Again, look at ANY of the links that I posted. Specifically, the sanctions that have started to be put in place since the beginning of this year were done so in order to sink the Russian GDP and increase the ruble's inflation. When every single government and organization that has collectively led these sanctions has explicitly stated that they did so in order to decrease the Russian GDP by double what it has seen and attempt to cause double/triple the level of inflation that Russia has experienced, that's great that it's crippling Russia but if we can't be honest about the results we're experiencing through our actions, then we can't effictively fight these battles against Russia. There's no value in parading around with blinders on in celebration instead of admitting that our actions haven't had the expected results and going back to the drawing board.