OP I am with you . People have been brainwashed for so long they still think this the Soviet era . Now that Russia knows that the the western criminals always intended to cut to pieces Russia to steal her resources the game is going to be very hard . I would use the OIL to force a freeze to NATO's expansion and even without that there could still be a war as explained in this article from Rense .
[link to www.rense.com]

Then there is the Russian option to NUKE the american Dollar . To minimize the damage for Russia and China ,
purchases of good profit making western companies should be accelerated and then unload some US dollar reserves . The Idea is to devalue totally that FIAT currency and render the US administration bankrupt . That will negatively affect the EU puppets and Israel and make it impossible to wage wars .