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Most, as you put it, "experts" point to inflation as a consequence, but I know shit about economics and don't know the mechanism behind it.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-does-rubles-sharp-fall-mean-russias-economy-1992933
They just state inflation would be an outcome without actually explaining how that would happen. It's pretty clear these people are just parroting things without understanding them.