There have been some bright spots. Wouldn’t it have been nice if these efforts had been made in response to the Crimean invasion. Hi long will it take for Ukraine to be granted EU membership? On the minus side the Russians have collected $100 billion in energy payments in the last hundred days, not all from Europe of course. Until the energy faucet is closed, I doubt we’ll see any change in Russian behavior. They are 同化 eastern Ukraine as we write.