Learn Hardcore Russian: Это очевидно.

In present-tense Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted. So Это очевидно literally looks like This obvious, but it means This is obvious or It is obvious.

Russian does use быть in other tenses:

Это было очевидно = It was obvious
Это будет очевидно = It will be obvious

So the missing is is completely normal here.

What does это mean here: this, that, or it?

Это can mean this, that, or it, depending on context. In Это очевидно, it usually refers to some fact, situation, or statement already understood from context.

So in English, the best translation could be:

This is obvious
That is obvious
It is obvious

Grammatically, это is the subject of the sentence here.

Why is it очевидно and not очевидный?