(LONDON) – Vladimir Putin’s war economy is far more resilient than Western officials once believed and could sustain the conflict in Ukraine for up to ten years, according to defence analyst Dr Sidharth Kaushal, speaking in an interview published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). However, he warned that Russia is paying an escalating price in social welfare, demographic stability and long-term industrial health. Kaushal said earlier Western assumptions that sanctions would rapidly cripple Moscow were based on…