John Hellevig — AN AWARA ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Russia’s Economy Strong and Stable – Cold War, Arms Race, Liberals, and Other Challenges

Jon Hellevig is the best analyst of the Russian economy, who makes his views freely available anyway. This is a comprehensive report.

We are into the fifth year of the US initiated trade war on Russia. Cold War 2.0. is an established reality, trade wars are flaring and Trump raves about an arms race. But Russia is strong and stable with outstanding military power and a reindustrialized modern economy, lean and mean, ready to deliver a knockout blow to the US regime in its ghastly arms race challenge. This study on the Russian economy will demonstrate why so.…

While there is certainly a trade war in progress, initiated by the US, I would call this a hybrid war, since it is being conducted on many levels, with economics and finance only one, along with information war, NATO expansion, Ukraine coup, etc. The Russian leadership realizes that it is under attack, although Putin and Lavrov's so-far conciliatory tone masks that, to the degree that some think Russia is therefore in the dark about it.

An advantage of Russia in this conflict is that it is fighting a defensive battle with the US and NATO, while the US and its allies are prosecuting a war of choice. For Russia this is an existential threat. Those poking sticks into the bear's liar don't seem to get this.

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AN AWARA ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Russia’s Economy Strong and Stable – Cold War, Arms Race, Liberals, and Other Challenges

Jon Hellevig, founder

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