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Russia faces a crisis whether it continues the war or not, economist Alexander Mertens says. ... "The current state of the Russian economy is far from critical but it does present Putin with a ...
The Russian economy looks unable to sustain President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine past next year, but an end to the fighting could also pose an existential threat to his regime, according to ...
Still, Putin refrained from giving a concrete outlook on the war in Ukraine, or the path of the Russian economy going forward. He also did not mention Russia's inflation struggles, one of the ...
Chinese leader and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 25 February, calling for Russia and Ukraine to resolve the issue through negotiation. [401] [402] Putin told Xi that "Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine."
The first task in Putin's view was consolidation of Russia's society: "The fruitful and creative work, which our country needs so badly, is impossible in a divided and internally atomised society". [61] However, the author stressed: "There should be no forced civil accord in a democratic Russia. Social accord can only be voluntary". [61]
A survey from June 22 reported that only 2% of Poles held a favourable view of Russia, while 97% were unfavourable, the most negative views of Russia among all countries included in that survey. The 2% view was a collapse from previous polls, which for the prior two decades had about 20–40% of Poles expressing a favourable view. [197]
The price of a butter slab has spiked 26% since December, reflecting how inflation is unraveling for the average Russian in Vladimir Putin's war economy. The great Russian butter robbery—and ...
Russia's Kaliningrad exclave faces ever-increasing isolation. [276] Several leading foreign tech companies withdrew from Russia or suspended operations while Russian authorities also doubled down on the use of their "sovereign internet" technology to block access to numerous independent media and social media platforms.