Russia has never, ever been part of the EU. Neither will it ever be.
It's a retarded country with a fake democracy run by Putin himself. Highly corrupt country with low level of education and a system which puts opponents in prison,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky
Such a country, regardless of geography, will NEVER be part of the developed Western hemisphere EU, they are simply too far behind.