Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A massive economic and political storm is unfolding in Russia. Vladimir Putin has urgently fled Moscow amid rumors of a threatened coup, and Western intelligence agencies are detecting the construction of secret bunkers. Meanwhile, in the southern port of Novorossiysk, powerful strikes have been launched against military ships and logistics, while oil refineries and warehouses are burning across the country. Regions are gripped by a fuel crisis: in Sochi, kilometers-long lines are forming at gas stations, people are sleeping with fuel cans outside gas stations, and spontaneous protests are erupting in the capitals. What is happening to the Russian economy, how is business coping with this crisis, and should we expect a change of power?

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