Viewing Europe-Russia Ties from a New Perspective

The Ukrainian election crisis started on November 22 resulted not only from the struggle between pro-West and pro-Russia forces in Ukraine but also from the conflict of different values and strategic interests between the West and Russia. The European Union responded to the Ukrainian election crisis swiftly in step and also in relatively great strength. Therefore, the EU's move was strongly criticized by the Russians. So it was not only aggravated still further the two sides' mutual distr…