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Russia economy meltdown as Putin given dire '2-year' warning
EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin has been warned that he cannot financially sustain his war machine for much longer amid soaring inflation and costs.
Russia's declining economy has been dealth another blow as Vladimir Putin is warned he cannot fund his war for much longer. Moscow continues to pour a staggering amount of money into funding the conflict with Ukraine amid soaring inflation and costs. Defence strategist Nicholas Drummond said the Russian president can continue on this path for no more than two years before the war becomes financially unviable.
He told the Express: "While the Russian economy has benefitted in the short-term by being put on a war footing, there is staggering inflation and a shortage of goods. There is a consensus among economists that Russia cannot sustain the war longer than another 24 months."
Surprised no one posted this earlier; this aligns with my own estimate that Russia has only a couple of years of gas left in the tank, and Ukraine's route to success is through Russia's economic depravation and destruction. Meanwhile, at its current rate of advance, Russia would take at least 14 years to conquer Eastern Ukraine alone.
In otherwords, keep calm and rope a dope on.
And to preempt the usual Russian apologists who will undoubtedly point to moronic talking heads that inaccurately spoke of imminent Russian collapse in response to Western sanctions:
#1: Talking heads are polemists and commentators, not economists; they do not have the information, nor the expertise or background to make an intelligent analysis of the Russian economy, nevermind accurately draw such conclusions.
#2: We are more than three years into this war where economists both have the time and data to make informed conclusions about the trajectory of the Russian economy, which is extremely unhealthy even by the admission of its own economists and central bank.