Here's why the West's "sanctions from hell" strategy, which it believed would devastate Russia's economy, failed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently commented on the sanctions
imposed on Moscow by the West and its allies in recent years. He argued
that these measures are a step towards greater economic and financial
sovereignty, and that they have not been enough to cripple the Russian
economy. Western officials have conceded that the decisions made by the
Russian government to push back against sanctions have helped the
country's fiscal base hold up in spite of the challenging environment.
Moscow has been slapped with ten sanctions packages since February of
last year, making it the most sanctioned country in the world.