POV: You wake up as a lucky person studying in the beautiful DPRK. What would you do after class?
(thelemmy.club)
In Russia, yes. Absolutely. It is not at all comparable to Cuba, or even the DPRK. Russia is doing better economically despite sanctions than Europe is right now. Prices are far more affordable, no energy crisis, and they have a growing industry, rather than de-industrialization. And they certainly don't have shortages of fuel or goods like in Cuba. So yes, i would consider myself lucky if i lived in Russia right now. They have problems but the trajectory is positive.
The thing with sanctions is that they are becoming less and less impactful for countries that have alternatives. Cuba is in probably the worst position you can be because they are far from the Eurasian core of BRICS and an island, thus easily isolated. But countries like Russia, Iran, and even the DPRK will be less and less affected by sanctions as time goes on because of the alternative economic structures that have been building around the BRICS countries.
The more that sanctioned countries trade with one another and build alternative financial systems the less that sanctions matter.