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Low salaries and pensions more important for Russians than the invasion on Ukraine
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Nothing stimulates an economy like upsetting countless potential trade partners.
What if you also conscripted, killed, and maimed a big portion of young workers during a demographic crisis, while simultaneously driving millions of educated people out of the country and diverting critical resources to a barbaric war effort?
Maybe throw in heavy sanctions to make it challenging.