“there were reports on Tuesday of Russians scrambling to buy expensive goods like cars”
Buying ruble-priced goods, (or Krone-priced, or Loonie-priced,) goods with US dollars offers a significant discount right now.
If you are in the market for a Kamaz, this would be an excellent time to buy one. Or an SU-100.
Getting lost in all of this is how the Mexican Peso is getting killed, as well. It has been over 100 to the dollar this month.
Russians need to trade those rubles into dollars, which today would be a bath than let’s say - back before Russia invaded Ukraine.
All is good, comrades, nothing to worry about
Read a joke today: Moscow subway announced today it’s cutting the cost of fare by a half. In dollars, that is (ba-dam-bum)