Throughout nearly three years of war and in the face of unprecedented Western sanctions, Russia’s economy has seemed surprisingly resilient – at least on the surface.
To the untrained eye, Vladimir Putin’s economic managers, Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, seemed to have discovered a secret sauce or magic formula to keep the Russian economy humming.
But is this really the case? Or is it all just smoke and mirrors?
On The Power Vertical this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Russian opposition figure Vladimir Milov, author of the Free Russia Foundation’s monthly newsletter, the Russian Economy and Sanctions Brief; and Craig Kennedy, an associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, author of the Substack newsletter Navigating Russia, and of the author of the groundbreaking report, “Russia’s Hidden War Debt.”
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SHOW NOTES
Vladimir Milov’s Russian Economy and Sanctions Brief for the Free Russia Foundation, which was discussed on the podcast, can be accessed here. Vladimir Milov’s report for The Atlantic Council, Oil, Gas, and War, which was referenced on the podcast can be accessed here. You can access Vladimir Milov’s YouTube channel (in Russian) here. Vladimir Milov’s recently published work in English can be accessed here, here, and here.
Craig Kennedy’s Substack newsletter, Navigating Russia, can be accessed here. A preview of Craig Kennedy’s report, Russia’s Hidden War Debt, which was discussed on the podcast, can be accessed here.
The Power Vertical Newsletter on Substack can be accessed here. Recently published work by Brian Whitmore can be accessed here, here, and here. You can follow Brian Whitmore and The Power Vertical on Bluesky@powervertical.bsky.social