Yeah, sure it's real.

Unfortunately most people (especially from the US) will just believe whatever information they get from their propaganda sources and will just ignore real info from people who know what it's like actually.
I know a few people (including my employees/people I work with) that were in Russia from when the war started to today. The economy is actually never stronger and the average person doesn't even care about the war as it doesn't change anything for them, not even the price of bread.

And before you label me as some kind of Russian terrorist - I don't care about the war and politics as a whole, but you should really think about which countries are actually involved and who has interests there (hint: it isn't only about Russia).
So don't worry, spread your false info even if it gains you nothing - and takes nothing from them as well. Oh, and check out Europe, the economy is really thriving right now since they put out sanctions.