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One of the main lessons of the SMO has been revealing the Western European welfare states had to rely on energy and raw materials Russia had to sell to Europe for pennies. Without it all prosperity, security and glamour happened to be smoke and mirrors.

Common Russians have been realizing they were exploited more and more with time since the SMO began. I am not sure about common Europeans though. Obviously Kremlin and Brussel knew what was happening all that time.