>>64066067Yes the sanctions HAVE strengthened the domestic economy in the short term. But you're delusional if you think that's sustainable long term. You're running out of men, the men you're currently using were a significant labor force for factories/farms/etc when they're killed or disabled they're unable to go back to those jobs. This is most noticed out east where an entire generation of men are simply gone from some towns and they'll never return.
This will have a long lasting impact on the demographics and economy of Russia.
Russia is also running out of money, the national wealth fund had around $160B in liquid assets pre-2022, but the liquid portion of that fund has been halved since then, mostly tied up in infrastructure programs and military projects.
So what happens when they run out of liquid capital?