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>Inflation at 8% and about to increase again with VAT increases and gas prices climbing sharply (for some reason)
Inflation is going up because the money supply is increasing, not because there are less goods to go around. It's not a good thing, but it's not the end of the world. Gas prices are more or less within normal yearly fluctuations in Russia based on domestic consumption.
>Relative to western countries yes, but this is due to being locked out of international bond markets leaving them only able to borrow from their own populace.
So are you suggesting having a massive debt to GDP ratio is a good thing or something?
>North Korea also has tiny national debt, does that mean they are strong economy?
North Korea doesn't have a strong economy, but they have an extremely stable economy and I doubt you think they'd collapse economically if they went to war.
>that is shocking for a war economy
Russia isn't a war economy, they've only slightly ramped up military spending. They are still spending less than the US does in proportion to GDP, and much less than the Soviet Union did. Their economy is doing fine and shows no signs of collapse. War economies don't experience real growth, that's a myth. In fact the military production takes away resources that could be productively employed producing goods which would contribute to the economy.