I just gave you a full internet worth of sources that says the Russian economy is in the dumps. Find me one that says everything is A-OK. Preferably not from Kremlin News Bureau.
You gave me a duckduckgo link, thinking I was your Old Uncle. Thanks Bob, I know how to search the web.
That's problematic for you because there is still no metric you can provide to back up your claim, I don't know it should be trivial to find one no ?
The burden of the proof is on yours, I've never ever stated the Russian economy was "A-OK". I'm equally surprised by your first comment, and the fact you pull this out of nowhere with that much of a confidence.
It's actually okay. The sanctions are a joke overhyped by Joe Biden. USD to RUB exchange value is around 81 which is almost pre-war levels. Most banks still use SWIFT just fine. Russians sign up for Visa and MasterCard in Kazakhstan via remote interviews. Kazakhstan also provided backdoor for lots of imports. Retail prices are just a bit higher than before. Restaurants are fully booked in Moscow.
No offense at all, and I know the expectations in Russia were already super low to begin with, but saying the sanctions are a joke because Russia can route it's imports through a 3rd world neighbor does not exactly scream everything is "actually OK". The situation is extremely bad.
Enjoy it while you can, these things hit much harder after a while. Nobody will trust Russia for at least 2 generations, I hope you are ready for the wild ride.
I hope he just read the same news that stated the Russian economy was more than capable just like Germany.
That it had a lot of industries, natural resources, and above all relatively autonomous and so on ... and per Bloomberg own report, a sanction Fortress.
I just hope he didn't conveniently skip that.