Keeping Russian Economy Afloat: Kremlin's Economic High Wire Act

OCT 22, 202543 MIN
Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch

Keeping Russian Economy Afloat: Kremlin's Economic High Wire Act

OCT 22, 202543 MIN

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Is Russia close to an economic collapse? Dmitri Alperovitch sits down with Chris Weafer, an expert on the Russian economy, to assess how long the Kremlin can keep this high wire act going.   00:00 Introduction 01:17 Current State of the Russian Economy 10:02 Budget Challenges and Military Spending 19:29 Impact of Oil Prices and Sanctions 30:10 Economic Headwinds 32:20 Impact of Ukrainian Strikes on Refineries