Moscow Is Now Completely Alone - Jason Jay Smart

Russia’s war economy has entered a terminal phase of insolvency as the external supply lines sustaining its defense industrial base definitively snap. This is not a temporary logistical pause; it is the structural collapse of the "shadow fleet" and parallel import corridors that allowed the Kremlin to bypass Western financial blockades. We analyze the specific mechanics of this failure, tracing how hyperinflation in partner nations has paralyzed the cross-border settlement systems required to procure dual-use microelectronics and heavy industrial components.

The disintegration of these "sanctions-proof" trade routes exposes the Russian Central Bank to a crisis it cannot manage: the simultaneous devaluation of the Ruble and the cessation of military output. Without reliable access to high-precision imports, the maintenance cycles for critical assets like the Iskander-M and air defense batteries are extending beyond viable operational limits.

This briefing examines the hard data behind the elite capital flight now accelerating in Moscow, as insiders liquidate assets in anticipation of a broader systemic liquidity freeze. The evidence confirms that the regime has lost its "strategic depth," leaving it industrially isolated and financially exposed with no remaining levers to stabilize the system. The breakdown of the North-South Transport Corridor is the final signal that the war of attrition has become mathematically unsustainable for the Russian Federation.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Putin's Growing Internal Crisis
01:17 - Russia-Iran Alliance: Bypassing Western Sanctions
02:09 - Kremlin’s Betrayal: Why Iran Distrusts Putin
04:14 - Iran's Economic Collapse: Riots and Hyperinflation
06:39 - Putin’s Nightmare: How Tehran’s Unrest Isolates Russia
07:30 - Ukraine’s Strategic Strikes: Destroying Russian Air Defenses
08:56 - Ukraine’s Drone War: Strikes Reach Moscow
09:51 - Russia's Infrastructure Decay: Sabotage and Rail Failure
10:48 - Conclusion: Russia’s Looming Collapse and Ukraine's Victory