Russia Ukraine war, page-36572

Gee, I come here for a few minutes on an irregular basis and find this.

IF you are going to use economic concepts please do so properly.

You said The Russkies are "a price taker now rather than a price giver".

The proper term is "price taker" and "price maker".

BTW the Ruskies were and are largely price takers because they operate in a "perfectly competitive" market.

That is, until the "sanctions" which has distorted the market! The market is now "unstable" and likely to be so for some time.