Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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shavenferret said:

Well, Russia has doubled its signing bonus from 195K rubles to 400K. Reminds me of those old console war discussions lol, desperate? doomed?

https://x.com/jakluge/status/1818600986631422328

Running out of Russians.

Unemployment rate is at a historic low of just 2.5%, which is dangerous for an economy as below 3% generally means that positions can't get filled due to lack of skilled labour. Work positions are increasingly filled by Middle Eastern and African immigrants, but the rate of immigration is too low to replace the losses Russia is having on the battlefield, and not all are skilled in the fields that Russia really needs right now.

It's also showing increasingly in the Russian economy. While their huge foreign cash reserves allowed Russia to weather the storm so far, inflation is now picking up fast simply due to the lack of labour starting a pricing spiral which could go out of control if more and more increases to wages and signup bonuses are made.