There are still few critics of Russia’s war at the height of the war in Ukraine, but high-ranking government and state-owned enterprise officials believe the invasion of a neighboring country has been a catastrophic mistake that will plague the country for years, Bloomberg said. wanted to remain anonymous about possible sanctions for public criticism.
For the time being, these people do not see the possibility that Putin will change his path and do not see a local opposition that could oppose him. Putin is increasingly relying on an ever-narrowing circle of militant advisers and rejects attempts by other officials to warn of economic collapse and the political cost of war.
Some Bloomberg sources said they were increasingly agreeing with concerns expressed by U.S. intelligence officials that the Russian president could use nuclear weapons in a restricted manner if he was threatened with failure in a campaign he sees as his historic mission.
However, more and more people close to the Kremlin acknowledge that Putin’s determination to continue the invasion could lead to years of isolation and tension in Russia, which will destroy the country’s economy, security and influence in the world. Although the owners of some large companies have tried to express doubts about the Kremlin’s strategy in the statements, many of Russia’s most influential people do not publicly express their concerns for fear of growing opposition to the Kremlin.
People in charge of the situation have revealed that high-ranking officials have tried to tell Putin about the devastating effects of the sanctions on the country’s economy, which could undermine the growth and living standards achieved in his twenty years of rule.
However, the Russian president has rejected such concerns, saying that despite the high price to be paid by Russia, Western countries have left him no choice. Putin has publicly stated that the “lightning war” has failed and that the Russian economy will adapt to change.
Putin is convinced that Russian society supports him and is ready to make years of efforts to realize his vision of national greatness, sources close to the Kremlin have revealed. With tight capital controls, the ruble appears to have recovered almost completely since its initial decline, and the economic turmoil has so far been relatively subdued, although inflation has risen sharply.
Putin is determined to continue the fight, even though Russia failed to occupy a large part of Ukraine in a rapid attack and is now forced to continue the fierce battle for control of Donbass. The concession, according to the Kremlin, would mean that the United States and its allies would make Russia hopelessly vulnerable and weak.
–
