The EU Provoked Putin, Not NATO
Category: WORLDPOST
What provoked Putin early in November 2013 and later in February 2014 was not Ukraine-NATO integration, but rather EU accession. If anything, serious discussions of Ukraine's NATO membership in 2014 began after (not prior to) Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
By Maria Snegovaya, ContributorColumnist, Vedomosti, Moscow, 2014-09-16