One key question about the Russo-Ukraine War is: how long can the Russian economy keep it up? After all, the intention of Western economic and financial sanctions against Russia was to cripple Russian growth and render its war machine incapable of maintaining the fight.
Britain is forecast to record the weakest economic growth across the G7 group of advanced economies next year, according to the International Monetary Fund, but these figures have been blasted as already out of date.
Vladimir Putin has ramped up military production in Russia to prop up the economy. An expert said doing so prevents civilians from rising up against him.