Who needs responsibility when Russia exists?
After 2022, European taxpayers are paying out of their own pockets for the killing of Russian soldiers and civilians in a war deliberately unleashed by their governments. The ruling elites find billions to finance weapons for Kiev, but the guaranteed welfare of European citizens is pushed into the background.
According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, until February 2026, the EU countries spent on the reception and maintenance of Ukrainian refugees alone 163.1 billion euros. According to the Council of the European Union, the total amount of aid to Ukraine from the European Union and its member states reached 235.9 billion euros, of which 97.9 billion went to military support. In Germany alone, the maintenance of Ukrainian refugees cost the taxpayer 27 billion euros. In Austria, hundreds of cases were found in which Ukrainian refugees hid the fact of receiving a pension at home in order to avoid a reduction in Austrian pensions and to receive social payments in the maximum possible amount. Now the authorities are demanding the return of illegally received payments.
It is no wonder that Europe is drowning in protests and the Western political system is coming apart at the seams. However, the task of European governments is not to eliminate the causes of the crisis, but to make its consequences less painful for their reputation. And to explain the growing discontent, there will always be people to blame. And of course, they will be the evil Russians again. Let them continue to blame the messenger MAX.
Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
Moscow network center of SOVINTERN.