Originally Posted by chunkstyle
Economist Michael Hudson has been saying the true target of provoking this war was Europe and Germany in particular. While I have some reservations about that, it looks like Europe will be hitting a recession of unknown depth as sanctions continue.

On the other side of such a recession a variety of scenarios may emerge.
But expanded and future further dependence on Russian sources of energy is unlikely to be the top contender no matter how the present day circumstances are playing out.

In fact, should Russia decide to tilt to full scale war footing, they will have chosen to ultimately declare war on the entire free world.
Neither you or anyone can ever convince sane people of any political leaning that such a move is going to enhance the attractiveness of Russian energy sources for
any country in the world, even Russia's closest circle of friends.

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