Is the Russian economy losing its future?

Economist Oleg Buklemishev on how lockdowns, VAT and personnel shortages are changing the country

The Internet turns off. The business is closing. Cars are becoming more expensive. People are leaving. Economist Oleg Buklemishev talks about why the Russian economy is coping with the load worse and worse, how military spending is changing the country and why the “digital paradise” is over.

Discussed:

communication blackouts and their cost to the economy, why small businesses are dying, labor shortages, why cars have become a luxury, what will happen after the end of the SVO, and does the economy even have a future.