It’s been exactly a year since the start of the war in Ukraine so it’s a good moment to assess the impact that it has had on the lives of ordinary citizens. Let’s assume that our readers do not hold any Russian Rubles or Ukrainian Hryvnia or any stocks in Russian or Ukrainian companies. In that case, most likely the biggest impact to your wallet is through the price oil and gas. Russia is one of the biggest producers of energy, so unsurprisingly when the EU and the USA imposed sanctions on Russian energy the prices skyrocketed.