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    Russia's actions, which resorted to the deployment of troops to stop the integration of Ukraine into Europe, led to the announcement of sanctions, primarily affecting individuals from the environment of Russian President Vladimir Putin rather than the Russian state. Unlike the Cold War when the Soviet economic system was developing independently of the western, now Russia is part of the global economy. Europe is too dependent on Russian energy and the concerns that severe sanctions against Moscow would lead to a new global financial turmoil do not allow the West and Europe to take measures that are more serious. Moscow's attempts to restore its influence upon the eastern part of the continent have not yet acted as a unifying "external threat" to the European Union. They are however some of the biggest challenges to Brussels. The organization has yet to develop a unified strategy for the "taming" of Russia and for an effective economic cooperation that will not be so dependent on the political interests of the Kremlin.