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While once serving as a cohesion factor across EU member states and in transatlantic relations, the “Russian question” has turned into a litmus test of EU unity and transatlantic solidarity. Since Crimea, Russia-related affairs in Europe have reflected and amplified existing fault lines across EU member states and within European political arenas and societies. Diverging European perspectives on Russia, coupled with transatlantic tensions on the “Russian question” under Trump, have sown confusion in Brussels’s Russian policy, serving the “divide and conquer” strategy pursued by Russia.