A nice find thank you.
“The loss of energy markets, which compensated for the country’s lack of modern industries, cannot be reversed. European governments will not rely again on Nord Stream-1 (natural gas pipeline), having witnessed how easily it can be turned off, and are already making long-term investments in domestic energy supply.”
Finally, Hodges suggests Russian demographics makes the state more brittle than it may seem.
You’re most welcome. I thought it was interesting. We’ll see what happens. Russia has had some difficulty trying to get quality parts and supplies for weapons and ammunition and will continue to try to rely, in part, on weapons and (mostly) ammunition from North Korea and Iran. A lack of munitions accuracy will continue to be a problem for Russia.