they are not lel they will find their way out with their wealth while the avg russian will suffer the consequences for their actions, thats the harsh reality.
they have their wealth diversified, i doubt that they have everything in the west and if they have crypto, they dont need swift whatsoever to move it around.
putin seems to be frustrated
https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukraine-wladimir-putin-laut-us-geheimdienste-frustriert-und-isoliert-a-86fc3026-c78d-435b-aedf-2ceb984f229d
very interesting and long read again, most informative i have read in a long time.
Why Russia will lose this war?
Much of the "realist" discourse is about accepting Putin's victory, cuz it's *guaranteed*. But how do we know it is?
I'll argue that analysts 1) overrate Russian army 2) underrate...