now let's forward and see how things are going in 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/economy/germany-recession-q1-...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/germany-e...
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-economy-minis...
Evidence absolutely does point to European economy getting hammered while Russia is better than ever. I have to ask what your agenda is here given that you keep trying to pretend things that are obviously happening aren't happening?