Summary
Regardless of Putin’s decision regarding the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is facing a crisis due to factors such as sanctions, a shrinking sovereign wealth fund, and a labor shortage. The war has boosted growth, but Russia cannot sustain it without significant economic consequences.
…not if he wins the war. Like japanese in late WWII. Die hungry or die fighting.
I’m not an economist or even especially well informed, but… Isn’t war kind of… You know. Expensive?
Yeah I know it could pay off in the long term if you just swept up a country’s worth of innocents, genocided them and grabbed their land (Hi Israel), but… Fuck up the war badly enough, and there’s not going to BE a long term, just because the economy collapses. Right?
Bold of you to assume China will just let russia collapse. Ideally, China economically subjugates Russia and makes it essentially a satellite state
All China wants is the mineral and petroleum reserves in Siberia. They don’t give a fuck about the population centers in western Russia.
I’m sure they can be re-educated as well as any other minority… (/s but not really)
I have a dream where I visit St Petersburg, Finland soon.
Or maybe even Královec.
The damage he’s already done will last generations
They could have stopped at any time, but once their three day plan failed, putin decided to engage in a money-burning competition against a countries with 25 rimes their gdp…
He’s not relying on Ukraine’s allies running out of money, he’s betting that they’ll lose interest and/or vote for pro-Russian stooges before he loses the ability to win the war.
fuckem.
How sweet is sound!
