Russia doesn’t want war. What they want is the threat of war. They have oil and have been buying large amounts of gold in recent years - they now have the 6th largest stockpile in the world. Guess what happened after these strikes, same as happens anytime there’s a threat of global instability? Oil and gold prices rose sharply.
Putin is crafty enough to know a tense standoff helps his finances quite nicely. They’ll keep posturing until the markets hit the right price, make some deals and then everything will suddenly calm down again.
Russia is also the #3 gold producer in the world so any increase in the gold price is helpful on that end as well.
You are probably very right; economics is driving the Russian posturing.