No, it means you can’t take a position without paying a cost. A lot of countries used to depend on Russia for various things, and they have paid a price to change this.
Sure, even the poorest countries in the EU are significantly richer than Brazil, but it's not like we didn't get significant food price inflation either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...
I don't get your point. Where do you see this fundamental difference between Brazil and Europe? Europe was highly dependant on Russia for it's energy supply, to the point that Putin was hoping to leverage that to conduct his genocide of Ukraine unopposed, and Europe successfully shed that dependence on a dime.
In your opinion, what stops Brazil from finding alternatives to Russia imports?
There are some recent photos that show the result of accumulated inflation and unemployment during the pandemic:
People scavenging bones to eat: https://f.i.uol.com.br/fotografia/2021/09/29/16329448496154c...
People scavenging garbage to eat: https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-b...
Alternative fertilizer suppliers might not be available.
And now they depend on US for the same things paying a much bigger price.
Some countries never learn.
What? Germany is now reporting record drops in it's energy prices.
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/energy-costs-german-hou...
Ukraine is/was the world's bread basket. Supporting Russia jeopardizes the world's access to food. Brazil's actions don't exist in a vacuum.