‘Slow death’: Russia in deep trouble as its rainy day fund runs dry

Another chapter in the tragedy of empire. Russia’s “rainy day fund” evaporating isn’t a surprise—it’s the inevitable collapse of a regime built on imperial nostalgia and gaslighting. National Wealth Fund? More like national delusion fund, propping up kleptocrats while the masses freeze.

They’ll blame sanctions, NATO, or “Western aggression,” but never admit the rot is homegrown. Petrodollar addiction meets Soviet-era mismanagement, and the result? A slow-motion trainwreck we’ve all seen before.

But don’t weep for the oligarchs. Their yachts still float; it’s the rest drowning in this farce. The only thing slower than Russia’s death? The world’s memory of why empires always fall.