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A Viral Thread Said Russia’s Economy Is Breaking. We Checked All 25 Claims.
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North Denver News
Most of the thread holds — several figures to the exact digit, and on one point it is more conservative than the reporting.
The one that is wrongThe thread states that VTB, Russia’s largest bank, is Wildberries’ largest shareholder — which would carry the warehouse losses into the banking sector and make the strikes a systemic financial event.
On 27 July a Ukrainian official, Denys Shtilerman, noted the company’s partnership with the state-controlled VTB and described Wildberries as Russia’s “largest borrower” — a description of debt, not of ownership.
Being Russia’s largest borrower does create exposure, and that is a real story.
A 25-part thread from a pro-Ukraine account argued Russia’s wartime economy is failing on several fronts at once.