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Ah yes, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, and Tartarstan, the pillars of Russian economy. It's incredible how you're utterly incapable of just admitting you're wrong.
It's pretty silly to use anecdotal arguments when there's actual statistical data available. The World Bank just reclassified Russia as a high income country. The IMF forecasts that Russian economy is set to grow faster than all the western economies. Those are the facts of the situation.
None of what you said matters in regards to economic reorientation of a war economy. You're just saying the top line of the economy was good in 2024. Most war economies are boom economies. You are just incapable of staying on topic even on your own terms with your own definitions.
No, I'm saying that the civilian economy had not had to make any meaningful sacrifices to finance the war. I've explained this to you repeatedly in several different way, yet you continue to ignore what I actually say. At least I actually provided a definition of what a war economy is, meanwhile you haven't even bothered doing that. You just declared that Russia is a war economy without any actual justification for that statement. You are just incapable of staying on topic even on your own terms with your own definitions.
Yeah it's not "civilian sacrifice" when your poorest get priced out of food so that you have to bring back rationing through cash assisted means. Cool. Cool. You're a self professed Marxist huh?
I literally linked you World Bank and IMF studies showing that standard of living in Russia went up across the board, but here you are back again with personal attacks in lieu of having any actual counterpoint to make being the clown that you are. If you want to see what actual "civilian sacrifice" then look no further than Europe where there is a collapse in the standard of living, and now there's a talk of massive reorientation of the economy towards military spending. That's an example of an actual war economy.