Putin fears "social discontent" over Russia's spending cuts: ISW
Moscow's orders to eight regions it controls to balance their books could be a Kremlin move to make local administrations bear the brunt of discontent for austerity as Vladimir Putin looks to spend more on the war in Ukraine he started. That assessment by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)…
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