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Russia is currently making more money from energy exports than they did last year, please explain the logic here...

• nradov 4y ago
  You're missing the point. Removing the sanctions wouldn't cause Russia to make less money from energy exports. The sanctions make it more difficult to Russia to import what they need to keep their military-industrial complex running. This is having at least some effect: intelligence sources indicate that their production rate for critical items such as tanks has slowed down.
  • yogthos 4y ago
    There is no evidence to support the claim that the sanctions make it more difficult for Russia to import what they need or that the sanctions have slowed down Russian military-industrial complex in any way. In fact, a British military think tank recently showed that Russia's military industrial complex is ahead of what the west is able to muster https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare/ https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/comme... It's also completely absurd to think that Russia would have problems importing anything they can't make domestically given that India and China are backing them.