WSJ/ By STEPHEN FIDLER/ ANALYSIS/
Of all the so-called BRICs, only Russia's economy contracted during the West's financial crisis... by 7.9%. That has Russians rethinking their foreign policy, especially towards the EU. Some of their arrogance is also slipping away. But so far the EU's meetings with Russia have achieved little.
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