Isn't that the same with Qatar/UAE/Saudi Arabia/Russia or any other wealthy nation run as an autocracy / dictatorship. They very well know what they have (oil

Isn't that the same with Qatar/UAE/Saudi Arabia/Russia or any other wealthy nation run as an autocracy / dictatorship. They very well know what they have (oil and resources) is valuable, and consumer countries will look the other way unless they directly declare war with a NATO country.