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Déjà vu … Since Crimea Invasion Russia’s Economy Is On the Brink of Collapse" – CNN Business, December 2014. "The End of the Putin Era? Russia’s Economy Is T
by tonymet 8mo ago
Déjà vu …
Since Crimea Invasion
Russia’s Economy Is On the Brink of Collapse" – CNN Business, December 2014.
"The End of the Putin Era? Russia’s Economy Is Tanking" – Newsweek, December 2014.
"Russia Heading for Economic 'Colossal Collapse'" – BBC News (quoting Alexei Kudrin), December 2014.
"How the Oil Price Collapse Could Topple Putin" – The Guardian, 2015.
"Russia’s Economy Is a Mess" – The Atlantic, February 2015.
"Russia’s Coming Economic Collapse" – Forbes, June 2015.
Since Ukraine War
Post-Ukraine Invasion (2022–Present)
"The Russian Economy Is Heading for a Meltdown" – The Economist, March 2022.
"Biden: The Ruble Is Reduced to Rubble" – Associated Press (reporting on White House statements), March 2022.
"Russia Faces its Worst Economic Collapse Since the Fall of the Soviet Union" – Bloomberg, April 2022.
"The Implosion of the Russian Economy" – Foreign Affairs, July 2022.
"Russia’s Economy Is Dying a Slow Death" – Business Insider, 2023.
"Is Russia’s Economy On the Brink of Collapse? Why Trump Might Be Right" – The Guardian, September 2025.
"Stormy Weather Pummels Russia's Economy: Cracks Are Appearing" – CEPA, February 2026.
"The Russian Economy Is Finally Stagnating" – The Guardian, February 2026.
- mdavid626 8mo agoYes, it seems like that’s the propaganda. The free speech democratic West, instead of reporting about the objective truth, tells us half truths for their own benefit.
- nomel 8mo agoeconomist.com is a website. It's not, and doesn't represent, the whole of western civilization.
- mdavid626 8mo agoAre you sure? Which western media says different opinion?
- nomel 8mo ago90% of the media in the US is owned by 6 companies [1]. We, the people of the western civilization, are not those 6 companies. Most of us don't trust the media [2]. With that freedom of speech, these "news" agencies can be as biased as they want, lie in all sorts of ways (omission, etc), they mostly just can't slander/defame. Almost all are strongly aligned to the republican party or democratic, and all of them are aligned to common goals like oil and Israel. It's best to watch the news knowing that there's an attempt at manipulation. Luckily, with the anti-alignment of the news agencies, the "other side" will often loudly point out flaws. The only hope for reasonable context/nuance over here is through independent journalists. Don't just the world through the lens of a few billionaires. [1] https://pwestpathfinder.com/2022/05/09/the-big-sixs-big-media-game/ https://pwestpathfinder.com/2022/05/09/the-big-sixs-big-medi... [2] https://news.gallup.com/poll/695762/trust-media-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/695762/trust-media-new-low.aspx
- casenmgreen 8mo agoNo. 1. News outlets look to sell stories - and so catchy headlines. Real value is optional. 2. I expect you could find a range of contrary views over the same time. I've read good analysis saying economy will just keep going. 3. Try going to Russia and see what you find in the way of half-truths or free speech.
- mdavid626 8mo agoI hope you’re not serious. The point of media is not to sell stories. Even if it is, the stories should not be made-up, biased or distorted. Just because in Russia it’s worse, it doesn’t mean we should keep our media shit.
- tonymet 8mo agoI would call this a very cynical and pessimistic assessment of journalism. It holds them to the lowest possible quality standard.
- wiseowise 8mo agoWestern news resources aren’t controlled by government, unlike Russia. So they have incentive to post what generates clicks, not necessarily what reflects reality.
- mdavid626 8mo agoYes, they are controlled by money.
- wiseowise 8mo agoEmploying people and reporting costs money, news at 11.
- tonymet 8mo agoif they published anything for clicks they would have immediately published the Hunter Biden laptop story. The most salacious click-baity story in 20+ years and it was shelved. There's more to influence than "money"
- svara 8mo agoDo you keep a collection of these? What for?
- AlexandrB 8mo agoI'm actually in awe. I wish I had lists like these for other "hot-button" issues where the common narrative is that things are constantly on the brink of some kind of catastrophe or resolution. Really puts things into perspective.
- dyauspitr 8mo agoProbably organized propaganda or fanatical support of Russia. My bet is on the former.
- tonymet 8mo agoI'm guessing you mean the publications. Certainly not me.
- tonymet 8mo agoit took me 5 seconds to google this
- nikkwong 8mo agohttps://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-growth-annual https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-growth-annual It does look like the war is taking it's toll, though. It is said that the annual growth in GDP is expected to be negative for 2026.
- tonymet 8mo agoThey are killing off their last and best generation of men, so yes the economy will suffer. I'm not questioning that part -- it's the repeated "russia will collapse any minute" propaganda, going on for 12+ years, that is very easy to see through.
- elektronika 8mo agoSo glad we don't have propaganda, only independent journalists who just coincidentally parrot the same think-tank talking points. See the wealth of articles that are even more obviously wrong predicting China's collapse.
- simonh 8mo agoAll true, but I remember several articles in the Economist in the first year warning that no collapse was imminent, and basically that the Russian central bank had plenty of options to recalibrate the economy in the medium term. They made comparisons with other countries that have been subject to similar, or even much more severe sanctions. Overall I think they’ve been the best source of analysis on this I’ve found. They were explaining what CDOs and such were, and why they were a systemic risk years before the collapse in 2008.
- tonymet 8mo agoI agree the Economist may still be the best major finance / news publication. I trust it over nearly all the others though it’s gone downhill since McElthwaite left for Bloomberg