• The claim is a broad, interpretive causal statement that is not directly addressed in any verified-claims database or professional fact-check.
• No existing analysis or fact-check evaluates the specific assertion that EU policies over the past 15 years “created” Putin’s current state.
• Available sources describe Putin’s consolidation of power as driven primarily by internal Russian dynamics—his own domestic policies, security-service entrenchment, and personal decisions—rather than by EU policies alone¹²³.
• The phrase “current state of Vladimir Putin” is undefined (e.g., whether it refers to his political power, ideology, or foreign aggression), making the claim too vague to measure.
• Because the claim involves complex historical causation and counterfactuals that cannot be resolved with the sources retrieved, a defensible percentage cannot be stated.

Overall validity: Unknown

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2. To be a great power: Russia’s quest to destroy the post-1991 order in Europe - New Eurasian Strategies Centre
3. EU-Russia Relations and Their Deterioration Over Time. ...