts without giving up too much of their sovereignty. As for a future Russian Federation, Belarus is actually still like a throwback to the old Soviet Union and is suspicious and paranoid about everything anyway. Russia though has lost its Baltic states but they're relatively small states to lose, Ukraine though is a different ball game as it is a large country with a large population and it occupies a large chunk of the Black Sea coast and for these reasons Russia certainly doesn't want the Ukraine falling into the hands of the EU.