It's because they assume some absolute power holder already exists and it's not their one, but black, jewish, deep state etc, so they want their own. The actual weakness of Democrats not holding 100% of all offices is probably the go-to talking point when trying to deprogram vulnerable believers of said conspiracies.
With how weirdly their army works, I doubt they have any chance in active warfare. Even if they didn't plan fleeing, they are worse than cannon fodder, and deserting is the only thing they can probably do.
If they are sent to (or have chosen to be sent to) active warfare they aren't the top crop and probably already in the lower caste. And, if you think about it, if the dissenting mood took place in their particularly caring family, they'd be happy to disown and carry a burden of their child who fleed. And if they aren't, their boy can allow himself to stop giving a fuck.
Partially, but most goes through grey channels and would do so. Intel 13k, nVidia 4k, they all happen to get there from China but with more and more variable locations on the way.
Russia doesn't export high tech into China if I read you right. And it doesn't produce much for it's authonomy in spite for the move for импортозамещение or replacing exports. It still depends on things they import, including chips for military production and some casual things like home devices, ingredients for brewing etc.
They also sent garbage to SK to no repsonse and no purpose.
I have a hard time remembering it from the time I've seen it in cinema in late 00s I think. It was something about alien concentration camps? I can't remember much now.
That's also the key to understanding russian pre-war chauvenism against middle-eastern and asian immigrants. Construction businesses can buy and kill everyone who disagree with them abusing foreign workforce for pennies, and the problem is migrants themselves somehow, them reduced to animals living in stationary train sections and working 12h shifts only to send their income home. That's to no one's surprise they aren't well-integrated into society.
These processes are slow and they put their heads on the table to make sure some gray alternative channel still works. If something, these measures would take effect somewhere in 2030s for the big players. Yet, Gazprom reported negative balance recently, and other resource-oriented conpanies too, so some effect already took place.
I imagine him falling from a pole and breaking his neck on a first try. Makes it bearable.