[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Pointman

Three months in, and things are not dire at all in Moscow. Our company had some layoffs but is hiring in certain departments. Shops are full. Street crime still barely exist. Dollar is actually cheaper than it used to be. There are some occasional fires here and there, but it doesn't really affect mundane lives. Rumors of conscription, mobilization and such do exist but it's not happening and panic somewhat cooled off. We can't fly to the west but it only affects vacations. No flights and higher prices are the only tangible things that have changed this far. Also can't pay online to the western world, so we can't enroll our daughter to online USA school. I didn't try but I assume we can't buy games in Steam and movies on porn hubs. Nonetheless if sanctions were supposed to send Russia down the spiral of death it definitely hasn't happened yet.

That is unfortunate.

I had hoped that this pressure would cause Russia to withdraw from Ukraine. Unfortunately it looks like more lives will be lost.