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Sure its the most emmediate effect anyways i would think to.
I think the list is long and will continue to grow as time goes on. For the west russia is now dead as a trading partner.
Nick above has a good point as well. All the young talent that wont want to stay. Sure they can likely be forced to do so but that has it costs as well.
I think the undoing of the quite friendly view of russia and russians is a big deal long term as well. 30 years of progress just wiped out in 2 weeks. Which politician will even think about doing anything remotely pro russia when the western population hates it guts. It will have effects for a long long time. Europe making plans to be independant of russias natural recources etc etc.
What is the cost of occupying a nation for years as thats what it will take even if he wins the "war". How many russian soldiers will die, how many russian mothers will wont it to stop?
All the major companies withdrawing their factories shops and products etc.
Give the current situation a few years (god forbide) and putin himself may not be adversly affected but his population will suffer and so will his popularity.
Nato? Wont surprise me if Finland and Sweden both are nato members by the end of 2022. Germany upping their defense budget to 100 billion euro. Sweden will now also aim for 2% of gnp. Many nations are awakening to a realisation that perhaps we have been naive.
He has also managed to unify europe in a way we havent seen in a long time. With uk leaving eu and things were looking brittle its now more united than ever. It helps to have a common enemy. Sometimes i wonder if it will take allien war to unite mankind as a whole..