This is not a country that lives off taxes from the little people, it lives off the sale of natural resources.

Moreover, many people are in a grey area of the economy, paying no taxes at all: for example software developers making software for the West.

Looking at the ridiculous "sanctions" of recent days, I cannot say who they are directed against. In long run, they benefit Russia, preventing leaking of brains and capital.

During all this war Europe and USA even for a single minute didn't stop buying Russian oil and natural gas to support Putin's invasion.

It's European and American money that supports war crimes.