Russia is NOT the Soviet Union (it’s much worse)

We talk a lot about the Russian economy and how current trends caused by the war in Ukraine could create the conditions for an economic collapse. But how realistic is that? In this video, I take a look at what caused the Soviet Union to collapse, and demonstrate how modern Russia shows all the same symptoms - only much worse.

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