That it was pro-EU while going through the process of getting the treaty ready, but to snub it at the last minute for Putins favour is very very pro-Russian, if you will. Far more so than doing some paperwork, anyway.
Then maybe he's not a puppet but actually an actor who tries to extract bonuses from multiple parties by raising stakes?
I.e. get EU treaty ready to be signed, extract power from Russia based on the fear of this treaty going live. And then try to extract more power from EU based on the fear that Russians are overtaking.
