No. Russia is run by a war mongering mafioso. That their economy is in shambles is expected.

Define shambles. Italy’s economy isn’t doing great either but there are ways to hide it

Russia will suffer the consequences of its brain drain and their aging population far after the overheated war economy cools down.

Exactly, Russia's numbers are most likely much worse than publicly known ;)

Do you believe statistics Russian bureaucrats invent and compute?

If you believe neither your comment makes even less sense.

What are you even on about?

It's not invented it's a verifiable fact.

If you align more with Russia and think that Russia would let go of China as their ally when Russia tied themselves to China after the sanctions.

I don't know which universe this would happen but not this one.