Okrainian Donbas occupation threatens to become economic swamps for Vladimir Putin

If Vladimir Putin had thought that with the conquest of large parts of the Ukrainian Donbas he has won the chicken with the golden eggs, he will be cheated. Even if Russia succeeds in retaining all areas that has annexed it in Ukraine, it will be a pyrrus victory economically. Not only was the war extremely expensive, the conquests in the Donbas will mainly remain a huge cost item for the already impoverished Russia.

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