The article talks about the short-term risks but I'm more concerned about the medium to long term. Cutting out the Russian people because of incompetence of the

The article talks about the short-term risks but I'm more concerned about the medium to long term. Cutting out the Russian people because of incompetence of the western governments [1] to handle this situation will only make the situation worse. As of now, the Russian population is against the war. Give it a few months of everyone cutting them out of the economy... and they can't afford anything and have to rely on the government to feed them... their only option is to fight for their country. How does Europe plan to handle 3 million Russian soldiers with nothing to lose? And those are soldiers as of now. How about the 50 million adult men who will then follow? Or lets say that doesn't happen and Europe has 100 million Russian refugees instead... or if the oligarchs decide to go nuclear. None of the possibilies will end well for anyone... except may be a select few in the U.S. [1] If the westerners wanted Ukraine in Nato, they should have sent the army and all the weapons overnight and signed them in the following morning. You don't taunt them for 14 years and don't expect them to react. It's as if they plan to get them to react to find an excuse to go to war because it is insanely profitable for the few who control puppets like Biden. And these sanctions and blockades seem like they are designed for that outcome.