358. Konstantin Samoilov (Inside Russia YouTube channel) - Economic Tsunami Threatens Russia's Ability to Sustain the War

Production in the military-industrial complex is squeezing money out of
the civilian economy. How much longer can Putin keep burning money,
resources and people on a project that is neither creating sustainable
wealth for citizens, nor substantial successes in Ukraine.

Russia's economic growth relies heavily on state-funded arms and
ammunition production and masks a multitude of problems, including poor
living standards and rampant inflation. Vladimir Putin claims the
economy is developing, and will continue to flourish. He claims Russia
can transition away from the West amid sanctions imposed over the
Ukraine war, but reality may be far more messy and painful.

Russia-based economists say the economy is showing signs of overheating
as Moscow ploughs on with what it calls the "special military
operation", and that for all the current optimism, stagnation or
recession now looms. "If a defence company builds a missile or a shell,
they explode somewhere and GDP grows," said economist Sergei Khestanov.
"But the civilian economy receives very little benefit from this
process." Russia is pumping the economy with one-time, unproductive
investments that yield limited future benefit.
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Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the
most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia.
Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside
Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism
over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russia,
with no idea of when he can return there.
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