Russian currency crash is a blow to Putin’s credibility
Sanctions have cut off the financing the president needs to increase military spending.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
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Anders Åslund is the author of Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy (Yale UP).
Sanctions have cut off the financing the president needs to increase military spending.
By Anders Åslund