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'''Russian sanctions''' were first imposed in 2014 after the [[illegal]] [[Obama]]-backed [[Maidan coup]]. More were imposed after the [[fraud]]ulent [[Democrat]]/[[Deep State]] [[Russia collusion hoax]], scapegoating [[Vladimir Putin]] and the [[Russian]]s. Finally after the clearly provoked [[NATO expansion]] in [[Ukraine]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Provoked-Washington-Started-Catastrophe-Ukraine/dp/1733647376 Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Paperback] – November 16, 2024 by Scott Horton. [[Amazon.com]].</ref> more sanctions were imposed.
'''Russian sanctions''' were first imposed in 2014 after the [[illegal]] [[Obama]]-backed [[Maidan coup]]. More were imposed after the [[fraud]]ulent [[Democrat]]/[[Deep State]] [[Russia collusion hoax]], scapegoating [[Vladimir Putin]] and the [[Russian]]s. Finally after the clearly provoked [[NATO expansion]] in [[Ukraine]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Provoked-Washington-Started-Catastrophe-Ukraine/dp/1733647376 Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Paperback] – November 16, 2024 by Scott Horton. [[Amazon.com]].</ref> more sanctions were imposed.
In the third week of February 2022, socialist leader [[Joe Biden]] said that "As a result of these unprecedented sanctions, the ruble almost is immediately reduced to rubble," and push the [[Russian]] [[economy]] from being the 11th biggest in the world to outside the top 20. The [[UK]] [[Prime Minister]] and Foreign Secretary variously said that sanctions would take "the wheels off the Russian war machine," and "hobble" its economy. EU Commission president [[Ursula von der Leyen]] said "Russian industry is in tatters."<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/BzSeX5ww7YFy/</ref> The [[EU]] said that sanctions were designed to erode "sharply Russia's economic base." The sanctions, which were unprecedented in size and scope, were meant to damage the Russian economy to such an extent that [[Moscow]] would be unable to continue its intervention in the [[Donbas war]] and perhaps even lead to [[regime change]]. Many experts agreed, forecasting a catastrophic effect on the Russian economy. The Institute of Financial Studies predicted a 15% fall in GDP. A Yale study went even farther, arguing that Russia had lost foreign business presence in the country that accounted for 40% of its [[GDP]], and that there was "no path out of economic oblivion for Russia."
In the third week of February 2022, [[US]] [[socialist]] premier [[Joe Biden]] said that "As a result of these unprecedented sanctions, the ruble almost is immediately reduced to rubble," and push the [[Russian]] [[economy]] from being the 11th biggest in the world to outside the top 20. The [[UK]] [[Prime Minister]] and Foreign Secretary variously said that sanctions would take "the wheels off the Russian war machine," and "hobble" its economy. EU Commission president [[Ursula von der Leyen]] said "Russian industry is in tatters."<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/BzSeX5ww7YFy/</ref> The [[EU]] said that sanctions were designed to erode "sharply Russia's economic base." The sanctions, which were unprecedented in size and scope, were meant to damage the Russian economy to such an extent that [[Moscow]] would be unable to continue its intervention in the [[Donbas war]] and perhaps even lead to [[regime change]]. Many experts agreed, forecasting a catastrophic effect on the Russian economy. The Institute of Financial Studies predicted a 15% fall in GDP. A Yale study went even farther, arguing that Russia had lost foreign business presence in the country that accounted for 40% of its [[GDP]], and that there was "no path out of economic oblivion for Russia."
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[[File:PPP 2023.png|right|200px|thumb|Since sanctions the Russian [[economy]] has become more self-sufficient, by 2025 surpassing [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] to become the 4th largest economy on the [[planet]].]]
[[File:PPP 2023.png|right|200px|thumb|Since sanctions the Russian [[economy]] has become more self-sufficient, by 2025 surpassing [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] to become the 4th largest economy on the [[planet]].]]
The obvious reason for the failure was a fundamental misunderstanding of the size, development and importance of the Russian economy. The idea that Russia was "a gas station with [[nuke]]s," had sunk into the [[Western civilization|Western]] received wisdom. Former President [[Barack Obama]] said that "Russia doesn't make anything," while the idea that Russia's economy was "about the size of [[Italy]]'s" was commonplace, adding to the sense that Russia would be an economic pushover.
The obvious reason for the failure was a fundamental misunderstanding of the size, development and importance of the Russian economy. The idea that Russia was "a gas station with [[nuke]]s," had sunk into the [[Western civilization|Western]] received wisdom. Former President [[Barack Obama]] said that "Russia doesn't make anything," while the idea that Russia's economy was "about the size of [[Italy]]'s" was commonplace, adding to the sense that Russia would be an economic pushover.
Russia treated economic pressure as an opportunity to accelerate import substitution, develop alternative [[supply chain]]s through [[China]] and [[Central Asia]], and convert [[civilian]] factories to [[military]] production. The result? By 2024, Russia was producing [[artillery]] shells at fifteen times its pre-war rate, manufacturing twenty thousand [[drone]]s monthly, and assembling [[tank]]s at rates exceeding [[Western alliance|Western]] production despite [[economics sanctions]] intended to cripple Russia's defense industry. Where Western planners assumed quick victory or collapse, [[Moscow]] prepared for years of grinding warfare.
==Russian GDP growth==
==Russian GDP growth==