Why would Russia want to save or join EU/Euro? How absurd. The EU is run by elites and bankers.... EU members are, coincidentally, going broke and ultimate goal may be a global currency (think: if many EU countries and their countries collapse, US collapses... and so on....). It's not out of realm of possibility if you think about it.

Da, naysayers will scoff but to suggest Russia should or wants any part of the EU is mere fantasy. Putin or whoever is at helm and Russia's own elites might want a piece of the action when they solidify the profits/proceeds but any arrangement would be to take a share of profit.

What the Russian politician probably means is to join in on the thievery.