Russia Is In A Panic Over Zelenskyy's Plans

• 14.11.2026, 10:16

A Z-blogger predicted an “economic storm” for Russia.

The Russian economy is in critical condition due to the war against Ukraine, which has dragged on for five years. A well-known Russian Z-blogger and “angry patriot,” Maksim Kalashnikov, wrote about this in his blog, according to Dialog.UA.

Kalashnikov pointed out that Russia’s state budget deficit has already surpassed 8.4 trillion rubles. And the situation is rapidly deteriorating.

“Money is the ‘nerve of war,’ and the state of the economy is critical to Russia’s ability to conduct military operations… Zelenskyy is counting on drag out the war until an economic ‘storm’ hits the Russian Federation… It’s impossible to plug the hole in the treasury by raising taxes—it would lead to a wave of business bankruptcies and widespread poverty among citizens… Converting citizens’ bank deposits into bonds? An extremely dangerous political move. You can’t borrow on the foreign market—there are sanctions. That leaves selling part of the gold reserves… However, since Russia is under sanctions, you can’t freely put the gold up for auction. You can only sell it to China. But the Chinese, taking advantage of our difficulties, are buying up the yellow metal at a discount. Print rubles and use them to plug the hole in the treasury? That would dangerously fuel inflation… We need to win the war immediately. Or agree to a ceasefire under the terms of the LBS. I don’t see an economic solution to the problem,” Kalashnikov stated.