They wasted the money buying weapons and aid from various European countries, and negative press that could paint Russia in a bad light...hmmm...too bad Russia controls the gas, has more gold than all of Europe, and is sitting on a coalition of allied nations to include China, Iran, India, Brazil, South Africa, Syria, Argentina, and a host of others that would gladly switch to an economic system not controlled by the petrodollar and the OPEC nations.

Based on recent events, it seems they can simply conduct their business in "neutral" Turkey and work out grain deals, energy agreements, and other economic issues that "threaten" the security of Ukraine and Europe as a whole. They are laughing at us...just a thought.

Did I mention that Germany provides weapons to Ukraine to fight Russians while also being the largest importer of Russian gas in the whole of Europe? Where did the majority of the funding for Nordstream 1 come from? Do they have a history of funding both sides? Is Russia blackmailing Europe or building them up?

OK, so you give $billions to the most corrupt country in Europe then you wonder what hapened to it?

C'mon man!