Despite his almost daily calls to nuke the west, Medvedev continues to invest in that exact west, the same west in which the children of Putin´s entire circle choose to live, study and build their businesses.

With everything from sugar production to potato production in a state of collapse due to mismanagement and the majority of resources being allocated to the war effort, Russia’s agricultural shortages are deepening.

Russia’s coal-mining regions are grappling with a sharp decline in budget revenues as coal companies face financial difficulties caused by the loss of export markets and reduced production. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov reported that profit tax revenues in the Kemerovo region, which accounts for 60% of Russia’s coal production and 80% of coking coal, have dropped by 59%. Similar declines have been observed in Buryatia and the Jewish Autonomous Region.