{"id":1252561,"date":"2025-06-26T20:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russias-economy-is-falling-into-a-deep-abyss-is-it-really-so\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:00:20","slug":"russias-economy-is-falling-into-a-deep-abyss-is-it-really-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russias-economy-is-falling-into-a-deep-abyss-is-it-really-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Russia\u2019s Economy Really Collapsing \u2014 or Just Rewiring for War?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em>
\nSome news items are just too striking to ignore \u2014 and today\u2019s headlines delivered more than a few. So let\u2019s dive in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil prices have dropped again \u2014 and honestly, it couldn\u2019t have gone any other way.<\/strong>
The main reason for the decline is the influx of cheap oil from Guyana<\/strong>, Brazil<\/strong>, and Kazakhstan<\/strong>. The market is now flooded with supply, so the recent price increase caused by the war was always going to be temporary. And more drops are coming.<\/p>\n

Second.<\/strong> The expansion of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and the Trans-Siberian Railway has been postponed for two years.
Why? There\u2019s no money.
This was an infrastructure megaproject intended to increase the export of raw materials to China \u2014 and they can\u2019t fund it.<\/p>\n

If that doesn\u2019t sound alarming enough, let me break it down:
Imagine Gazprom<\/strong> \u2014 the gas giant \u2014 now unable to afford to build a pipeline to sell more<\/em> gas. That\u2019s exactly the role the entire Russian economy has stepped into.
They don\u2019t have the money to build the highway.
And this isn\u2019t the only case.<\/p>\n

Moscow is also freezing construction of the North-South Transport Corridor.<\/strong>
The funding is expected to run dry by July \u2014 and then, that\u2019s it. No more money.<\/p>\n

But the consequences don\u2019t stop there.
Local authorities in Russia\u2019s Far East have already sounded the alarm. Why? Because Russian Railways contractors are the primary taxpayers in the region. If construction halts, the tax base disappears \u2014 and with it, the region\u2019s entire economy could collapse.<\/p>\n

Moscow has no money.<\/strong>
And now, this financial vacuum is hitting Russia\u2019s military-industrial complex as well.<\/p>\n

Because \u2014 here comes news number three…<\/p>\n

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