This is why I call Elvira the canary in the coal mine: if and when the sh** hits the fan, she will be sacrificed, to preserve Putin's untouchability.
So when you hear of her humiliation, it means the Russian economy is genuinely on the ropes, and now the bad gas in the mine might claim all of Russia.
Of course, events in the ground war matter. But since it is a war of attrition, failure of the economy means failure of all the materiel needed to prop up Russia's side of the war.
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