During the 1990s, Russia was too preoccupied with its own post-Soviet political turmoil to object to EU or NATO enlargement to the east. Nor did it have the wherewithal, as its own production and oil prices continued to decline, hitting a trough of $10 per barrel in 1999-2000.
20世纪90年代，俄罗斯忙于应付后苏联时期国内政治动荡，无暇反对欧盟或北约向其东部边界扩张。它也没有必要的资金，因为其石油产出和油价都在持续下跌，1999&mdash;2000年间跌到了10美元/桶的谷底。