You have sanctions against them.
And that is proof of what ?
EU has sanctions against them. Most people in my country are not happy out that. We lose 1-1.5 billion euros sale per year, because we are forbidden to trade with Russia by the European Commision (which we didn't vote for btw, they appoint themselves).
They are involved in political and economic cyber attacks against you.
Still haven't seen proof it was the Russian state. Because there is no proof.
All countries spy and cyber attack against each other.
US fuckers were eavesdropping on cellphones of their ally's leaders. (Merkel, remember that ?). And evidence on more cases.
Should the EU start sanctions against the US now, because we caught you red-handed ?
They have invaded one of your allies.
The Ukraine is not my ally. And most people in my country do think the same. We had a referenda, and we don't want agreements with the Ukraine, and we certainly don't want them in the EU. Their previous government might have been a bunch of assholes. Their current government is an even bigger bunch of assholes.
Or are you talking about the Crimea ? There was a referendum them, a huge majority (90%-95%) of voters want to join Russia. You might not like it, but that referendum was real. I guess you only like democracy when everything goes your way ? Did Crimea really got invaded and occupied ? Normally when a country does that, there is resistance. Some of the occupied Europeans fought for 5 years guerilla against the Germans. Did you ever hear about the resistance in the Crimea ? Ever ? No ? Maybe because the Crimeans are happy they are not part of Ukraine.
They are fighting on the opposite side in a theatre of war you're involved in.
When I grew up, everybody told everybody that the Russians where the enemy. 45 Years of Cold War. People were really scared. Politicians (US politicians) used a constant fear of nuclear war to achieve their goals. In the end, it turned out the Russians were more scared of us than we were of them. Their military power was nothing. Ordinary Russian people are just like European ordinary people. Whenever I see a street-interview with ordinary russian people, I actually find them a lot more sympathetic, and also smarter, than the average americans I see.
The Russians are not my enemy. Neither are they your enemy.
In 2014 during the Olympics we were all buddies with Russia. Suddenly something happened (and not only the fact that the US and EU supported a violent coupe in Kiev against a democratically elected governement). Some people think they can make a lot of money in the Ukraine (Jo Biden's son is one of them).
Somebody wants you to believe that we are at war with Eurasia. That we've always been at war with Eurasia.
Somebody has been spinning the news very hard during last 3 years. And you all have been eating it little good little civilians. It drives me nuts.