Putin is doing everything he can to destroy Russia. Irrecoverable losses in the war with Ukraine have already amounted to over 900 thousand Russian soldiers and officers. Putin and his entourage believed that the capture of Ukraine would be an easy walk for a few days or weeks. But having miscalculated, he found himself in a situation from which there is no acceptable way out. In Russia, there is less and less hope for a miracle.

The main reason for the current critical situation in the country's economy is the colossal military spending, as well as the growing sanctions pressure, cutting Moscow off from its usual sources of income. Revenues for the first two months of the year amounted to only 3.9 trillion rubles with expenses of almost 7.8 trillion, that is, in fact, the country spends twice as much as it earns. Putin is used to bluffing, but he can do this until the fall of this year at the latest. And it is unlikely that Trump, on whom the Kremlin has recently been counting, will help him here. Russia will not be saved even by handing over Russian rare earth metals to the US, which they have seized on so that Trump can put more pressure on Ukraine and force it into an unfavorable peace.