How Russia’s Economy Is Booming Despite Sanctions — And Why It Doesn’t Depend On India’s Oil Purchases
New Delhi: When Western economists predicted that Russia’s economy would implode under the combined weight of sanctions, battlefield costs, and isolation, their models seemed logical. After all, economic textbooks teach that prolonged war spending eventually destabilizes production, trade, and public morale. Yet, three and a half years after invading Ukraine, the Russian economy has not…