We must not forget that during this time, Russian factories are running at full capacity and they are preparing for a direct confrontation. Without going into an arms race with Russia, we must invest massively and quickly in our common defense…
But that is Cold War part 2.
They ran to keep up with the west and bankrupted themselves so the wall fell, with sanctions and the masive reduction in Russian energy use, helped along by Ukraine targetting their infrastructure, I would have thought they have a limited time before it happens again, and on the other side of the coin, a lot of the production machinery is now western manufactured and one hopes we will sanction those, so their refineries, manufacturing and infrastructure will gradually fail with no replacements being forthcoming.