Russia doesn’t need a military economy, it’s a ‘complete breakdown of the system,’ says former Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov
Russia’s economy “doesn’t need” to become a military one, and doing so is “impossible,” Mikhail Zadornov — Russia’s finance minister from 1997 to 1999 and later head of Otkritie Bank — told the Russian business news outlet RBC.
Claims & verification status
Mikhail Zadornov claims that Russia's economy does not need to become a military one.
Mikhail Zadornov claims that converting Russia's economy into a military economy is impossible.
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Who claims what
- —Mikhail Zadornov claims that the current situation indicates a complete breakdown of the economic system. (per Mikhail Zadornov)
- —Mikhail Zadornov claims that converting Russia's economy into a military economy is impossible. (per Mikhail Zadornov)
Our assessment
If Mikhail Zadornov's assessment of the Russian economy holds, it could signal pronounced structural strains for Russia’s industrial and financial sectors in the event of a…
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