He did raise his concerns in 2007. You'd need to have parked yourself under a rock for the past 15 years to believe he would not react to any anti Russian overtures towards Ukraine.
Remember this, there are still Russians living in Ukraine. You have supported the rights of 35 people in Iceland to the point that the country can be threatened with economic isolation and that does not cause you any concern, but you make no account of Putin's concern for a much larger group of Russians in Ukraine.
