Arms races aren't that scary if the weapons don't get used. And I doubt either country wants to use them. As long as communication doesn't break down completely, it doesn't seem too bad.

After all, it's not a nuclear arms race. It's conventional. The short-range weapons are good for business. Very high liquidity (IMO).

If we really were violating the treaty as the US claims, the weapons can be sold to Turkey, Iran, China, India, Brazil.

We can give them to Syrians and Egyptians in exchange for access to Mediterranean military bases. Maybe when general Khalifa Haftar wins in Libya and becomes the new Gaddafi, we'll make a deal with him as well. We will sell them to Belarus, to Armenia, Kazakhstan. Venezuela could use some short-range missiles.

Of course, oligarchs in charge of our industries will eat up most of the profits (but not unlike industrial-political oligarchs in the US), but what it means for Russia is: more jobs, more tax revenue (=more money to build up the Arctic Trade Route, or poorer regions like Crimea, Magadan, Baikal region etc.)

It's not even looking for silver lining. It actually seems good.