blitz;
"Not exactly long term economic gain there, but I am not an economist, and numbers from Russia like China are always suspect." Right, there is a lot of negative information out there about Russia's economy and demographics, but how much of that is actually critical to Russia's war efforts is unknown.
If Russia is spending 50% of its budget, or 15% of GDP, that is huge, but still a very far cry from Second World War numbers which for Russia were circa 80% of GDP.
So it's impossible for me to say today how much they might adapt and adjust their economy to keep their war efforts going.
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True, but Russia is not the Soviet Union, and despite what they may say on RT, Russia is the aggressor
Time will tell, but wars have led to several regime changes in Russia.
Curious if the can kicking will come home after putins “tough” reelection bid. The fact that there seems to be some efforts made prior to an “election” without question intrigues me