I'm pretty sure a lots of bad strategic decisions in Western Europe were made with Russian influence and corruption. Closing nuclear power plants and relying on natural gas in Germany is clear example. No surprise that Gerhard Schroder after his political career worked for Nord Stream, Rosneft and Gazprom. Similar in Latvia, former prime minister Aigars Kalvitis is now CEO of Latvijas Gaze, which is Latvian gas company, partially owned by Gazprom (during his reign Latvian de iure gave away rights of Abrene (Pytalovo) town, which was part of Latvia before WWII).