Oh sure, dangle that carrot

I’ll believe it when I see it

What’s the purpose? To stop cheaper Ukrainian grain from entering EU market?

I see her as a major talking head and thus an indicator for ruling class’ opinions

Yelena Mizulina comes to mind

Rubbish. Not while Russian government officials, capitalists and TV propagandists all have real estate, children and Bank accounts in Europe

harder core right wing figures

And those are going to be even worse and even more bloodthirsty. It’s a no-win scenario

I expect Russia to make a lot of money as countries drop their sanctions.

Arguably, it would actually serve to further destabilise Russia. It might not have made global news, but there’s something of a fuel crisis in Russia at the moment - due to drone bombings of oil refineries and such. The one fuel seemingly unaffected is diesel, due to Europe closing down on imports, so there’s just a lot left around. So while personal car drivers are seething in fuel lines, trucks and buses continue without much issue. If Europe starts buying diesel again, it will all go there, leaving buyers inside Russia empty. Which would mean bye-bye logistics, and hello pissed off (even further) population.

The capitalists will make lots of money though, this much is correct. But Russia as a whole? Nah.