and don't be mistaken, the war is the best thing that could happen for the west. another enemy to keep for the rest of our lives, right after omicron more or less fixed covid.

this will be the reason for everything in the forseeablle future, it already always were "russian hackers". it might be russian cyber-ops, but attribution is always vague at best for stuff on the net.

oil and gas getting expensive? russia to blame. internet and cryptography (and cryptocurrency) gets heavily regulated? only because russia! etc. ad nauseam. western governments can literally do anything now and blame it on the new old enemy.