Maybe you are right, maybe Russians can endure a few more years of bad times, maybe Putin can continue moving the blame on others(if he still has money to keep

Maybe you are right, maybe Russians can endure a few more years of bad times, maybe Putin can continue moving the blame on others(if he still has money to keep the oligarchs happy and pay the propagandists). So he needs money for the oligarchs(or needs to eliminate them, could be a popular move), money for propaganda, money for the army (to keep them loyal), it will be expensive.