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Russia’s surprising consumer spending boom (www.ft.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's a massive increase from peace time, but it's a tiny percentage of the overall economy. The point here is that the overall economy in Russia is very obviously not driven by the military industry. The reality is that 6% of the economy is negligible in practice.

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