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For years, Kremlin propaganda sold a myth: sanctions‑proof Russia, stable and self‑sufficient. Then came the confession. Alexander Shokhin, president of Russia’s top business lobby, called it what it is—an “uncontrolled contraction.” Behind the slogan lies a brutal balance sheet: growth forecasts tumbling toward ~1%, a 21% policy rate strangling credit, 5 trillion rubles in losses across ~19,000 big firms, and two Russias—a military sector bloated on war spending and a civilian economy in freefall.
In this video, we unpack:
• The myth vs math: why headline growth no longer matches life on the ground
• How sanctions + war finance created a stagflation trap
• The two‑speed economy cannibalizing regions and services
• Why oligarch profits and elite loyalty are cracking
• How budget holes and job cuts can morph into social unrest
• The strategic endgame: wars are lost when treasuries run dry
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Question: If the money stops, does the war stop with it?
