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Mounting economic hardship and growing public discontent could push Russia toward internal conflict, a senior Kremlin official has warned.

The stark message comes as inflation, war fatigue, and social divisions deepen across the country.

Alexander Kharichev, head of the Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysing Social Processes, issued the warning in a state-run journal.

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Military over social spending

Rising prices have hit ordinary Russians hard, with food costs climbing well above the national inflation rate. Businesses are struggling to stay afloat, and layoffs and bankruptcies loom large.

Despite the pressure, the Kremlin continues to prioritize military spending over social welfare.

At the same time, Russia’s workforce has been decimated by more than a million war casualties, mostly men of working age, worsening the long-term demographic decline and ageing population.

[...]

Kharichev warned of “fragmentation of society” and the “loss of Russia’s ability to fight for its survival.”

His analysis cited the growing erosion of public trust in government and widening rifts within Russian society.

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[–] skvlp@lemmy.wtf 114 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Incoming headline:

senior Kremlin official dies of suicide after shooting himself in the back of the head 3 times after falling out of 10th floor window.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 39 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's especially impressive that he mananged to do that with his hands tied behind his back. Some people are just determined I guess.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Stuffed inside of a bag he put himself in.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 75 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What's incredible is this wouldn't be the first time Russia has spent such an insane amount of money on a futile war they absolutely collapse.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Collapsing is a proud Russian tradition. And now the US gets to do it with them!

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We couldn't afford the Vietnam war. The Nixon Shock sealed our fate - it's just been very gradual.

[–] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Iraq cost ~3x what Vietnam did. But I'm not really disagreeing.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

As soon as it became clear how much russia botched the invasion initially, I've thought of vovka as Tsar Nicolas III

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Be careful what you wish for. We might end up with Soviet Union Two: Electric Boogaloo.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Maybe this time they won't dismantle the worker's councils after the revolution, that'd be nice.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 55 points 4 days ago (11 children)

if russia is going to civil war, thier troll farms will be silent on social media for a while, thats a good thing.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So it’s a race, is it? USA! USA! USA!

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Wouldn't it be great if all the empires collapsed and everybody just like, learned their lesson?

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 16 points 4 days ago

literally everyone when an empire collapses:

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[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 7 points 4 days ago

omg what a happy world if both the US and Russia balkanized.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Russia is a colonial abomination that shoud not exist, so that's pretty decent news.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's not so much a nation as it is a very large swath of land nobody wants to live in, controlled by a somewhat organized crime syndicate who gained control of some production and defense capabilities like petroleum and nuclear weapons.

Calling them "colonial" almost makes it seem more systematic and organized than what it is, it's kleptocracy and they are trying to steal land with resources from targets of opportunity.

[–] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Considering Putin used a colonial war in Chechnya to consolidate power, it very much is a colonial state.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't you mean "imperial"? I take "colonial" to mean that it would itself be a colony.

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[–] amos@mander.xyz 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes please. Something good for once. That country is the source of so much suffering in the world.

[–] khepri@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

That guy better stay on the ground floor for the rest of his life. Anything higher up than oh say about 30 feet gets so darn slippery this time of year in Moscow that you just wouldn't believe it.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And stay away from tea too. And silenced handguns aimed at the back of the head. Just so many accidental ways people are dying nowadays

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I’ll believe it even I see it, just like any Trump news.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Seriously. Russia was supposed to collapse in 2023. Then in 2024. Then in 2025. Putin was sick and he was about to die. Endless supply of hopium. At this point I consider it all fake news until proven otherwise. Also there was the recent Money & Macro economic analysis that contradicts a lot of the hopium theories. And there's the whole contradiction between impending economic collapse and lauching war on NATO countries. The two are mutually exclusive.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

According to Vlad Vexler, in Russian political/bureaucratic culture this is not to be understood as real analysis and more to be understood as functionaries pitching themselves as useful to Putin: https://youtu.be/ZJryUKULZ_E

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Why are you, Mr Kharichev, so interested in windows?

[–] blave@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, that took long enough. The Russian people should be in revolt.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

"Ivan, pull the lever to lower the price of vodka a leetle bit more, the peasants need to be pacified."

[–] blave@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

“But, Gregor, we are the peasants!”

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

It's crazy how much it start to seem like Russia and the US are like 2 sides to the same coin. It's almost like a small minority of persons with highly lethal weapons give them some sort of complex that leads them to believe they can make decision for everybody else at the cost of other people's livelihood.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been hearing this for 2 years. How's Putin's cancer doing, by the way?

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 8 points 4 days ago

it was, and remains, a real consequential threat of Putin's course of action. but these things are rarely quick, until they begin.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

"Russia risks new Lenin"

[–] skvlp@lemmy.wtf 11 points 5 days ago

Yay! 😃🍿

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Putin and Trump, and their respective countries, have lots in common. It's almost like they're marching in lock-step.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yes. But trump isn't sending thousands of soldiers every week to die in the meat grinder... yet.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think Mr. Kharichev is about to get window'd.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago

That would be pretty neat, which means it won't happen.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Good. Die faster, Russia.

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