>That's because I've had to conclude two things: First, the Russian economy is even more opaque to western analysts than the analysts already admit it is. Or i

>That's because I've had to conclude two things: First, the Russian economy is even more opaque to western analysts than the analysts already admit it is. Or it's not all that opaque and you've been reading tons of propaganda disguised as economic analysis in order to manufacture support for the war in the West. "Just 50 billions more for Ukraine and it's going to win."