{"id":25395,"date":"2026-03-27T19:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/putin-begs-oligarchs-for-cash-to-help-boost-russias-war-torn-economy-as-cost-of-attack-on-ukraine-bleeds-them-dry\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:04:58","slug":"putin-begs-oligarchs-for-cash-to-help-boost-russias-war-torn-economy-as-cost-of-attack-on-ukraine-bleeds-them-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/putin-begs-oligarchs-for-cash-to-help-boost-russias-war-torn-economy-as-cost-of-attack-on-ukraine-bleeds-them-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin ‘begs oligarchs for cash’ to help boost Russia’s war-torn economy as cost of attack on Ukraine bleeds them dry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cash-strapped Vladimir Putin begged for help to shore up Moscow’s war-ravaged economy at a meeting with billionaire oligarchs, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n

The dictator reportedly held a closed-door meeting with a team of the country’s leading business magnates on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is desperate for cash to finance his war in Ukraine<\/span>Credit: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Russian army is losing bodies faster than they are replaced by new recruits<\/span>Credit: Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
People remove debris from the site of a Russian drone attack on the historic center of Lviv in western Ukraine.<\/span>Credit: EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anonymous sources said Putin discussed military funding and Russia’s advances in Ukraine’s highly contested eastern Donbass region. bell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russia<\/span>The illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused the country’s defense costs to skyrocket, reaching 15.5 trillion rubles (\u00a3144 billion) in 2025.<\/p>\n

It has left the country on the brink of economic collapse as the war reaches its fifth year, as a desperate Kremlin plows millions into the conflict.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Russian forces have suffered approximately 1.2 million casualties and more than 325,000 killed since February 2022.<\/p>\n

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Russian ‘meat attack’ kills 6,000 soldiers in 4 days in drone ‘kill zone’<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

And the renewed attack killed more than 6,000 soldiers borderline<\/span> According to the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine, between 17 and 20 March Army<\/span>.<\/p>\n

no major Power<\/span> That’s about the same number of deaths in any war since World War II.<\/p>\n

To soften the blow, Putin has asked Russia’s giants to get a much-needed budget boost.<\/p>\n

Sleep mining<\/span> According to The Bell, billionaire Suleiman Kerimov pledged 100 billion rubles (\u00a3922 billion) during the high-risk meeting.<\/p>\n

While three sources said metal magnate Oleg Deripaska also agreed to contribute upon request financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kremlin mouthpiece Dmitry Peskov strongly denied claims that Putin was soliciting cash.<\/p>\n

But he revealed that a businessman wanted to donate a “very large amount” Wealth<\/span>\u201cFor the state and many present, they felt it was their duty to contribute to the elite boom of the 1990s following its launch.<\/p>\n

Referring to the faceless donor, Peskov said: \u201cThis was absolutely their initiative, not President Putin’s. <\/p>\n

“Although, of course, the head of state welcomed such an initiative.”<\/p>\n

While Putin struggles to amass wealth, some predict he may experience an economic collapse as soon as next<\/span> Year.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the latest episode of The Sun’s Battle Plans Exposed, Philip Ingram, a former intelligence officer, said: “We are reaching the point of Russian exhaustion.”<\/p>\n

Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov reportedly agreed to contribute almost \u00a31 billion<\/span>Credit: Getty – Contributor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Oligarch Oleg Deripaska also agreed to contribute<\/span>Credit: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ingram estimates that Russia could face collapse in late 2026 or early 2027.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAttacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure, industry, generals inside Moscow, airfields, billions of dollars of Russian military equipment are eroding Russia’s continued ability to support this conflict.<\/p>\n

“It’s a happening tipping point<\/span> – And that tipping point is something that’s likely to come in late 2026 or early 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussian exhaustion is coming upon us.<\/p>\n

“And then the Russian economy will suddenly realize that the Russian people are in a situation where they cannot continue the suffering that they will begin to feel.”<\/p>\n

Ingram said inflation in Russia has been rampant since the conflict began \u2013 with the price of even a simple cucumber rising by 425 percent.<\/p>\n

A Ukrainian service member walks past residential buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the border town of Orikhiv in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region<\/span>Credit: Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russia is dependent on imported fruits and vegetables, which means that prices are highly sensitive to fluctuations. In some areas, a cucumber now costs \u00a34 \u2013 their price has doubled since December.<\/p>\n

Sergei Mironov, parliamentary leader of the Just Russia party, said: \u201cThis winter, a new ‘delicacy’ has appeared in our stores: cucumbers.<\/p>\n

“What should people do? Just accept that they can’t buy the most basic foods?”<\/p>\n

One angry shopper, Svetlana, described the prices as “outrageous”.<\/p>\n

Russian food prices <\/span>That’s an 18.6 percent increase in two years, according to the BBC, and as people’s economic suffering increases, Putin could lose support for his attack on Ukraine \u2013 or run out of money altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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