The year ahead: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine
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Wolfgang Münchau is a New Statesman columnist and the director of Eurointelligence.
How did we get here?
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The former economic superpower is mired in a deep structural slump.
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The country is now condemned to a political vacuum for months.
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