Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia (economist.com)

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I've heard this about a hundred times over the years.

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This reminds of the EU's 29472th sanction package, that this time will 100% put Russia to its knees.

And the competing narratives that Russia is going to invade us all, but at the same time, is being defeated.

The article is paywalled

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As a westerner i'm constantly bombarded with

> China is failing

> Russia is done for

> X is over

There are entire youtube channels dedicated to these circlejerks and they are forced into my recommendations all while we loose freedoms to 'fight foreign propoganda'.

Age and health issues can erode someone's power. But news like this are a dime a dozen. They might be right but this is propaganda 101. Eventually the prediction comes true and the news outlet can pin a medal to their chest.

Every once in a while they get to throw one about the enemy or any world leader out into the world and see if it sticks. Here's the Economist being super worried about Xi's grip on power [1].

[1] https://www.economist.com/china/2025/07/20/xi-jinping-is-gro...

The faster the world can go green, the faster Russia can collapse economically. It is the West that is holding this back by delaying global greenification. Imagine a world where the West was an exporter of green energy.

The only other way I know to weaken Russia, if only temporarily, is by funding Ukrainian drones targeting its fuel infra.

The more Russians are desperate the more coarse their propaganda is. Basically most nationalistic and even patriotic movements in Europe are fuelled by Russia, the closer to their borders the more it is true.

It's ironic that Economist keeps pushing this propaganda year after year, but it's UK that has worse and worse performing PM's, but every single one of them keep dreaming not about their own country and economy, but how to topple Putin.