Russia tried twice to join, only Putin's ego stopped it potato head. Its a win win for both parties as both Russia and Europe getting weaker and US in la la, best way to nullify short term Nuke threat is to join the party. Still the long term nuke threat is real as every cat and dog will want nukes thanks to Putler, especially Ukraine mind you. Ukraine was the nuclear hub during Soviet times still possess know how and some Russians think they already got some.
