Succes schreef op 25 november 2025 16:48:
A slowing wartime economy pushes the Kremlin to tap consumers for revenue
After two years of robust growth fueled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up and defense spending has leveled off.
The Kremlin needs money to keep its finances steady — and it’s clear where President Vladimir Putin intends to get it: at the cash register, from ordinary people and small businesses.
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apnews.com/article/russia-economy-war...“Growth is slowing down, but corporates are paying taxes, people are consuming and getting salaries, and paying taxes from this,” she said. “For the coming 12 or 14 months, Putin has enough money to maintain the current war effort and the current level of expenditures.”
After that, she said, “he will need to make tough choices, trade-offs between maintaining military effort or, for example, maintaining consumer abundance so people won’t feel 100% that the war is going on.”