The Kremlin’s Easy Money Is Gone
Analysis The Kremlin’s Easy Money Is Gone Russia still has assets to tap for its war, but the political costs are growing. An illustrated portrait of Agathe Demarais Agathe Demarais By Agathe Demarais, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior policy fellow on geoeconomics and technology at the European Council on Foreign Relations. A low-angle photo shows dark bronze statues of two men in profile facing right in the foreground.
- ▪Analysis The Kremlin’s Easy Money Is Gone Russia still has assets to tap for its war, but the political costs are growing.
- ▪An illustrated portrait of Agathe Demarais Agathe Demarais By Agathe Demarais, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior policy fellow on geoeconomics and technology at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
- ▪A low-angle photo shows dark bronze statues of two men in profile facing right in the foreground.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 18 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Easy Ways to Conserve Money Daily — ttblogs.com RSS feed
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| Canonical URL | https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/27/russia-ukraine-war-money-spending-defense-budget-taxes-asset-confiscation-sanctions-finance/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:00:16 +0000 |
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Analysis The Kremlin’s Easy Money Is Gone Russia still has assets to tap for its war, but the political costs are growing. An illustrated portrait of Agathe Demarais Agathe Demarais By Agathe Demarais, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior policy fellow on geoeconomics and technology at the European Council on Foreign Relations. A low-angle photo shows dark bronze statues of two men in profile facing right in the foreground. In the background behind them, a bright red sign with Cyrillic text is mounted on top of a multi-story concrete building with dark-framed windows. A statue of Soviet militiamen is seen in front of a building bearing the logo of Alfa Bank in Moscow on June 5.
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