Russia Pushes for Economic Mobilization Amid War and Sanctions
While Western economic sanctions are aggravating Russia`s business climate and leading toward its largest economic crisis since 1991, Russia is hoping to cope with the impending crisis by replacing vestiges of its market economy with command-style administrative regulations and a planned economy (Vedomosti.ru, July 3). While rumors about the inevitability of economic mobilization started to circulate in late spring, the …