'An economic crisis will sober them up' Economist Andrei Yakovlev on the nature of Russia's ruling coalition — and why elites have failed to stop the war — Meduza

It’s been over three months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The entire time, there haven’t been any major resignations from Russia's government, and no top officials have publicly spoken out against the war. Meduza spoke to the economist and Gaidar Prize laureate Andrei Yakovlev about what Russia’s elites are thinking, why they aren’t trying to influence the President, where the war is headed, and why ruling class replacement system fell apart as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed.