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In Latin, "eu", which originally was "ev" ('u' was a late addition to the alphabet), was pronounced as a short "e" and then a short "u"; this is so because "v" is either English "w" or "oo" (they...

Really? ευ should be pronounced as "ef" or "ev", not as "you". The Russian pronunciation of "Europe" (Европа) and "euphemism" (эвфемизм) is very similar to the original, the English is absolutely...

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Notice the "a" in the end. In general, Russian keeps its Greek borrowings closer to the original than many other languages.