Even Trump Investments Putin Is Courting Can't Save Sinking Russian Economy

This article raises an interesting point which even western media critical of the latest peace proposal have missed. Much of the criticism of the US 'peace deal' has focused on the greed of the Trump administration and its two ostensible 'negotiators,' Witkoff and Kushner. 

But what that misses is that as much as they have billion dollar sugar plum visions of the riches they may gain from selling out Ukraine, which makes them overeager and therefore ineffective, Putin really needs their billions of investment to help save the Russian economy and resurrect what he has destroyed in Ukraine. The Kremlin statement earlier this week about how they would use a captured Pokrovsk (a capture they have yet to effect after a year of trying) was especially amusing because Pokrovsk is now a smoking heap of rubble which will require hundreds of millions to revive; money that Russia does not have. That Trump, Witkoff and Kushner may have believed him only underscores their naivete about Putin's desperation and the poor quality of the 'assets' they believe they can get, let alone Russian oligarchs willingness to sell them at a reasonable price. JL

Espreso Global reports:

The Russian economy is rapidly losing stability. Even Trump, no matter how much he wants to, will not save the Russian economy with his investments. "Ukraine needs to continue hitting tankers, oil refineries, oil pipelines, factories, and the rest of the Russian energy sector. Because Russia can be defeated from within, by demonstrating Putin's weakness. "The Russians see this, and most importantly, the oligarchs around Putin, who are suffering significant losses." 

The Russian economy is rapidly losing stability, and external injections are no longer able to fix systemic problems. An economic crisis in the Russian Federation is only a matter of time. Illia Neskhodovskyi, head of the analytical department of the ANTS network, stated this on Espreso TV.

"We need to continue doing our job. We need to continue hitting tankers, oil refineries, oil pipelines, factories, and the energy sector of the Russian Federation. Because we can defeat Russia from within, by creating such problems and demonstrating Putin's weakness.

Because if everything is going "according to plan," then we already see many videos that raise the question: where is this plan? Everything is collapsing, and Russians see this, and most importantly - the oligarchs around Putin, who are suffering significant losses," Neskhodovskyi noted.

According to the head of the analytical department of the ANTS network, Putin can no longer get out of this situation. And even Trump, no matter how much he wants to, will not save the Russian economy with his investments.

"The Russian economy is already seriously rotten, they have no sales markets. And most importantly - when the collapse happens, when the corresponding crisis erupts, it's only a matter of time. The main thing is to continue hitting where it hurts the Russian economy the most," Neskhodovskyi emphasized.

 

On December 4, Kremlin head Vladimir Putin arrived in the Indian capital, New Delhi. This is the first visit of the Kremlin head to India since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine.