Russia in Economic Collapse

It’s hard to gauge Putin’s approval rating among the Russian people, and we have to think that the heavy censorship and propaganda are at least somewhat effective in buoying the dictator’s popularity.

However, he’ll soon be facing a huge problem, as illustrated here, i.e., that the Russian economy is entering free-fall.  Contrast this against prior invasions, like Georgia in 2008 and the first assault against Ukraine in 2014, where economic times were fairly good.

Yes, Putin is going to be very hard to overthrow, but we could be entering an age where the vast majority of the Russian people would kill (literally) to see him removed.