Russia’s army and its weapons factories are sucking in a growing number of workers as Moscow braces for a long war in Ukraine, leaving civilian sectors with painful labour shortages and destabilising the broader economy.
“The labour market is extremely tight,” the head of a big Russian mining company told the Financial Times. “It is not just the mobilisation, or people fleeing Russia. The main problem is arms production,” the person said.
The labour shortages have helped expose weaknesses in the Russian economy that contradict the rosy picture painted by the Kremlin.
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