Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why is Inflation Rising In Russia?" video.
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This is where the real problem is, the west can afford to spend this kind of money, and because it's being share, the impact is far less, whereas Russia is having to spend big to prop up it's military and economy, that can work well in the short term, but it's massively expensive to do, especially if the war drags on and like one of the comments on here said, they are getting revenue from oil and gas sales, but it's kinda like throwing money down the drain that normally would go towards helping the economy and Russian people, the end result is that over the long run, it's going to have a negative impact on the Russian people, which by the way, it seems like Putin is trying to shield the rich areas of Russia at the expense of the rest of Russia from the impact this war is having, mainly because Putin doesn't want the Russian people to turn on him, so he's being selective on what parts of the country to shield from most of the impact of this war, which again, that only works short term, longer term we are talking about Russia decline.
Also, the stats that are coming out from Russia on the economy, inflation and so on are likes downplayed and are very likely worse than it's reported, you only have to ask the average Russians to get a bit of an idea on that one, so the simple truth is, we don't know how bad it's hitting the Russian economy, but it's clearly worse than what's being reported in Russia and likely to get worse overtime.
Also, isn't Russia printing more money in the last 24 months then it did in the entire 90's? If so, this is going to be costly over the long run, especially as the 3 big players, the EU, US and China are moving ahead with renewable energy, which will put downwards pressure on fossil fuel prices over the coming years.
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