Political commentator Tucker Carlson is again proving himself wrong when it comes to Russia.
Describing U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia since its Feb. 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Carlson observed that “It was absurd. So we underestimated and frankly just didn’t really understand the nature of the Russian economy, Russian civilization, and I’m not endorsing that economy or civilization, just saying we didn’t understand what it was. So we levied these sanctions … and in the end, hurt ourselves more than we hurt Russia.”
That statement is simply not accurate.
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Russia’s GDP dropped dramatically in 2022, recovering only due to massive wartime spending. Inflation is sustainably high in Russia, with government services stretched to the breaking point in many regions. Yes, Russia has still managed to sell oil, particularly to
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