Putin's Moment: The Story Turns Against Him - Jason Jay Smart

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The Pokrovsk offensive reveals a structural breakdown of a superpower constrained by city streetlights. Historic maneuvers once collapsed empires in weeks, but current tactical reality involves advancing at 15 to 70 meters per day. This mechanical failure stems from a predatory paradox where high-end assets remain for regime protection while obsolete T-62 tanks go to the front. A nuclear power is strangled by streetlights.

Human costs surpass 1,240,000 in liquidations, creating a blood money economy where signing bonuses exceed lifetime earnings but leave villages decimated. Terminal stagnation mirrors 1917 internal ruptures where casualty lists dissolved the social contract. Macro-economic indicators suggest a liquidation of the genetic future as birth rates collapse to 1.3 and the working-age male population shrinks by 15 percent. Russia buys centimeters of dirt for centuries of debt.

11,625 tanks have been liquidated, representing 143 percent of the fleet. Annual losses of 2,400 armored vehicles against production of 900 units create a structural gap of 1,500 vehicles. Strategic intelligence regarding the collision between oil price volatility and industrial collapse remains the primary driver for stability. Understanding shifts in authoritarian power dynamics is essential for navigating the geopolitical reset of 2026.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: The Failure of Russia’s "Second Best Army"
02:53 - Putin's Blood Money: The Cost of Buying Soldiers
04:11 - The Prigozhin Legacy: Why the Kremlin is Fragile
05:11 - The Predatory Paradox: Why Russian Soldiers Resent Putin
08:05 - Russia’s Economic Collapse: Interest Rates and Tank Deficits
09:45 - Russia’s Demographic Crisis: Liquidating the Genetic Future
10:34 - Putin’s Survival Strategy: Power Over People