Wednesday 23 March 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.12.3
Commentary: Russia’s economy may be much smaller than reported
By Miroslav Singer in Prague
Many famous acts of aggression are motivated by the need to divert the attention of citizens away from domestic economic problems. So in that sense, Kremlin aggression in Ukraine was unexpected, given that Russia’s economy appeared to be successfully overcoming the pandemic, having regained its pre-Covid-19 level by mid-2021. However, official Russian gross domestic...