Putin's mobilization will further undermine the Russian economy, as Moscow has no plan to replace workers who have either fled the country or been mobilized.

This was said by Elizabeth Brough, a permanent employee of the American Enterprise Institute, Politico reports.

It is quite possible that the Russian Federation will be able to mobilize 300,000 reservists, as Putin needs for the war in Ukraine, but since the announcement of the mobilization, about 360,000 men have already left for Georgia and Kazakhstan to avoid this fate, and a large number of men have left for other countries.

According to Brough, the more the Kremlin mobilizes, the more men will try to leave the country, and this will have huge consequences for jobs in the Russian Federation, and therefore for the economy.

And Russia does not have any plan to solve this issue. 

The men who are now desperately leaving Russia are able-bodied and of working age.

But both the mobilization and the flight of so many people will create another problem — the lack of skilled workers in every sector.

Brough writes that the Russian Federation does not have a system to ensure the continuity of social life in wartime.

And there are not enough women to quickly take the place of men who have left the country.

As an example, she cites Sweden and Finland, which already have a clear plan of action regarding the functioning of society in case of war.

It will be recalled that dissatisfaction with mobilization is gaining momentum in Russia.

In Ryazan, a man set himself on fire at the bus station, shouting "I don't want to go to war."

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