Russia is good at playing games and is probably one of the best deceivers in war games you look at its left while getting knocked out with a right they have a much better war time economic system and the west forget it means more jobs an it also has soviet era factories 100s that make shells bullets etc helping economy also all it has to do was sell in other currencies especially gold at a cheaper price unlike USA russia is land connected and has good neighbours like turkik nations who buy oil and gas and sell them steel etc EU is dreaming if they think this will be a win