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i dont think so at all.

he has been working towards making a more independent Russia since he became president.

Doesnt matter what he is doing, sanctions are targeting key companies and services within Russia which rely on nations who agreed to uphold the sanctions. These sanctions are having a crippling effect on Russia. The ruble immediately dropped in value by 20% and financial rates on average are now higher than they've ever been in almost two decades. Investors, whether they support Russia or not are steering clear from their stocks because of the multitude of financial burdens Russia is currently facing. Putin was doing great in terms of helping Russia's economy up until the annexation of Crimea and the Ukraine Crisis. It's going to be known as his worst mistake.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/011515/how-us-european-union-sanctions-impact-russia.asp

http://www.forbes.com/sites/drillinginfo/2015/05/18/russian-sanctions-effect-on-global-oil-market/

And also, at this rate he's making Russia almost entirely dependent on Chinese investment. As quoted in the forbes link

"Given the strength of the Chinese Yuan, China’s foreign reserve advantage, and the potential size of the market, China has significant negotiation leverage with Russia. The Chinese are driving a hard bargain and any long-term agreement will likely leave Russia heavily dependent on Chinese imports as a source of hard foreign currency revenue for decades to come."

Of course, Russia's economy has been shaky since the collapse of the Soviet Union but a good deal of those economic burdens are coming from sanctions.

You probably didnt check the links. They're directly contradicting what you're saying word by word.

"And of course it did damage, but it is not crippling"
The economic sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union on Russia are having a crippling effect.

"i am pretty sure it will get better soon enough."

Despite recent visits by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State John Kerry to Russia, the international community appears unlikely to soon lift sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

At this rate Russia is likely to hit an economic collapse, it's only hope is to either become indebted to the increasingly aggressive chinese or bend to western interests. Putin is literally burning through financial reserves to keep the ruble from becoming useless, it's only a matter of time before that falls through. These sanctions have reduced consumer spending by 6.5%, dropped the value of Russia's trading index by 45%, GDP to Debt ratio has doubled to 70% and has caused nationwide inflation of 10%.There's a reason the US president mocks Putin in public and denounces Russia of even being a world power, referring to it as just being a regional power. I can't blame him. Russia is indifferent towards itself, corrupt, underpopulated and predicted by its own bank to be heading into an economic depression. 

I can understand where you're coming from with saying Russia wants to be independent and self sufficient but that isn't possible if Russia wants to remain a first world country. Not trading with other nations is economic suicide.......which is why it was forced onto Russia as a punishment in the first place. 

"BRICS stronger and creating a new currency for BRICS eventually."

At the moment, the only BRICS country rising up economically, is China. Which is growing alarming aggressive with territory disputes, I'm imaging with Russia already being underpopulated China will inch in on their borders. Especially in the event that Russia becomes indebted/higly reliant on China(which is already being predicted).

Putin's actions are going to have a massive negative impact on Russia for decades to come, I just can't see how all of this falls in with his supposed plans to make Russia independent.

Of course he is working with China, he wants that. Maybe not as much as he have to right now, but that is not such a large problem, its not expected that he will brake his relation with China anytime soon.

And of course it did damage, but it is not crippling and i am pretty sure it will get better soon enough. I am not a person who can predict this accurately based on economical statistics, but i can see it from a political point of view. Based on what he wants to do, what he has been doing and what is going on, it seems like he wants to get away from connections with the EU and America(and the dollar), while making BRICS stronger and creating a new currency for BRICS eventually.

Economy is not so simple now(as it was before capitalism), its part of politics too(as the sanctions actually show).

Sanctions are not the only reason for Russia's current economic difficulties. The Russian state's main source of income is the export of oil, which has dropped to half of its 2014 peak value.

he is working with other nations.

He is independent from the 'dictatorship' of the world(edit) Bank.