“I highly encourage this move by Putin and Moscow. It serves to further isolate the Russian market from consumer goods and perhaps devices whose controls can be repurposed for military use. Russian actions like this ensure that it will be decades or even longer before Western businesses make any serious investments in Russia.”
putin isn’t the brightest bulb, he’s cruel and dangerous, not smart
May it be ever so humble!
Yea, the smart people are thoae qho put sanctions on him only to see his countries GDP outpace their expectations (their words, not mine). Under estimating people seems to be a favorite of the right. Taliban, Biden and Putin. To say nothing of Assad and Muduro.
Everything is subject to espionage and of course the West makes everything in China..... Russia will get it from whoever is the customer. Kinda like Russian oil bought by India and sold 3x higher to Europeans....