WESTERN sanctions have hit Russia. But after a year of sanctions aimed at degrading Moscow's war chest, economic life for ordinary Russians does not look all that different than it did before the invasion of Ukraine.
There is no mass unemployment, no plunging currency, no lines in front of failing banks. The assortment at the supermarket is little changed, with international brands still available or local substitutes taking their place.
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