'It’s lucky we managed to open up at all': conomist Andrei Yakovlev on the nature of Russia's ruling coalition — and why elites have failed to stop the war

It's been more than three months since Russia invaded Ukraine and there haven't been any major resignations from the Russian government. Indeed, 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 the ruling class replacement system fell apart as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/02/an-economic-crisis-will-sober-them-up