"It’s clear Trump’s plan to take control of the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t well thought out."

[eagle1462010]

"Famous last words", volume II. Right after the "Russian economy completely in tatters since 2015".

The economy took down the USSR

 

[Zavulon]

The economy took down the USSR

Not only economy. Economy and lack of the common enemy. Soviet Republics were mostly united by the pressure of the foreign enemies. After making more or less reliable peace, the usefulness of the Union significantly decreased.
And, by the way, economy took down the Good Old USA, too.

I mean modern Russian Federation has much more common - industrially, culturally, linguistically, biologically, may be even politically, with Russian Soviet Federal Socialistic Republic of 1976 than modern USA has with the USA-1976.

 

[toomuchtime_]

"Famous last words", volume II. Right after the "Russian economy completely in tatters since 2015".

AI Overview



By early 2026, the Russian economy is showing severe, deepening structural strains, with GDP contracting 1.8% in the first two months, prompting warnings from officials of a potential banking crisis. High interest rates, massive labor shortages (estimated at 1 million+ missing workers), and soaring inflation—driven by defense overspending—have led to high-profile commercial payment failures and stagnating consumer sectors. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key Indicators of Economic Strain:

• Impending Financial Crisis: Russian officials warned of a potential banking crisis by summer 2026 as nonpayments of commercial bills reached a record high of \(\$109\) billion in January.
• Inflation & Rates: High inflation and interest rates have triggered severe debt accumulation, with credit card rates topping 50% and mortgage markets freezing, as reported in studies highlighted by Reddit and UNITED24 Media.
• Labor Scarcity: A significant workforce shortage has caused wages to rise faster than productivity, a dynamic highlighting structural, not productive, growth.
• Declining Revenue: Energy revenues have dropped to roughly 25% of the federal budget (from 40% in 2022), and budget deficits are rising.
• Production Woes: While military production has sustained some output, key sectors like steel and construction face a crisis, with some military factory production stalling by 2025.
• Consumer Strain: Rising prices for staples, including a 167% rise in potato prices, are hurting household purchasing power. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

See more on this discussion from Reddit users here.
The Kremlin is reportedly navigating a "death zone" where high defense spending is required for the war, yet this spending is feeding severe inflation and exhausting the financial system, resulting in a reliance on tax hikes and selling gold. [1, 2, 3]

 

[Zavulon]

AI Overview



By early 2026, the Russian economy is showing severe, deepening structural strains, with GDP contracting 1.8% in the first two months, prompting warnings from officials of a potential banking crisis. High interest rates, massive labor shortages (estimated at 1 million+ missing workers), and soaring inflation—driven by defense overspending—have led to high-profile commercial payment failures and stagnating consumer sectors. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key Indicators of Economic Strain:

• Impending Financial Crisis: Russian officials warned of a potential banking crisis by summer 2026 as nonpayments of commercial bills reached a record high of \(\$109\) billion in January.
• Inflation & Rates: High inflation and interest rates have triggered severe debt accumulation, with credit card rates topping 50% and mortgage markets freezing, as reported in studies highlighted by Reddit and UNITED24 Media.
• Labor Scarcity: A significant workforce shortage has caused wages to rise faster than productivity, a dynamic highlighting structural, not productive, growth.
• Declining Revenue: Energy revenues have dropped to roughly 25% of the federal budget (from 40% in 2022), and budget deficits are rising.
• Production Woes: While military production has sustained some output, key sectors like steel and construction face a crisis, with some military factory production stalling by 2025.
• Consumer Strain: Rising prices for staples, including a 167% rise in potato prices, are hurting household purchasing power. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

See more on this discussion from Reddit users here.
The Kremlin is reportedly navigating a "death zone" where high defense spending is required for the war, yet this spending is feeding severe inflation and exhausting the financial system, resulting in a reliance on tax hikes and selling gold. [1, 2, 3]

C'mon. AI isn't thinking. It's just serving you a cocktail of obvious propaganda and political rhetoric. And this rhetoric is more or less the same for many years. Every year Russian economy is more and more in tatters and obviously collapsing. Of course only in English linguistical field. AI trained on Russian texts are talking about bright perspectives and "Russian economy demonstrates resilience, flexibility and the ability to grow."

 

[toomuchtime_]

C'mon. AI isn't thinking. It's just serving you a cocktail of obvious propaganda and political rhetoric. And this rhetoric is more or less the same for many years. Every year Russian economy is more and more in tatters and obviously collapsing. Of course only in English linguistical field. AI trained on Russian texts are talking about bright perspectives and "Russian economy demonstrates resilience, flexibility and the ability to grow."

Your ignorance continues to be on display. Google AI examines all sites on the Internet in every language. Russia has done a good job so far keeping its military industries producing even as its non military economy was contracting, just as the Nazis did in WWII even under heavy allied bombing, but now its total economy has begun contracting and there doesn't seem to be any remedy for this. Putin is probably hoping he dies before the whole thing collapses.