Greit nok at de må stå litt i kø når de skal i banken, men de står ikke i en arbeidsleir og lager det soldatene trenger. Så de er ikke der.
Til og med NRK rapporter til stadighet om at livene går som normalt for Russerne flest.
Russia’s current reserves of foreign currency and gold, which stand at about $580 billion, provide considerable freedom of maneuve
Russia’s rainy day fund (the National Wealth Fund, or NWF) stood at about 12 trillion rubles ($130 billion) at the start of 2024.
In addition, about $170 billion worth of foreign currency was held in individual and company accounts in December 2023. The foreign currency debts of the nonfinance sector totaled $220 billion.
Total revenues are predicted by Russian officials to grow 22 percent in 2024.
Russia continued to record a stable trade surplus in 2023 (about $30 billion per quarter), which is comparable to the period between 2015 and 2021.
Total victory for either side in this war appears extremely unlikely. It is too early to predict the exact conditions of war termination, but such an unsatisfactory conclusion would likely cause both sides to seek to amass a military arsenal for another attempt to achieve their desired goals—as well as a push to strengthen their defenses. In other words, Russia will be seeking to ramp up military production for years—if not decades—just like between the end of World War II and the détente of the 1970s.
In other words, Russia will be able to maintain military spending for a relatively long time, just like other pariah countries. This is bad news for Ukraine, ordinary Russian citizens, people living in neighboring countries, and the overall global security environment.
