25 years of Putin in power | DW Business

As Russian president Vladimir Putin marks 25 years in power, spending to back his war in Ukraine is propping up the economy. But Alexandra Prokopenko from the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, who formerly worked as an advisor to the Russian central bank, believes a painful economic collapse is coming.

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[roberteisenhart]

Putin needs to let Ukraine 🇺🇦 be free.both countries will improve if they do

[Anil]

Alexandra Pocopenko's clear explanation of the Russian economy was excellent.
Great interview.

[dweb]

What explains Gazprom's statement of a $6.9bn loss in 2023 and the vaporized Russian National Wealth Fund?

[keithrosenberg]

Japan did many of these things prior to WWII when it was under economic sanctions.

[robertjmillerma]

More great reporting from Deutsche Welle 👋👋👋 thank you

[proffessorclueless]

GDP per capita Russia c $15, 000. GDP per capita Lithuania $25, 000. Yes prices are higher in Lithuanian shops but Russia has enormous natural resources and GDP per capita would be 4 or 5 times higher than Lithuania if the economy was being run properly. Either their top economist is clueless or Putin has wasted 3/4 of all the wealth from their resources.

[berndhofmann]

We should not forget, that gdp of Russia is in the size of that of Spain! 😂😂😂

[passais]

Would someone PLEASE replace that light-bulb!?!?!

[Asif_Bcn]

Real reason is China helping Russian Federation in every field.

[zollen]

Putin never learned in his professional life if he really wanted a strong and powerful country, one must first cared about his own people and their lives.

[henriquemonte]

Alexandra Prokopenko made a precise analysis on russia state of war economy and exposes the difficulties involved in assure a softland for it.

[Drganguli]

Germany has been impacted negatively by this war. The competitive advantage of Russian gas is gone.

[augustinesesay]

Russia needs to have an open economy. Not an economy under dictatorship. So we can have confidence on it growth.

[rosemariebredahl]

What effects might Ukraine's incursion into Kursk have (beet sugar +/- interruption in nuclear power supply for fall season agriculture harvesting & processing)?

[Alexsedlex]

the fact that the level of unoccupied people is so low in Russia....is so bad. The principal reason is that manpower is dead or stuck at the front. Lacking manpower will choke the economy.

[aleci]

"Okay, so they've increased their GDP, but other factors need to be considered—like the 22% depreciation of the ruble. When you factor that in, the economy hasn't actually grown when compared to the international market."

[gregash]

If factories are running at maximum capacity (3 shifts 24/7) there is no time and needed resources for preventative maintenance and repairs. In addition to potential equipment failures, the coordination of supply chain 'just in time' delivery of essential components is impaired. The growing evidence that their military keeps drawing down early Cold War weapon stocks and relying on cannibalized components adapted for current use, indicates their level of desperation. Eventually, their soviet era equipment will fail, after first losing assembly line productivity and forcing poorly trained workers to create make-shift 'work-arounds' to complete assembly.

[treborkeeper]

She seems to forget the 2014 maiden coup.. which had nothing to do with Russia, until it was asked for help and protection of Russian speaking people in Donbas and LPA..

[peach]

She's an incredibly well spoken economist in a foreign language no less!!!

[davidlee]

Just compare Russia now and what it was like under his predecessor, Yeltsin, and it is clear what Russians would prefer. It's also not honest in failing to disclose that India is really just a middleman reselling Russian oil to Europe at a profit.