Yet Russia has to come crawling to China for parts for airlines - who has refused to provide them.[0] Modern aircraft are rife with specialised electronics - w

Yet Russia has to come crawling to China for parts for airlines - who has refused to provide them.[0] Modern aircraft are rife with specialised electronics - where is Russia going to get them? Perhaps Russia will be able to build fighters up to the standards of the 1980s. But sanctions will cripple its ability to build modern fighters. Another matter entirely will be Russia's ability to find engineers who are able to design military hardware for them. They had already been suffering brain drain prior to the invasion and sanctions, and currently there is a flood of emigration. Not just to the West, but even places like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Flights from Moscow to Tbilisi reached almost $2k. True, bread and housing will be just as available and affordable to a Russian engineer. But if he wishes for any of the comforts of the West, those will be unavailable to him. And not to mention income - for instance, Roscosmos engineers before the invasion supposedly made only around $10k a year. [0]: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-says-china-refuses-supply-aircraft-parts-after-sanctions-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sa...