Putin is cannibalizing Russia's economy as war in Ukraine derails financial order, Yale researchers say
. And though Putin has made a show of Russia's economic strength, his actions have only bought Russia more time, researchers warned.
"That resilience is nothing but a Potemkin façade, sustained not through genuine economic productivity but rather through shaking down the entire country for pennies to direct towards war," Sonnenfeld and Tian said."Putin can continue to sustain his invasion of Ukraine this way, but in doing so, continues to rip off his own people. In avoiding outright economic collapse by mortgaging Russia's future, he grows more unloved by his people and is thus increasingly weakened.
Sonnenfeld and Tian have been critical of the state of Russia's economy, despite Putin's attempts to assure the public that
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