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Russia's wartime economy faces long-term damage from debt and military spending.

Russia's wartime economy faces long-term damage from debt and military spending.

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September 18th, 2026

Russia's wartime economy faces long-term damage from debt and military spending.

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Russia's wartime economy is under pressure.

俄罗斯战时经济正在承受压力

Huge military spending keeps making the budget deficit grow.

巨额军费预算赤字不断扩大

Consumers and businesses feel more negative, and growth has slowed down.

消费者和企业更加悲观增长也已经放缓

But economists say this does not mean a financial crisis or economic collapse is coming soon.

不过经济学家表示这并不意味着金融危机经济崩溃即将到来

The war in Iran pushed oil prices up. This kept Russia's key oil export income going.

伊朗战争推高了油价俄罗斯关键的石油出口收入得以维持。

For now, the government can still pay for the war against Ukraine.

政府目前仍能支付对乌克兰战争的费用。

Consumer confidence peaked in 2024 and 2025. It has kept falling since then.

消费者信心在2024至2025年达到峰值持续下滑

Ukrainian drones attacked oil refineries. This caused higher gas prices and shortages.

乌克兰无人机袭击炼油厂导致汽油价格上涨短缺

Attacks on online retailers Wildberries and Ozon also made many small businesses lose stock and customers.

针对在线零售商Wildberries和Ozon的袭击,也让许多小企业失去库存客户

The Levada Center's consumer confidence index fell to 94 in the summer.

列瓦达中心的消费者信心指数在夏季降至94

This number is lower than 116 in the spring and summer of 2025.

这一数字低于2025年春夏的116

Growth has also slowed from its peak of over 4% in 2023 and 2024.

增长也从2023至2024年超过4%的峰值放缓。

The government expects growth of 0.6% this year.

政府预计今年增长0.6%

Budget pressure is a key signal.

预算压力是关键信号

By the end of July, the deficit was 2.8% of yearly economic output.

截至7月底赤字占年度经济产出的2.8%

This is almost twice the original target.

这几乎是原定目标的两倍

The available resources in the reserve fund fell to 1.6% of GDP.

储备基金可用资源降至GDP的1.6%

The Kremlin needs to borrow from domestic banks, and Russian bond interest rates are as high as 17%.

克里姆林宫需要向国内银行借款而俄罗斯债券利率高达17%

Putin has raised value-added tax and other fees, and tightened taxes on small businesses.

普京已提高增值税和其他费用并收紧对小企业的征税

Kluge, an expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, wrote that budget pressure has increased people's doubts.

德国国际与安全事务研究所专家克卢格写道预算压力加剧了人们的怀疑

People doubt how much longer Russia can keep up this war.

人们怀疑俄罗斯还能维持这场战争多久

Weafer from the consulting firm Macro-Advisory described the economy as "tolerably stable."

咨询公司Macro-Advisory的威弗将经济描述为尚可忍受的稳定”。

Public feeling is complaint, but not protest.

公众情绪是抱怨但并非抗议

Becker from the Stockholm School of Economics thinks the current path is "unsustainable."

斯德哥尔摩经济学院的贝克尔认为当前轨迹不可持续”。

But when the crisis will come is still very uncertain.

危机何时到来高度不确定

Oil export income bounced back to 15.8 billion dollars in June.

石油出口收入6月反弹至158亿美元

Kremlin spokesman Peskov said that macro stability is guaranteed.

克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫宏观稳定有保障

VEB.RF chief economist Klepach warned that Russia is falling behind in the technology and economic race.

VEB.RF首席经济学家克列帕奇警告俄罗斯正在技术和经济竞争中落后

He was fired soon after.

随后被解雇

September 18th, 2026

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