In other words, Russia is being allowed to re-assert its “sphere of influence” – a concept that should have been superceded by that of “Europe Whole and Free,” which the entire European Union appeared to have embraced when communism collapsed.
Dicho de otro modo, se está permitiendo a Rusia reafirmar su “esfera de influencia”, concepto que debería haber sido substituido por el de “toda Europa libre”, que toda la Unión Europea parecía haber hecho suyo cuando el comunismo se desplomó.