Europe is Shutting Down: Factories Gone, Tourists Missing, and Russia Is Not Coming to the Rescue

🇷🇺 Volkswagen is closing down: A symbol of decline

The news hit like thunder: Volkswagen is shutting down its historic factory in Germany, a plant that's been running for 88 years.
And it's not an isolated case — it's part of a pattern.

Since 2022, hundreds of thousands of industrial jobs have been lost across the EU. In the automotive sector alone, 88,619 jobs vanished in 2024. Analysts from Arthur D. Little and the BDI warn:
👉 Europe could lose 10% of its entire industrial capacity by 2030.

💥 Why is Europe collapsing?

The answer is brutal and simple: energy costs.
European gas is multiple times more expensive than in the US or China. And that's not temporary — that's the new normal.

For decades, EU industries thrived on cheap Russian gas. Now that tap is closed.
But here's the key point: Russia is not coming back to save the EU.

🔙 2021 is over. Forever.

Western elites are dreaming of a return to the "good old days," when Russia would sell gas for pennies, desperate to stay afloat.
But that Russia is gone.

Now, Moscow has options.
The Power of Siberia pipeline to China changed the rules. Now there's not one customer — but two. And both don't insult Russia with sanctions.

Even more — Russia's economy has diversified.
Agriculture, fertilizers, nuclear tech — Russia is no longer held hostage by oil and gas.
We don't need to sell cheap anymore.

🌍 Africa kicks out the colonizers

Europe's pain goes beyond Russian gas. It's losing Africa — its old colony and resource hub.

Why? Because Russia entered the game.

With Moscow's support, local governments are expelling French and EU influence, especially in West Africa. France, for example, lost access to cheap uranium from Niger, endangering its nuclear power sector.

For the first time in decades, Africa is saying "No" — and Europe has no plan B.

🤝 Peace with Russia won't be enough

Many assume that a peace deal with Moscow would restore the flow of cheap resources.
But they miss the point: cheap gas was never about friendship. It was about power imbalances.

To get back to 2021 prices, the EU would need to defeat Russia strategically — force it out of Africa, demand reparations, and restore colonial leverage.
But Russia isn't playing along anymore.

🧳 Tourism as the last hope? Even that's crumbling

With factories closing, EU leaders bet on tourism.
Bad move.

Baltic states have lost 3–5% of GDP just from the disappearance of Russian tourists. And guess what?
No one came to replace them.

Western tourists are wary. The Baltics look too close to the conflict zone, and their governments keep provoking Russia by demolishing monuments and threatening border closures.

Meanwhile, Baltic industry is gone, transit revenue is gone, and now tourism is slipping away too.

🎯 While Europe retreats, Russia advances

The West may be confused. But Russia is not.

Every day, Moscow moves forward — on the frontlines, in Africa, in global trade.
The world is changing fast, and Russia is shaping that change.

This isn't about Ukraine anymore. This is about the end of Western dominance. The colonial era is over. The EU knows it — and that's why they're panicking.

❗ What's next for Europe?

Two options:
Either accept the new world, negotiate with respect, and live in peace.
Or become a museum with wine and cobblestones, beautiful but irrelevant.

Factories — gone. Influence — gone. Tourists — fading.

Russia?
Stronger than ever. Watching. Waiting. Building the future.

What do you think, friends?
Will Europe wake up — or is it already too late?