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by deflator 8 days ago
Makes sense if they are planning to concede in Ukraine. The Russian economy is dependent on continued military buildup, so they will try to continue with that but go back to their cold war-era posturing with the forces and matériel produced.
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>The Russian economy is dependent on continued military buildup

That's a myth that economy can improve by military spendings. It boosts production and investments in the moment, but in the long run it sucks resources out of economy. USSR failed precisely because of dozens of years long high military spendings