July 2024 update on the Russian economy from TLDR News. Reliable data is no longer available due to Kremlin refusal to reveal. Russia was initially more resilient than anticipated, but its economy may be deteriorating behind the scenes.
The people continue to pretend to work and the government continues to pretend to pay them. Unfortunately, Russia doesn't, like US, have real people working for real wages to prop us its spendthrift government. Unfortunately for US, we're catching up with (or is it "down with") Russia.