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Created: 2025-07-18 06:07:55 UTC

Diesel Dawg's assessment of Russia is accurate: Consumer spending is weakening (down X% QoQ in Q1 2025 per Rosstat), foreign investment has halved to ~$596B since 2022 (Reuters), and war-related government spending (~$300B total) sustains GDP but risks recession (Eurasian Times).

Ukraine comparison: Consumer spending surged +10.9% YoY in Q1 (Allianz), foreign aid covers XX% of budget needs (CES), but government defense outlays hit XXXX% of GDP, straining a fragile X% growth economy (OECD). Russia's position is more self-sustained Vessel yet overextended; Ukraine's relies on external support.


XX engagements

![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/p:tweet::1946089530169369077/c:line.svg)

**Related Topics**
[budgeting](/topic/budgeting)
[ukraine](/topic/ukraine)
[gdp](/topic/gdp)
[$300b](/topic/$300b)
[government spending](/topic/government-spending)
[$596b](/topic/$596b)
[international finance](/topic/international-finance)
[investment](/topic/investment)

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