Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2004, EU ta sami sabbin membobi 10. (Estonia, Latvia, da Lithuania, waɗanda dā suna cikin Tarayyar Soviet; Jamhuriyar Czech, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, da Slovenia, ƙasashe biyar da dā 'yan kwaminis ne; Malta, da tsibirin Cyprus da aka raba.) Bulgaria da Romania sun bi su a shekara ta 2007. Gwamnatin Rasha ta fassara wadannan fadadawa a matsayin cin zarafin alkawarin NATO na rashin fadada "inci daya zuwa gabas" a 1990. Rasha ta shiga cikin rikice-rikice da yawa game da isar da iskar gas tare da Belarus da Ukraine wanda ya yi barazanar isar da iskar gas zuwa Turai. Rasha kuma ta shiga cikin wani
ƙaramin yaƙi da Georgia a shekara ta 2008.