EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS: UKRAINE CONFLICT, STRATEGIC DILEMMA’S AND COMPULSIONS
Journal: ShodhKosh Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
Year: 2023

The European Union (EU) and Russia have had complicated relations not only during the Cold War period (when Russia was part of the Soviet Union), but also from 1991 when the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Russia was the largest of the post-Soviet states and had inherited major aspects of the foreign policies of the Soviet Union. Whereas, the 1990’s witnessed Russia tilting towards the West, as Russia focused on rebuilding its economy and establish its influence in its near abroad i.e., Central As