That’s the only sensible thing to do, they are not even hiding about using their resources:

The operations should be assisted by a tough, hard-headed utilization of Russia’s gas, oil, and natural resources to bully and pressure other countries.[9] The book states that “the maximum task [of the future] is the ‘Finlandization’ of all of Europe”.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Content