The New Dekulakization: How putin Is Confiscating russia to Pay for a War That Costs a Billion Dollars a Day
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Episode The New Dekulakization: How putin Is Confiscating russia to Pay for a War That Costs a Billion Dollars a Day
Bottom Line: Facing a war bill estimated at over $900 million a day and a 5.73-trillion-ruble deficit in the first half of 2026, putin’s regime is confiscating private property through forced ‘voluntary contributions’, seizures such as Rusagro and Decree №604, which permits takeovers of assets ‘insufficiently protected from drones’. Drawing an analogy with Stalin’s dekulakization, the analysis argues that seized companies buy only days of war while destroying the loyalty pact underpinning the regime, which may hasten its end.
The New Dekulakization: How putin Is Confiscating russia to Pay for a War That Costs a Billion Dollars a Day By Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei · 1 September 2026 · terykon.com
Narrated by an AI-generated voice. Text by Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei (Terykon).
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