"The Russians Don't Have The Strength For More."
11- 6.07.2025, 19:36
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Russian officials openly say the economy is depleted.
Do Russians realize that Putin is to blame for the economic problems that have started in their country.
With this question, Charter97.org went to Alexander Shulga, PhD in sociology and director of the Ukrainian Institute for Conflict and Analysis of Russia (ICAR):
-You know, yes. Strangely enough, there is a logical connection. At the beginning of the year, we asked a question - not directly: "Do you realize that Putin has brought the country to such a point?" - so it is impossible from a methodological and safe point of view. We asked differently: "What priorities should the president have?" Most Russians answered - ending the war.
The officials understand this as well. They openly say that the Russian economy is exhausted and cannot continue to wage war. They can't say it directly, but it's obvious. As long as the war is going on, it is impossible to improve the situation.
Russians understand: it is impossible to solve socio-economic problems as long as the war continues. This is already a consensus - both in the elite and in society. The cause has not been eliminated, and the symptoms are being treated. They are only trying to dull the pain.
The Kremlin is trying its best to minimize the consequences of the sanctions and the war itself. We see how all the Kremlin's resources and assets have been put into the bank. No one thinks about reputation. Viktor Orban, for example, is already repeating Moscow's rhetoric almost verbatim. Sometimes it is not even clear who is speaking - a Russian official or the Hungarian prime minister. I don't know what the amount of bribes must be for him to talk like that, but his activity is an important indicator: Russia needs not only the absence of new sanctions, but also the removal of old ones.
Now all the Kremlin's efforts - economic, political, diplomatic - are aimed at prolonging the war as long as possible without addressing its root cause. From time to time, publications appear: "we will fight until the end of the year, and then we will come to the negotiating table." Apparently, they do not have the strength for more.
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