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Putin Is Mortgaging Russia’s Future to Pay for His War
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Russia is mortgaging its economic future to finance Putin's war as oil revenue weakens, two-thirds of its regions face budget deficits, subsidized mortgages disappear, agriculture is threatened by diesel costs, and fuel shortages spread through Moscow, St. Petersburg, and dozens of other regions. Ukrainian strikes have damaged major refineries and logistics routes, forcing Russia to export raw crude for cash, authorize lower-quality gasoline, consider rare fuel imports, and strengthen air defenses around Moscow while the Kremlin loosens budget controls and considers lower interest rates that could deepen inflation. The evidence does not mean Russia will collapse tomorrow, but it shows a worsening long-term prognosis as the state sacrifices infrastructure, public finances, strategic resources, and civilian living standards to sustain the war.
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00:00 Russia Is Mortgaging Its Future
01:29 Russia's Oil Windfall Starts Disappearing
03:35 Putin Exports Crude While Regional Deficits Soar
04:07 Mortgages and Agriculture Face a Breaking Point
05:38 Fuel Rationing Reaches Moscow and St. Petersburg
06:53 Russia Offers Strategic Resources to India
08:01 Bad Fuel and Central Bank Pressure
09:50 Russia Removes Limits on War Spending
11:03 Ukraine Turns Logistics Into an Economic Weapon
12:34 Moscow's Refinery Becomes a Systemic Target
14:28 Falling Production Creates Safety Risks
15:55 Russia May Have to Import Gasoline
16:41 Moscow Braces for More Ukrainian Strikes
17:39 Satellite Images Show the Refinery Damage
18:12 Why This Is Deterioration, Not Instant Collapse
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