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Is budget the same as foreign exchange inflows? That's what the author is pointing out as the bulwark to the international pressure.

• bvrmn 5y ago
  Russian total trade in 2020 was 550M. Poland has 510M total trade same year. Russian external economy is really very small.
  • rdtsc 5y ago
    And that explains why they are not too worried about sanctions. Sure, it would be unpleasant but they are already under sanctions and Putin is hasn’t lost popularity too much.
    • bvrmn 5y ago
      Putin lost a big chunk of popularity. Support index dropped from 57% in 2018 to 32% in 2021.
      • nradov 5y ago
        So Putin now has about the same approval rating as Biden. https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3831 https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3831