> From a national security perspective, it makes Russia a lot less concerning if their industrial output is 20% less Russian military industrial output has sig

> From a national security perspective, it makes Russia a lot less concerning if their industrial output is 20% less Russian military industrial output has significantly increased and more importantly they demonstrated the ability to scale it up very quickly. The economy has grown during the war - the effects of the sanctions may become painful in the long term only if they will stay for decades, which is unlikely.