Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Russia's Economy is F***ed: Here's 3 Reasons Why" video.

  1. Sanctions are always a long term thing, history has shown that the damage really kicks in over years, also we should remember that Putin was ready for the sanctions by having reserve to prop up the economy, the problem for Russia, those reserves banked on the war in Ukraine lasting just a few weeks to a few months, not years, the longer the war goes on, the more costly it's going to be for Russia as those reserve run dry, Europeans buy less gas and oil from them and the price of oil and gas on the world market starts coming down and becomes more stable. That is when Putin will have real issues because he's protecting his position of power by trying to shield the Russian people from the cost of the war, that's going to be much harder to do from summer to late next year as oil and gas prices continue to drop, Europeans continue to buy less oil and gas from Russia, its reserves run dry and if Putin is forced to call a general mobilization in Russia, basically, the Russian people will start getting hit from all sides and that's when Russia Putin needs to worry. If that isn't bad enough, there's a fair chance that once EU countries have diversified away from Russia enough, both the EU and US could go after those countries that are buying cheap oil and gas from Russia, maybe with sanctions on many of their goods to the equal amount of benefits they get from that cheap oil and gas, the idea being is total isolation of Russia until the Russian people wake up and depose of that clown Putin or if they don't, well at least the west weaken Russia so much that they are less of a threat on the world stage, either way, it's a win win for the west, but it does take time. So the Russian people need to ask themselves, how bad do things in Russia need to get before the penny drops and they do something about Putin, the longer it takes, the more painful it's going to be for the average Russian because the reserves are running out and Putin will find it hard to shield them.
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