ahahahahah, Russia is more powerful than E.U, China? Do you know that the E.U as a whole is even more powerful/bigger economically than the U.S?lol In fact forget about the E.U, even Italy is bigger than Russia economically, In fact even India will soon overtake Russia economically in less than 2 or 3 years from now. Forget about Germany, Britain, France or Japan who all dwarfs Russia by far. The only think Russia has as i said before is its resources i.e Oil and Gas plus its soviet era weapons/arms industry. Apart from that it doesnt has anything threathening to the west/U.S.
However, Russia is still a country nobody can ignore, due to its large landmass, and resources(oil and gas). so it will always be an important stake holder in the world, even when India and other emergin countries overtakes it in coming decades.However, Russia isnt a world threat to the West/U.S anymore like it was during the days of the U.S.S.R. Its mainly a regional threat in eastern europe to us and thats it. The real threat to the U.S/west now and coming decades is China mainly, and the U.S knows that. Russia is just a slide show. Tommorows competition will be mainly economic base, thats why the U.S rightly still sees China as its biggest threat despite all Russia aggressiveness/desire to be taken more seriously.
10 to 20 years from now Russias position will be even more minimal than it is today believe me. Not because Russia isnt trying or is in decline per say, But because other emerging countries will be/have risen even more faster economically.