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Jan 15, 2025 | 
kyivindependent.com | Anders Aslund
Russian President Vladimir Putin frequently boasts about the strength of his country’s economy, claiming that Western sanctions only made it stronger (while in the same breath demanding that they be lifted). In fact, “stagflation” — inflation combined with minimal growth — is coming to Russia. His war on Ukraine has caused both high and rising prices and labor shortages, because many workers have been mobilized or killed, while many others have fled the country.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
dennikn.sk | Anders Aslund
Odoberajte e-mailové upozornenia na nové články o téme Vladimir Putin e-mailom. Aktivujte jedným kliknutím sem. Autor je švédsky ekonómRuský prezident Vladimir Putin sa často chváli hospodárskou silou svojej krajiny a tvrdí, že západné sankcie ju len posilnili (zatiaľ čo jedným dychom požaduje ich zrušenie). V skutočnosti do Ruska prichádza stagflácia – inflácia kombinovaná s minimálnym rastom.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
project-syndicate.org | Anders Aslund
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While Russia continues to put on a show of resilience, signals across its economy are flashing red: inflation is rising, and labor and technology shortages are becoming acute. The most critical shortage, however, is budget financing, as Russia’s last liquid reserves are likely to run out in the fall of 2025.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Anders Aslund
Rubio Set to Say China Cheated Its Way to Superpower StatusSenator Marco Rubio will say China has lied and cheated its way to superpower status at the expense of the US, according to remarks he’s set to …
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
qoshe.com | Anders Aslund
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
kyivpost.com | Anders Aslund
Which Western leader has been best at dealing with Putin? It has not been any American or German in recent decades. In both countries bipartisan folly has abounded. George W. Bush understood nothing, being exceedingly complimentary to Putin. In June 2001, Bush said: “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy...
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
kyivpost.com | Anders Aslund
Ukraine can win the war against Russia. It has all the troops it needs – about one million men and women under arms. It does not need to mobilize more soldiers. The late Columbia University Professor Charles Tilly coined the expression “wars form nations,” and this war has cemented the Ukrainian nation. Ukrainian soldiers do not fight out of fear or for the hope of great remuneration as with Russian soldiers, but for Ukraine. Ukraine only needs two more things to defeat Russia: money and arms.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
kyivpost.com | Anders Aslund
For 16 years, from 2005 to 2021, Angela Merkel was Chancellor or Prime Minister of Germany. She was the most powerful politician in Europe, widely popular and respected. Her boring 700-page memoirs have just been published in 30 languages and, after reading them, we are all struggling to figure out what she was really all about. The answer is as revealing as it is depressing. Her book has received many reviews, most of which are negative for good reasons.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
nacion.com | Anders Aslund
Casi tres años después de la invasión rusa a Ucrania, las sanciones financieras de Occidente comienzan a hacer efecto, lo que ha provocado intensas luchas internas en el Kremlin por el control del Banco Central ruso. En los últimos dos años, la comunidad empresarial rusa en general se había mantenido en silencio, incluso cuando las sanciones occidentales provocaron un aumento del tipo de interés real.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
omanobserver.om | Anders Aslund
Almost three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the West’s financial sanctions have finally started to bite, triggering fierce infighting within the Kremlin over control of Russia’s central bank. Russia’s business community has remained largely silent over the past two years, even as Western sanctions triggered a surge in real interest rates.
