"Absolutely No Hope Left": Russia's Economy is Officially Certain To Fail - The Russian Dude

Russia’s economy is collapsing under the weight of its own lies, debt, and endless war. Nine months into 2025, Moscow has already blown past its annual deficit plan, racking up nearly 5 trillion rubles of new debt and torching more than 1 trillion rubles every single month just to keep the war machine alive. The Kremlin loves to compare itself to the U.S., but the truth is there is no comparison. Washington’s Treasuries are a global safe asset backed by worldwide demand, while Russia’s OFZ bonds are forced onto shaky domestic banks at outrageous 16% rates, turning its financial system into a ticking time bomb. War spending isn’t saving Russia’s economy—it’s devouring it. State rubles flood the system, inflation spikes, the Central Bank slams rates higher, and ordinary Russians pay the price through skyrocketing mortgages, distorted housing markets, and shrinking wages.

Sanctions add a hidden tax on everything from airline screws to oil shipments, as shadow fleets and middlemen drain billions from the budget. Oil is sold at discounts dictated by China and India, while “import substitution” schemes turn into black holes of subsidies. Meanwhile, the Kremlin prepares to raise taxes, slash pensions, gut healthcare and schools, all while pouring money into defense, law enforcement, and oligarch vanity projects. With banks overloaded by toxic bonds and deficits exploding, Russia faces two disastrous choices: a 1998-style default and banking collapse, or a hyperinflation spiral fueled by endless ruble printing. Either way, ordinary citizens lose everything while the regime clings to power.

This video exposes why Russia’s economy is officially certain to fail, why U.S. debt is nothing like Russia’s fragile system, how sanctions, war spending, and hidden costs are driving Moscow into an unavoidable crisis, and why Putin’s government is running out of options. The future of Russia is either default, shock therapy, or inflationary collapse—and none of them will save the Kremlin.