“Russian aggression forced the European Union to look differently at its role on the continent, at the process of expansion and at the expediency of steps that would protect it from destructive external encroachments. And today the EU realizes that the policy of enlargement is not just the spread of EU principles, but also the protection of democratic values against which Russia is waging a war”, – said First Deputy Director of the New Europe Center Sergiy Solodkyy for BBC Ukraine.

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