How long can Putin afford to wage war in Ukraine? | DW News

How long can Vladimir Putin afford to continue his war in Ukraine without inflicting economic pain on his own people? The narrative around Russia’s economic performance could hardly be more polarized. One camp claims the country is on the brink of collapse, the other that it is stronger than ever, buoyed even by the effect of Western sanctions. With state spending on defense now exceeding investment in sectors like education and health, some analysts are predicting a painful economic hangover after the war ends. DW Business speaks to Alexandra Prokopenko from the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, who formerly worked as an advisor to the Russian central bank.

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[dawg]

The journalist is a very good and fair person

[StevenKeery]

Good interview. I'm glad the interviewer didn't interrupt the answers.

[BM-jycb]

Said it before, but I'll say it again: DW really is streets ahead of the British and especially American news media. Yet another DW host who asks intelligent questions and gives the interviewee plenty of space to answer fully. A complete contrast to the likes of the extreme poor quality and superficial questioning from the likes of the BBC, asking the same dummed-down questions of every guest, jumping in with the next dumb question before the guest has finished the first sentence of their reply. Well done DW!

[bubblebobble]

Absolutely brilliant to hear such an expert on Russia

[judieandpeterhowes]

This is probably the most sensible evaluation of the Russian
Financial and Political position regarding the Ukraine war I have heard. Well done.

[christianlibertarian]

Outstanding guest. Best discussion of Russia’s situation I have yet heard on the Net.

[pierman]

I have a simple minded way of thinking about this. Being largely cut of from roughly 50% of the world economy can't be a good thing economically.

[menschin]

Strategically they have already lost. Battle won but realistically war lost. Sweden and Finland have joined NATO. Respect is totally over for now. This makes you think twice about trading with Russia. Expropriation of foreign companies. China emerges stronger from this. The costs of war are immense. Reserves melted down. Destroyed oil and gas infrastructure. Deaths, a lot of deaths, so demographically it's getting even worse. Instability regarding neighboring countries. As a result, there will be plenty of terrorist attacks and riots. Costs (medical and pensions) for survivors and disabled people. It couldn't be stupider.

[supytalp-unroc]

TBH DW has been a goldmine in regards to interview and choices of guests.
I live in france, and the media here is so clogged with useless "experts" and useless debates with no shape or form. Thank you for being actual new. It's refreshing.

[sithlordbilly]

Yeah, He doesn't care about his own people.

[reedcriswell]

Such an articulate, intelligent young woman! Thank you DW for interviewing her.

[samsungtap]

Actually well done DW you actually had a guest who knows what they are talking about...makes a refreshing change !

[AmorosoGombe]

No one could believe that Russia was going to invade Ukraine because most people believed not even Putin could engage in such an irrational action.

[taralown]

Well this was intersecting, finally an economist who knows the market and can explain it to us littler people. This was a great interview

[megantaylor]

Excellent analysis and interview, thank you.

[michaelogden]

Very interesting interview. Apparently without agenda. Great job, Ms. Prokopenko.

[shahrumsayuthi]

No matter what she said Russia is winning.

[johncallaghan]

Very impressed with DW journalist who allows guest - with excellent Russian economic knowledge - allowed to answer fully without continual interuptions. Interest rate is 16% and inflation is close to 8% in today's Russia. And NEVER trust PRC!

[JelckedeBoer]

Great interview, good to hear people with real knowledge of the situation.. Refreshing to see something else than the 5 minutes of click bait content found normally.

[VusiH]

"When unemployment is low, this means there are less workers available in a case where there is large demand.." - this is odd analysis! Very odd!! The question was whether this low unemployment and economic "boom" in Russia would be sustained AFTER the war. Clearly - after the war, the current factories will be repurposed and workers too will be repurposed away from military production to civilian production. 🤷‍♂
Surely these are NOT independent or unbiased analysts. It looks like the analysis MUST ALWAYS highlight negatives on Russia. And I'm no Russian bot at all, i am looking for sober, unbiased analysis on this conflict. Analysts like this don't help me at all.