War Overhead Creates ‘Dual Economy’ and Stagnates Russia’s Civilian Sectors

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According to former Kremlin advisor Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia's economic crisis is less a consequence of war and sanctions than of a shift in policy in Moscow. "Vladimir Putin has begun to shoot himself in the foot economically," Inozemtsev told Der Spiegel. The Russian economist diagnoses a "significant break in Russian economic policy." At the beginning of the war, the Russian government pursued "masterful economic policies." Regulations a…