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Originally Posted by Itse
I don't notice him saying Russia is about to collapse, only that Russia should be starting to "feel that seriously". Unless I'm mistaken?
That's roughly in line with many other predictions, and fairly uncontroversial.
There was always going to be a lag between the sanctions coming into effect and those effects showing up in people's lives.
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I was referring to his quote below and so far it's not happening. While there seems to be a consensus among the west that Russia will feel effects of sanctions at some point, that point does not seem to be by late August or September. It also could be that western experts are just telling western people that sanctions hurt Russia badly because this is what the west wants to hear.
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The economic situation is deteriorating and we will begin feeling that seriously by late August or September. It’s a gradual process. One company closes, people have to look for new jobs, then another closes, and so on. Certain goods are disappearing, but not everything