Russia is transparent, you can see all the yachts at the docks

I feel bad for Yandex, they weren't a bad business but it's hard to operate in the global market when their core audience is in a backsliding country. They had a thriving business in Ukraine until the Crimea situation.

I read the article, but I don't understand why Kazakhstan is bending here, it was illegal from the Russian perspective, not Kazakh.

Doesn't Kazakhstan have an open border with Russia? What are the grounds for his deportation?

They can't replace everyone's demand

The price will be more favorable when you don't have to compete with a pipeline

For Ukrainian donations yes, but other countries are buying full price to bolster their own defenses.

Not debating that but just saying that Russian tech has been pretty stagnant. The MiG35 is also a rebrand. Ultimately I think Turkey doesn't give unless they get some benefit in return. They do have the Syrian border to worry about.

S400s are basically S300s with a Russian sticker over the Soviet one

What is they deployed it in Kyiv well beyond Russian reach? It would also let them test it out against Iranian weapons