-Do you think Russia can survive, and how can they survive the harsh economic realities that they are about to experience? Are the sanctions sufficient to push Putin into a decision to stop the invasion?
I just finished reading one of the international media sources and I saw a topic here by accident.
From what I read, the answer to this topic, I think it fits the answer as I quote below.
But in fact, the economic sanctions imposed on Russia are expected to be met, because Russia is thought to have prepared its economy before an invasion of its neighboring country.
In fact, International Law Observer, said that economic sanctions will certainly not have a big impact on the Russian people. And Russia will be able to survive six to 1 year after being given world sanctions.
Believe it or not, that's exactly what Russia is doing right now.
I have no doubt they prepared well, they would be crazy not to if they had planned this for longer! This report is interesting, although, how much can we really believe that the Russians have prepared for 6-12 months of severe sanctions, and what if something really goes wrong and stocks run out quickly, or in the worst case, what if this lasts longer than a year?!
From my personal experience long sanctions bring a lot of crime, most of the necessary things are imported illegally and sold on the street (read black market)! In this chaos, dubious businessmens are doing their best and increasing their wealth and influence, which later directly affects the rule of law and all other social segments! After almost 30 years after five years of sanctions and a little over 20 years after the NATO bombing, Serbia is full of suspicious multimillionaires who have earned their wealth in an unknown way, and I must say we things are not so great, there's too much gray around government institutions and I don't believe we can see better days in some short future!
The Russian economy will survive, but what will it looks like in a year or two we can just guess it, and I believe all that is just wild guessing, things can change big time in just a day or two, we can just wait and see... in the mean time stack some valuable stuff if you can!