Yes, sanctions on Russia are working (noahpinion.substack.com)

Yeah but they are also working just as effectively against Europe as an intended or unintended side effect.

Mistake to look at the short term data to make such a naive conclusion

Russia has close to no debt, once once this time of adaptation and calibration will be done, they'll go back to normal in no time, specially if they are now pushed to the hand of China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Vesta sells for $40K right now because its a solid car, much better than entry level Tesla Model 3.