Russia’s oil empire under pressure: Can Putin still afford the Ukraine war? | The Dip Podcast

Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers, so why are fuel prices inside Russia soaring to record highs? As Ukrainian drone strikes target Russian refineries and energy infrastructure, cracks are beginning to appear in one of the Kremlin's most important economic lifelines. And these drone strikes? A consequence of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine.

In this episode of The Dip Podcast, Russian economic experts Janis Kluge and Sergey Aleksashenko explain how the war in Ukraine is impacting ordinary Russians, why fuel shortages and rising petrol prices are becoming a major political problem for Vladimir Putin, and whether Russia's oil-dependent economy can withstand mounting pressure from war and sanctions.

Has Russia's biggest source of wealth become its biggest vulnerability? And how much longer can Moscow finance the war while keeping its own economy stable? @SergeyAleksashenkoSr says Russia needs to end the war in Ukraine to feel economic relief at their own end.

Watch now to find out why Russia's fuel crisis could reveal the true cost of Putin's war.

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