Russian tube supply issues

Just adapt circuitry to use tubes outside the classic 12A**, 6S**, ECC**, KT**, EL**, 5R**, 2A3, 45, 300B & Russky milieu and there is still plenty of NOS out there to keep going for decades. Lotsa great TV tubes (including cheap damper diodes) just waiting to be discovered. Only takes a little imagination.

it’s far from the end of the world and might actually spark a little innovation..

Russia may sell to China and they on to the West, at a price.

Meanwhile

As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed

Then there is the fact of their committing genocide against the Uighers among other things which is normal to any country run by tyranny