{"id":1300398,"date":"2025-10-02T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/putin-has-no-plans-to-end-the-war-will-the-russian-economy-survive\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:12:24","slug":"putin-has-no-plans-to-end-the-war-will-the-russian-economy-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/putin-has-no-plans-to-end-the-war-will-the-russian-economy-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin has no plans to end the war: will the Russian economy survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, Russia’s draft budget for 2026 was released. What conclusions can be drawn about the state of the Russian economy and its ability to continue financing the war?<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The first important conclusion is that the new Russian budget indicates intentions to continue the war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The logic is simple: there is no need to raise taxes, increase fiscal pressure, and reduce funding for civilian sectors of the economy if the war is planned to end. The Russian Ministry of Finance directly indicates that the expansion of the tax base is related precisely to the need to finance the war.<\/p>\n

So, Putin is not going to stop the war in 2026. On the contrary, he is further militarizing the economy, increasing spending on the army. Putin is digging even deeper into the pockets of Russians to finance aggression.<\/p>\n

2. War and sanctions continue to destroy Russia’s economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil and gas revenues have been falling steadily since the beginning of the year. In the first half of 2025, the average decline was over 20%, and in August the decline exceeded 35%.<\/p>\n\t\t