Most certainly.
See 'Prevent re-emergence of a new rival (1992)'[0] and 'From Lisbon to Vladivostok: Putin Envisions a Russia-EU Free Trade Zone (2010)'[1].
Can't let that happen, can you.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/excerpts-from-penta...
[1] https://m.spiegel.de/international/europe/from-lisbon-to-vla...