Summary
Regardless of Putin’s decision regarding the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is facing a crisis due to factors such as sanctions, a shrinking sovereign wealth fund, and a labor shortage. The war has boosted growth, but Russia cannot sustain it without significant economic consequences.
Assuming that was a clipboard fail:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sanctions-on-russia#%3A~%3Atext=This+sanctions+regime+is+aimed%2Con+the+UK+sanctions+list.
They’re largely cut off from British banks and money transfers, and British banks are loaning money to Ukraine backed by Russian deposits and interest.
Yeah I have no idea what happened up there. Lemme just…
They did what?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko?wprov=sfla1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal?wprov=sfla1
They don’t care, they’re Russian, it doesn’t matter to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams too, probably
Dude found in his own gym bag, right? That was fucked up.
These are only the ones we know about, maybe because they wanted to use them as examples.