Moscow has been stealthily funding much of its war costs with risky, off-budget financing overlooked by the West. That funding is now under pressure, offering new leverage to Ukraine and its allies.
It’s pretty much the same story with their efforts to appease the masses. There’s lots and lots of specific handouts that don’t make it into the official figures, and pretty much every large-ish business is roped into being an extension of the treasury to some degree.
If the war doesn’t end immediately, they have maybe a year before shit gets really real for the Russian war machine, probably right around the same time they run out of Soviet armour.
It’s pretty much the same story with their efforts to appease the masses. There’s lots and lots of specific handouts that don’t make it into the official figures, and pretty much every large-ish business is roped into being an extension of the treasury to some degree.
If the war doesn’t end immediately, they have maybe a year before shit gets really real for the Russian war machine, probably right around the same time they run out of Soviet armour.