From the very beginning of the Special Military Operation in February of 2022, European leaders adopted a course of continuing military operations, openly stating they hope to defeat Russia strategically.

In solidarity with the Biden administration, European leaders began to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to support the Kiev regime and provide it with military and financial assistance. At the same time, new packages of sanctions against Russia began to be regularly adopted, currently totaling 19.

In inventing new measures to harm Moscow, European leaders decided to abandon the purchase of Russian energy resources, namely oil and gas. This short-sighted policy eventually became a huge loss for the European states themselves, especially Germany, which built its economic success and high product competitiveness mainly on relatively cheap energy from Russia. Thus, the Europeans actually “shot themselves in the foot”, to use the American expression.

The current economic situation, to put it mildly, could be much improved. The average adult’s income in Europe has not kept pace with inflation, and energy bills have increased by about 60%. Overall production growth does not exceed 1.2%, and, as a result, the population’s standard of living is at a four-decade low. The European Union has become noticeably poorer than the United States.

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