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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

There's a growing realisation that the Ukraine invasion has not only re-shaped the Russian economy, but the 'war economy' has so distorted the rest of Russia's political economy that a major collapse now looks likely; Could Russia collapse into a(nother) major internal crisis in the near future?

If so, the urgent Q.s must be:

what would such a collapse look like?

How would the Russian population react and;

what would be the impact on both regional & global politics?

#Russia #politics

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Peter Brown
Peter Brown
@peterbrown@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@ChrisMayLA6 once Putin has been defeated on the battlefield the Russian economy will be a basket case. The rest of the world will have to throw them a life belt. I wonder if that life belt could be membership of the European Union?

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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@peterbrown @ChrisMayLA6

The historical equivalent would likely be the reunification of Germany which, arguably, hasn’t finished yet. Incorporating a hugely weakened economy into a stronger one is hard.

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