Economic Wonkology About Russia

This is a fairly lengthy paper that argues that, despite Russian propaganda and articles by their fellow-travelers in the West, that the Russian economy is cratering under the pressure of allied sanctions.

Russian imports have dropped drastically. Chinese companies are not stepping up to help Russia. China exports more than ten times as much to allied nations than they export to Russia. Those companies don't want to run the risk of being sanctioned, whether officially or unofficially.

The paper goes into a lot of detail and, as far as I can see, none of it is good news for the Russian economy.