Russia's economic invasion of Ukraine was a start point for military conflict between Russia Germany political conflict about energy, policies and economy.
Global community response to the war crimes in Ukraine was heavy sanctions that paralyzed Russia's economy and banned access of them from SWIFT. The thing that banned Russia's Central bank from accessing hundreds of Billion Dollar foreign resources in the world.
Russia's political leverage for returning back to this market was heavy energetic sanctions and forcing the European countries to pay the price by Russia's national currency. A big economical and political challenge for Europe to control the trade volume with Russia.
Also inflation rate hit 200% and the capital flight happened in Russia and Russian oligarch left Putin alone. a big political strike in short term for Kremlin.
Russia started using controlled political pressure by banning access of Germany to the Gas and Oil resources to force them not take action against Russia.
A start point for the series of political conflicts about oil, gas and energy resources that may create a revolution in European technology for using energy.