Thread by @bigrussianshop

Europe has made a huge and far-reaching political gift to Russia with its own hands. Sanctions have divided the entire Western (and above all European) world into anti-Russian and pro-Russian. And Russia has done nothing for this. Everything was done by the European authorities

themselves.
The pro-Russian community is still in the minority. And it represents to a greater extent countries that are heavily dependent on Russian energy raw materials. But trends will change, and the secret will become clear. Anti-Russian sentiments are

popular among radicals. While pragmatists and realists firmly secure the label of "agents of the Kremlin". The fact that a rational and reasonable vector has been and remains almost the main approach of the Russian authorities in building partnerships with European countries all

this time will eventually become clear with simple examples.
Today, the separation of powers of European countries still revolves around a way to get Russian hydrocarbons and not recognize the futility of sanctions against Russia. Their own difficulties in this confrontation

even clothed in the humiliating wording "European solidarity [with Ukraine]" for ordinary citizens. Meanwhile, massive cuts are coming in almost all countries. Their probability is not discussed. Only the scale is discussed. Enterprises in Germany and France focused on the

production of goods for Eastern Europe and Asia (that is, including for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) they have already announced the suspension of activities, the closure of some production facilities, the transfer of production to other territories and even the sale.

Europe is not just facing difficult times. Ahead is a difficult choice for the authorities: a massive drop in the standard of living of citizens, an increase in the degree of their discontent, a deficit in state budgets, increased external borrowing (and this is already

happening in a number of countries) to support "European solidarity" or Russia's pragmatic proposals to restore partnership and the slaughter of Ukraine as a "sacrificial lamb" on the altar of zeroing senseless armed confrontation. It is impossible to present the latter today

with any argument. And this means that the split of the European community into Russophobic radicals and "pro-Russian" pragmatists will continue.
In the end, even skeptics will understand that the "pro-Russian" approach is the way to rationally protect specific state

interests and ensure the development of states in collaboration with real partners. Russia will look at this with interest. And wait for "Russophobia" to become reprehensible in the countries of Europe themselves.
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