Understanding Putin
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The Russian Economy Isn't Going Gang Busters
If he does invade ukraine, hes can be in a very different set of places than crimea. He's going to clearly face resistance from a ukranian tary that has seven years of low grade conflict with russia under its belt. And so he could be facing a very costly military intervention, which can turn very unpopular very quickly in countries like even Russia. The combination of puton's own cond of cleptocratic model, coupled with the sanctions that they faced after the 20 fourteenth invasion and annexation of crimea, have taken a real toll on russia. You see growth and wages down. You see a real hit that is already impacted standards of living in
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