Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu edlulileyo i-European Union eqhutywa kwezopolitiko isiya eRashiya iye yacwangciswa kwimigca ye iingqiqo ze-agonistic, eyayibandakanya amajelo avulekileyo onxibelelwano kunye namaqonga engxoxo kunye neRashiya, eyanika uPutin isikhundla somdlali osemthethweni, omele adibane naye, nangona ephulwa rhoqo umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngokusekwe kwezopolitiko, iRussia yamkelwe njengamandla amakhulu kunye nomdlali ophambili wengingqi kunye nezinto ezinomdla kuzo, eyenze ukuba i-EU iqonde ngokucacileyo kwaye ngokungafihlisiyo inqanaba lefuthe layo kwaye inqande ukucaphukisa iKremlin ngalo naluphi na unxibelelwano olungqongqo kunye nesithuba se-post-Soviet. Ukuza kuthi ga kutsha nje i-EU izame ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukunqanda ukubandakanyeka kwingxoxo ye-geopolitical ngenxa yesazisi sayo njengeprojekthi yoxolo kunye nenkcubeko yokunciphisa kunye nokuthintela ukungavisisani kwilizwekazi laseYurophu. Kodwa kwakhona kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ngenxa yeyantlukwano yangaphakathi phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu eRashiya, eyenze inkqubo yolungelelwaniso lomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle phezu kweRashiya kunokuba nzima ngaphakathi kwe-EU.
Ngeli xesha, i-Kremlin yaguqulela icandelo le-EU njengobuthathaka kunye nokungakwazi ukuthatha amanyathelo aqinile ngokuchasene neRashiya, eyakhuthaza uMongameli uPutin ukuba aqhubele phambili imfazwe yamanqanaba amathathu: 1. indawo; 2. i-cyber; 3. I-disinformation, ngokuchasene namazwe ane-pro-European engqiyame ebumelwaneni kwaye enze ihlabathi limbukele ehamba kunye neentshaba kwaye eqhubeka neshishini lakhe njengesiqhelo. Akukho nanye kwimfazwe eqhutywa yi-Kremlin yamva nje-imfazwe echasene neGeorgia ngo-2008 kwaye okoko kwakuhlala imimandla ekufutshane nomda wolawulo, ukufakwa kweCrimea kunye nokuhlasela eDombas, eUkraine ngo-2014-yayikholisa i-EU ukuba ihlaziye unxibelelwano. kwezopolitiko ukuya eRashiya, ngaphandle kokuba ngoFebruwari 24 ihlabathi kwaye ngokukodwa iYurophu Ivuke kuhlaselo olupheleleyo lomkhosi kwilizwekazi layo yiRussia ngokuchasene ne-Ukraine kwaye nge-26 kaFebruwari isoyikiso senyukliya sikaPutin, i-monster enokufikelela kwiqhosha lamandla enyukliya, kodwa okubalulekileyo kungekho sixhobo samaziko ngaphakathi kwe-Kremlin sokumnqanda.
Kwasekuqaleni kwakukho ingxaki ngezopolitiko ze-EU malunga ne-Kremlin, njengoko yayisongela ukujongela phantsi isiseko se-EU, oko kukuthi, iinqobo ezisemgangathweni zedemokhrasi yenkululeko kunye nomgaqo-siseko. Ngokwenene, injongo yezopolitiko, ukuba “ihlala inento yokwenza neengxabano kunye nokuchasana", ngu "ukunqanda imikhosi yentshabalalo nokumisela ucwangco” “ngencoko engapheliyo” nomchasi ochasayo kunye neenzame zokwakha ubudlelwane kunye nabo kwaye ngokwenza oko ukuguqula amandla aphikisayo abe kubudlelwane be-agonistic ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba akukho kudibana kwakhona lutshaba nomhlobo. Kodwa umbuzo ophambili apha kukuba ingaba uPutin uke wayijonga i-EU ngokwemigaqo ye-agonistic. Kubudlelwane be-agonistic abachasi bajongana "njengeentshaba" ezibandakanyekayo kwaye kwangaxeshanye "balwe omnye komnye kuba befuna ukutolika kwabo imigaqo-siseko ibe yi-hegemonic, kodwa abafaki mbuzo ukuba semthethweni kwelungelo lomchasi wabo lokulwela uloyiso lwesikhundla sabo.”. Ngamanye amazwi, "ukungavumelani okubonakalayo" akukho phakathi "ukutshabalalisa iiprojekthi”, kodwa phakathi kwezinye iindlela ezikhuphisanayo ezabelana “imigaqo yokuziphatha nezopolitiko”, kwaye bayahlukana ekutolikeni kwabo iinqobo ezisemgangathweni kunye nemigaqo ekwabelwana ngayo, ngakumbi indlela “iguqulela kwimigaqo-nkqubo ethile kunye nolungiselelo lweziko, kunye […] nokusebenza kwayo kwimiba ethile”. U-Putin akazange abelane ngemilinganiselo kunye nemigaqo kunye ne-EU, ngokuphambeneyo uye waba khona ukuze ahlambele kwaye abhukuqe isiseko seprojekthi yaseYurophu okt. inkululeko, ukulingana, idemokhrasi kunye amalungelo abantu.
Kangangamashumi eminyaka i-EU ibisoloko isondla kwinkohliso yokuba kukho “imvumelwano yempixano ephithizelayo” phakathi kweRussia kunye ne-EU, eyona nto imbi kakhulu, i-EU iqhubekile nokuphosa iliso kuyo yonke imizamo kaPutin yokuphazamisa iprojekthi yaseYurophu, endaweni yokujongana nesisongelo kunye nokwenza buthathaka uPutin ngezenzo ezidibeneyo nezijoliswe kuzo, njengoko yenzayo emva kwe-24 kaFebruwari, xa. inyanzelise i-monster ukuba ikrwitshwe ngephakeji yezohlwayo ebekiweyo kunye nenkxaso ebhekisa eUkraine. Ukuba i-EU yenze oku ngaphambili, imfazwe yaseUkraine ngeyathintelwa.
