I mean. Maybe? But that's kind of a problem for the future. Right now, given what's happening at the moment and what's been happening in the decades leading up

I mean. Maybe? But that's kind of a problem for the future. Right now, given what's happening at the moment and what's been happening in the decades leading up to it, he has to go. You can only cope with so much realpolitik and cynical thinking before you eventually catch your reflection in a mirror and have to fight your gag reflex. Sure, some people are immune to that, but as a society on average not everyone will be, and it takes a surprisingly few people to start a reaction. The minds of the people might not be aligned with this in Russia, according to the article, and it might be very much the case, but if the external pressure of the current financial and political shunning lasts for more than a few weeks something will have to give. And EU won't feel a countercrunch due to energy restrictions until next winter (yeah sure there will be disruptions to industry but whatever). The people of EU are very much aligned with this mindset as of now, and they won't need to suffer for it until winter in their daily life.