Quote Originally Posted by CL View Post
He also supplies huge amounts of gas to the EU's biggest supporter. That's right Germany. Based on that and what you typed above you must now consider the EU a really, really bad idea?
No, that doesn't follow. Supplying gas to the EU doesn't mean he supports the EU; it means that he is happy to make money from the EU, as well as having valuable blackmail potential. Putin is far cleverer than you seem to give him credit for.