Which means Russian sanctions never end. A few hundred miles of the Ukraine isn't worth it. Russia is sliding into global irrelevance; it's only the remnants of their archaic and decaying nuclear arsenal that gives them any credibility at all.
It seems as though the sanctions were levied aggressively as a long term play. I’m curious how their effect is over time as it seems to disrupt their trade quite a bit. I’ve read contextual reports but would like for someone to tie it all together and put a 5 year hypothesized forecast on it.