"Secondly the EU has contemptuously dismissed Russia's past attempts to apply to be part of the EU."
Why do you say "contemptuosly?
Have you not done your research?
Do you know what the Copenhagen criteria are?
Any country that satisfies the conditions for membership of the EU can apply. These conditions are known as the 'Copenhagen criteria' and include a stable democracy and the rule of law, a functioning market economy and the acceptance of all EU legislation, including of the euro.
Russia is a corrupt Kleptocracy run by gangsters. It imprisons any opposition, murders dissidents abroad and engages in terrorist acts. I could go on forever about their appalling behaviour, but you would still no doubt continue to ignore the reality.
