Out Of Gas
One narrative, popular among contrarians of various sorts, says the Russian economy performed far better in the face of Western sanctions than anyone could've imagined in early 2022 when, after months of explicit Kremlin denials, Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine just like Western intelligence agencies warned he might.
That narrative's not false. In fact, it's more or less true.
Initially, the credit went to Elvira Nabiullina, whose deft maneuvering during the war's earliest months would be celeb
He sought tzar status
You don’t need to say sorry. We live in a period where news/information has gone from a trickle to a fire hose, and the public is struggling, but the adjustment has to be on the receiver. Brutal honesty is the only way out and anything short is appeasement.