Quote (Vastet @ Mar 4 2022 11:45am)
It is not only possible but probable. The USSR survived and competed with the strongest super power yet to exist for decades. Only the US was capable of competing with them economically or militarily. Russia is less isolated today than the USSR ever was. Russia's foreign trade partners are far stronger economically than the USSR's ever were. That Russia will collapse over sanctions that hurt the West as much as Russia is frankly ridiculous.
7 of the Top10 import and export partners are currently sanctioning Russia (as well as another one of their top10 import and export partner).
They deal 52,9% of their international trade with the EU (who is currently sanctioning them)
Go figure
But if you think that this has no severe consequence on russian economy, then any further argument is pointless.