zlacker

> Brain drain, loss of foreign investment, technology imports, diminishing consumer activity, falling real estate markets

I dont think the kremlin cares for any of these, except may be with brain drain (which they can easily fix by preventing movement of people).

As long as russia produces enough food for the population, a subsistence living is "good enough" in the eyes of the kremlin, and thus these sanctions doesn't hurt as much as the west had hoped.

>>chii+(OP)
It’s hard to wage full-scale war on proceeds from subsistence economy. The sanctions aim to cut off income that Kremlin can use to finance war - they are effective, if slow acting. They also aim to avoid being a double-sided blade and inflict economic hardship on Russia while sparing the West as much as possible - they have largely accomplished that as well.