# Russian State Bank Fires Economist Who Warned Moscow Losing ‘War Of Attrition’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russian-state-bank-fires-economist-who-warned-moscow-losing-war-of-attrition/
- Published: 2026-08-17T17:15:38+00:00
- Original publisher: HuffPost (publisher lean: Far left)
- Original article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-economist-losing-war-fired_n_6a833eb7e4b0ddd9c1b30533
- Topics: Europe, World

## Summary

“We have the illusion that everything [in Ukraine] will collapse. It has not collapsed and will not collapse. Our costs are mounting,” said Andrei Klepach.

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