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Ex-advisor: Putin's regime decline rooted in Ukraine war spending chaos

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A former Russian central bank advisor suggests that Vladimir Putin's regime is showing signs of decline due to unsustainable war spending in Ukraine. Alexandra Prokopenko notes that Russia has abandoned fiscal discipline, with a budget deficit doubling and its sovereign wealth fund rapidly depleting. This financial strain, coupled with Ukraine's military successes and increasing public discontent over fuel shortages and heavy military casualties, indicates a period of decline for the current leadership. AI

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Ex-advisor: Putin's regime decline rooted in Ukraine war spending chaos

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Jason Ma ·

    The end of Putin’s regime will spring from war spending chaos, former central bank advisor says, amid military mutiny threat and fuel-shortage brawls

    "It’s less dramatic than a palace coup, but this is what decline looks like."

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