Economists expect sanctions to cause Russia to stagnate in the years ahead but the West’s failure to quickly bring the Russian economy to its knees mirrors a larger stalemate on the battlefield.
I find this is the case with a lot of western reporting at this point. There is an increasingly clear dichotomy between the western narrative and the facts of the material reality. These articles end up doing Olympic levels of mental gymnastics trying to reconcile what’s happening with what they want people to believe.
I find this is the case with a lot of western reporting at this point. There is an increasingly clear dichotomy between the western narrative and the facts of the material reality. These articles end up doing Olympic levels of mental gymnastics trying to reconcile what’s happening with what they want people to believe.