How Russia Outsmarted Sanctions - And Why It Won’t Last Forever

How Russia’s shadow economy keeps the war machine alive - and why it’s doomed to fail. 👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Russia’s economy shouldn’t be standing - yet it is. Behind sanctions, embargoes, and bans lies a hidden system of smuggling, ghost companies, and shadow routes that keep Putin’s war machine running. In this video, Elvira Bary exposes how the Kremlin turned lawbreaking into policy, how sanctions created a new black-market elite, and why this survival game cannot last forever. Based on her research for the upcoming novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, this investigation reveals how deception became Russia’s most valuable export - and its most dangerous weakness. Video Chapters: 00:00 Keywords Here02:43 Russia’s Exit from the Global Legal Order06:56 Why Sanctions Often Fail 11:41 The Shadow Web: How Russians Outsmart Sanctions19:02 The End of the Westphalian World 👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs): https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/ Buy Me A Coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary Donate with PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A