And just exactly how do they propose to make money and compete in the world economy? Putin is basically selling oil and gas, and importing food and finished goods from the west. That is an economic model that has many perils.
I the meantime, the Russian population is steadily shrinking, as ‘immigrants’ start to move in. This cannot be good.
You’re correct. That’s why we need to take the steps necessary to export LNG AND cut Russia off at the knees. Putin will be sucking win when we take the cheap natural gas cleaver to his Euro sales. The EU would happily help.