Russia lost a chance of survival: how billions of the country's future were built on the Ukrainian fronts

$ 216 billion - this is the price of war in Ukraine for Russia, reminiscent of economist Vyacheslav Butko. And provides a list of those large -scale projects that the Kremlin could carry out, spending even less money. About Russia's civilizational suicide (with numbers). According to the Institute of the World Economy (Kil, Germany), Russia's expenditures for war against Ukraine - $ 108 billion. per year (I think, more, but we will take the figure for the base).

In two years - $ 216 billion Let's look at the figures on the other hand-powerful infrastructure projects that have been stated in Russia in recent years (figures according to official estimates 2021-2022): total-$ 175 billion, or 81% of war expenses for two years (this is 300. billion dollars frozen in the West).

Not only did these projects change not only the appearance of Siberia and the Far East, but all of Russia, they gave Russian civilization a chance to survive even in the conditions of demographic crisis. Its only chance is to be an intermediary civilization. Yes, in this part, Russia is a direct competitor of China, which builds its "one way". One - because all the other China will destroy. And so, when Si embraces Putin during meetings, he thus chokes Russia's future as a civilization.

Instead of building your path, offering itself as a trunk between East and West, North and South, Putin ties Russia to the Chinese plan. Therefore, another $ 30 billion should be added to the war, which is laid in the Siberia force, which turn China into a mono container of Russian energy (and add a very significant amount of losses due to gas discounts that a monopoly buyer will receive). It is difficult to describe this policy differently than civilization suicide.

It is difficult to imagine a greater civilizational self -blast. By the loss of consequences, it is possible to compare only with the tragedy of China, which, within the framework of bureaucratic optimization, destroyed its entire fleet on the eve of the era of great geographical discoveries. This led to China's degradation to the level of the event for several centuries. The author expresses a personal opinion that may not coincide with the editorial position.