Russia and Sanctions
The Russian leadership wants to suggest that sanctions are of no consequence to them, but they clearly are of consequence to then...It hasn't crashed in the way that many European political leaders hoped back in 2022, but the economy is creaking. Its national airline is increasingly grounded because they can't get the spare parts they need. Whilst he [President Putin] may have territorial ambitions in Ukraine, he can't completely ignore the home front, and the home front is slowly but surely collapsing."
