We are talking about the country that beat Nazi Germany, that got all the way to Berlin. I hardly think a few western sanctions are going to make the Russian people turn against their own government. Putin can simply point out that this is all the fault of the west, that Washington and its collection of puppets want to destroy Russia, which they do. Its all part of Washington's desire to rule the world. I really hope we see a total collapse of the American Empire in the coming years.