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Because the sanctions against Russia went so well (Germany deindustrializing, Europe spiraling into full-blown economic crisis, Russia now self-reliant and with a newly reinvigorated and growing industrial manufacturing economy), the geniuses in Berlin and Brussels are preparing to sanction the central economic engine of the world, an economy at least ten times the size Russia's and upon which they themselves are even more dependent, at a time when Germany and Europe are maximally uncompetitive.
I hope that with Europe intensifying its war with Russia, the pro-EU faction in the Duma and the Kremlin get completely sidelined.
I think we're solidly past that point already. That has already happened a while ago. Russia is arguably more hardline toward the West (or at least toward Europe) now than even Iran.
But I still hear every now and then from political analytics that some of these pests are still flying around and still buzzing. I simply hope the symbiosis with China and antagonism with the West reach such a point that any lingering pro-West sentiment will simply be exploded. China has its reasons to be cautiously improving relations with Russia.
Yeah, those types are always going to be there. They exist in China, they exist in Iran and they exist in Russia. Maybe the only country that doesn't have them is the DPRK. Another reason why the DPRK is the best country in the world. That and its complete lack of public advertising.