Your assessment is spot on. It will be the only factor that determines how high they can reach or if they get stuck where ever they are. Even within europe, where I have a lot of friends, people are noticing the way they have responded. So, the goodwill has ramped up quite a bit.

But at the end of the day, it is an opportunity that they need to make full use of. I hope they do. But what ever happens, the tightening of relationship between the western wall bordering Russia, is already underway. It will be an EU within EU. Poland+Ukraine+Czech+Latvia+Estonia+Georiga+Kazakh