Timeline for Two years after the breakout of Ukraine war, is/how is Russia successful in sustaining its economy (now even growing?) and the war?

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Apr 1 at 16:16	comment	added	Steve		"That's 2.5% of the working-age male population which does not produce anything in the economy and which has to be supplied and paid for." - lots of jobs and positions don't effectively contribute to anything useful being produced. The benefit of a war economy is that workers are able to bargain much more strongly and get a bigger piece of the pie, that there is no longer a justification for an intentional reserve army of labour, and that workers themselves are massively improved with skills, training, abilities, and experiences.
Feb 26 at 10:59	comment	added	MikeB		"[war materiel] adds to the wealth of products owned by the country" That is a debateable point for most nations, but for countries at war much less true. Even if we were to regard Russia's war machine as a saleable asset, between the loss of items, and the loss of perceived value due to poor performance, its hard to argue for any increase in value.
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