>>514181695
>Europe is a a designated second-tier customer.
You are so fucking clueless.
Russia was exporting gas and oil to Europe before the war and getting more revenue than now.

After the war, they had to divert their fossil exports and are selling more to China and India who demanded a discount. So they ended up selling to poorer countries who can pay less than Europe. The result is picrel.

Sure in the meantime some richer Western Euro countries are paying more for energy (Germany), but that's fine. They've enjoyed decades of high living standards using this competitive advantage over the rest of Europe. Now it's their time to go down.

All the big powers will be going down, things are going in the right direction.