Yeah, that's up for debate. It's not as clear as you make it out to be. As a (EU) European, Russia is not. The western most part of it maybe, yeah. Same for Turkey.
European Russia is 40% of the total European landmass. 15% of its total population. That's 110 million Russians in only the part that is inside Europe! Germany is at a low 80 million. Total population of EU is 445 million. Besides, numbers doesn't change because you are from the EU and disagree. I'm also in the EU.
