You cannot prove that the wheels of the Russian economy are running smoothly just by posting a news source link and an inflation chart published by the Russian state authority. Any individual who has taken Economics 101 or has basic economic literacy can tell you that these data are insufficient.

Moreover, Russia is a raw material exporter. This is the reason why inflation in Russia can still remain at low levels despite the sanctions, and I did not argue the opposite. The Russian people may find potatoes, vodka and bread, but they cannot find many products such as spare parts, phone, tablet computer components or they have to buy them at very high prices.

As for the European Union's lng purchase, the data I have shows that the eu has made the lowest lng imports in the last month since october 2021 1.100 million cubic meters (august)

It also represents a very small amount of LNG for the transport of Russian gas to the European Union. eu receives gas through the main pipelines, of which the vast majority supply gas far below their capacity. The only line that works at almost full capacity is the bluestream and turkstream lines passing through Turkey, and their capacity is very low compared to nordstream 1 and 2.