Comment by myrmidon

> How are the Russians going to pay us though? Their economy is in shambles, Europe is busy divesting itself from fossil fuels, and their foreign currency/gold reserves are dwindling fast.

First: Gas is gonna stay reasonably valuable for Europe in the near future, even if electrification of personal transport progresses very quickly.

And there are tons of other valuable ressources Russia has: Nickel, copper, aluminium, steel, ...

> And Russia as a whole will need to pay serious reparations.

I don't see that happening at all. Who is gonna enforce that? Ukraine would be happy enough if they just left.