Good point.
This has already happened to some extent as Russian agriculture and domestic manufacturing have grown to fill the gap from the loss of EU imports.
In very real terms the economic sanctions have hurt Europe and made Russia stronger.
It also didn't hurt that Russia has a business oriented foreign policy and a charismatic leader capable of making big deals with foreign governments.
> In very real terms the economic sanctions have hurt Europe and made Russia stronger.
Which is why Europe wants so desperately to drop them.
Free trade is an interesting beast. A free trading raw material export orientated nation will never be able to industrialize. Such nations export raw materials in exchange for finished goods thus the cost of local raw materials will always be too high to encourage new local manufacturing.