It's easy to forget Russian and Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight for every inch of frontline territory in Ukraine, and the world feels like it has moved on.

Vasily Astrov, expert on the Russian economy at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, told Newsweek that "inflation has really subsided markedly over the past few months. The outcome of this policy has been a marked cooling of domestic demand, with the welcome side effect of rapid disinflation.