EU May Direct More Funding For Eastern Partnership Nations To Reducing Russian Energy Dependence March 10, 2020 at 3:23 pm Updated: February 1st, 2021 at 1:57 pm News Armenian News Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn The European Union plans to better tie financial assistance to the six nations of its Eastern Partnership program to improvements in their rule of law and may increase funding for alternative energy to ween them off Russian fossil fuels.