“The logic of Russia is of a strategic nature.
The sanctions have driven up the price of energy and other commodities, and the country is now running a massive budget surplus,” he wrote in an article for The American Thinker (TAC).
Markovsky argues that the situation around Ukraine is a "giant funnel" for Western countries, in which military and economic resources disappear.
“Moscow believes that time is on its side.
Moscow expects that when bold statements meet reality, then there will be a cold, dark and hungry winter in Europe, which will provoke popular discontent, ”he said.
Markovsky believes that the entire European economy will be in danger of collapse if gas supplies from Russia stop.
Earlier, Igor Ananskikh, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy, expressed the opinion that the entire current policy of the EU leadership is aimed at doing the best possible for the United States to the detriment of Europe itself.