West is untrustworthy towards Russia to higher level. Stopping hatred of war is first step to building trust. Somehow in 2014, Germans had enough trust to finance Nordstream 2, while simultaneously playing the Minsk accords as a delay tactic to arm Ukraine. So there is definitely a deranged mismanagement of their evil.

The obviousness to a 5 year old, is countries should side against those threatening war and extortion and not against those who do not, and whose enemy status and hatred is entirely manufactured by propaganda of your enemy.