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by ivan_gammel 271 days ago
> From a national security perspective, it makes Russia a lot less concerning if their industrial output is 20% less

Russian military industrial output has significantly increased and more importantly they demonstrated the ability to scale it up very quickly. The economy has grown during the war - the effects of the sanctions may become painful in the long term only if they will stay for decades, which is unlikely.