Not one part of my article is about western sourced economic data. Some of my article is push back against western views on the effects of sanctions. I think you underestimate what access a foreigner could have in Russia. In fact, I would say, have to have as 5 of my foreign friends ran afoul of people and ended up being deported, and the same was tried against me with low level FSB goons on someone's pay roll, but I knew the police commissioner, the governor, dozens of lawyers, a judge but it was a Russian Army Polkovnik who made the effective phone call that I was untouchable. Far greater protection and connections than the average Russian enjoyed. Likewise my connections with people in Gazprom, Alfa, and Sovcomflot. It helps when you teach all their children English ). All my sources are from within Rossiya. You don't have to like or believe that )