CommentEconomicsMagic numbers Why looking at Russia’s military economy through the prism of GDP growth is pointlessKonstantin Sonin-
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CommentPoliticsThe Prigozhin sledgehammer PMCs and armed gangs are already starting to supplant the Russian state. This is a direct path to civil warKonstantin Sonin-