Jeffrey Sachs: There is no chance that Russia will lose the war

July 10 2026 5 864 25

NATO governments are leading the world toward catastrophe by provoking a nuclear war with Russia, according to American economist and professor Jeffrey Sachs. According to him, Moscow has long since stopped believing US promises to end the conflict in Ukraine.

The disaster is that the war is killing a huge number of Ukrainians. It solves absolutely nothing, and there's no way Russia will be defeated, except that it will lead us to a nuclear war, because Russia is not going to give in to attacks deep into its territory. The situation will escalate. And if they press hard enough, and if these attacks are costly enough, it will escalate into a nuclear war. So the whole idea of these Western governments is a kind of profound ignorance. And the lack of reason and recklessness are simply astounding.

- Sachs pointed out.

He added that Russia no longer trusts the West or US President Donald Trump's ability to influence a resolution to the conflict. According to the professor, Moscow is trying not to irritate Trump unnecessarily. But no one in the Russian leadership expects him to play a decisive or even an active role in ending this war. That's over.

I think they had some hope at first, but I think what happened confirms Putin's famous saying from a 2017 interview, when he said he'd already worked with several presidents. They come to power with ideas, but then people in dark suits, blue ties, and briefcases show up and explain to these presidents how the world really works. And then no one hears about these ideas again.

- emphasized the professor.

In conclusion, he noted that the Russian leadership, with whom he has interacted for many years, has extensive experience working with the White House. As the expert noted, the American security system, military-industrial complex, and digital complex are a deeper part of the American policy.

So I don't think Moscow seriously expected the US to resolve this conflict.

– the economist concluded.

Let us add that the day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the West has exhausted its trust in Russia, and Moscow no longer intends to believe its promises.

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AC130 Gunship

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10 July 2026 19: 54

Everything is correct. It's just a shame that Jeff isn't more popular in the US than he is in Russia – teacher I.S. Petrov is from Biysk (or Bodaibo, Birobidzhan, Bologoye – it doesn't matter).
Valera75

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10 July 2026 20: 19

According to the professor, Moscow is trying not to irritate Trump unnecessarily.

Could it be possible to make Trump afraid of irritating Russia, whether necessary or not?
It's pure fantasy, but if you act in a way that makes someone afraid to irritate you, especially someone who wants to kill you, then you're not acting in your own best interests. And in general, it would be strange if you get into a situation where you're afraid to do something.

In conclusion, he noted that the Russian leadership, with whom he had communicated for many years, had a lot of experience working with the White House.

If he has such extensive experience, how come Lavrov only started noticing anything after almost five years, as he says? He has a lot of experience, right?
In short, it's some kind of nonsense.
Leopold

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10 July 2026 20: 35

Moscow has long ceased to believe US promises to end the conflict in Ukraine.

It is immediately obvious that he is far from Moscow.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
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  12 July 2026 08: 12
  
  Quote: Leopold
  Moscow has long ceased to believe US promises to end the conflict in Ukraine.
  
  It is immediately obvious that he is far from Moscow.
  
  But you, with your tsipso-sketches, are close to Ukroreikh
yuri bakster

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10 July 2026 21: 46

Russia - no, Putin's Kremlin - yes
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
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  12 July 2026 08: 14
  
  Quote from yuri bakster
  Russia - no, Putin's Kremlin - yes
  
  Destruction of the Bandera regime in Ukraine - "Yes"!
Leopold

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10 July 2026 23: 13

there is no possibility that Russia will lose the war

Show me where we have a chance to win this war.
Actually, things are looking pretty bad here.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
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  12 July 2026 08: 15
  
  Actually, things are looking pretty bad here.
  
  The end of Bandera's pigsty
Spatel

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10 July 2026 23: 20

...then people in dark suits, with blue ties and briefcases appear and explain to these presidents how the world really works.

Well said. But that's about the US, not Russia. Unfortunately, we only have our one and only Elbasy, whose praises everyone sings in unison, adoringly looking up to him, in the hopes that they'll be allowed to continue stealing. And this short, narcissistic king exists in this world like a slippery fish in an aquarium, fed, its water changed, and looking out from this aquarium at the onlookers pointing at it, completely unaware of or understanding what's going on outside.

...the American security system, the military-industrial and digital complex are a deeper part of American policy.

And this, too, is said with expertise. Only very softly, without any emphasis. But this doesn't change the picture of what's happening for Russia. Everything that's happening here now is a direct and immediate US involvement in the war with Ukraine.
Everyone understands perfectly well that without Western assistance, without their technology and production capacity, without advanced microelectronics, without Starlink, of course, Ukraine would have collapsed long ago. And it was Trump who lit this light at the end of the tunnel for Zelenskyy, by handing him what he's now harassing us with. And that's probably not all they have up their sleeves. If push comes to shove again, they'll give us something new, and so on ad infinitum.
What's next?
When things get completely unbearable, our Elbasy, his eyes wide, will finally press the red button, in accordance with his nuclear doctrine. Two percent of global GDP versus forty—that's nothing! And then everyone can imagine their own vision of the future.
Do we need all this?
1. pvs512
  
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  11 July 2026 01: 29
  
  Did the IMF calculate Russia's military potential in dollars? Apparently, it's 2% of NATO's, or more?
  1. RakitinAxS
    
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    11 July 2026 08: 24
    
    You could also count it in cars or microchips—then it wouldn't even be 0,1%. And if you count it in canned green tomatoes, it's almost 100% of the world's supply.
    1. pvs512
      
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      11 July 2026 19: 12
      
      Counting military-industrial complex products in cars and microchips is a skill that not everyone can do. You could also count them in iPhones, which would reveal that we don't have a military-industrial complex at all, and that shells and tanks grow on trees.
      1. RakitinAxS
        
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        11 July 2026 21: 48
        
        In fact, calculating the "PS parity" (which is how Putin's Russian economy ranks fourth in the world) is based on the most basic goods—food, which is produced even in the world's most oppressive places. But the problem is that these blessed places produce nothing more complex than galoshes, so all high-tech products are many times more expensive than those produced there. Therefore, if we calculate in feed grain, Russia ranks fourth in the world; if we calculate in dollars, it ranks 12th; if we calculate in cars, smartphones, or laptops (which, for some reason, aren't produced in "our Russia" using local components), it ranks 30th—far behind such "giants" as Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, Poland, and Thailand.
        
        Vladimir1155
        
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        12 July 2026 06: 20
        
        Is Cipsota excited? PPS is an internationally recognized method of payment. If only I could come up with a reason to slander my homeland, apparently because of people like this. Things are bad in your homeland, you're apparently well-known everywhere... Have you been to Mexico? Have you lived there? Google it, then you'll understand. Indonesia? Poland? Thailand? These are all holes where you'll have a hard time.
        
        The comment was deleted.
        
        pvs512
        
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        12 July 2026 20: 50
        
        This isn't a bunch of cypsota, it's a bunch of schoolkids. The pinnacle of technology for them is laptops and smartphones assembled from Chinese components in some Namibia.
        
        Vladimir1155
        
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        12 July 2026 22: 24
        
        Quote: pvs512
        This isn't a bunch of cypsota, it's a bunch of schoolkids. The pinnacle of technology for them is laptops and smartphones assembled from Chinese components in some Namibia.
        
        perhaps
prior

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11 July 2026 08: 41

Jeffrey Sachs is right.
But what is the Kremlin left with if not to fight NATO?
Apparently, they are hoping to outlast Trump, just as the European Union hopes to outlast him, and are simply smoothing over the rough edges.
reefroof

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11 July 2026 08: 57

They crushed the Union, they will crush Russia too, and no nuclear weapons will help! Communist ideology kept the Union at its peak until the pseudo-communists proliferated.
Vladimir1155

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12 July 2026 06: 13

I support Lavrov, you can't trust the West! They've deceived us.
1. RakitinAxS
  
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  12 July 2026 15: 05
  
  So what has Sad Horse been doing for decades, other than smuggling coke out of LA via diplomatic pouch?
  1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
    
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    12 July 2026 21: 07
    
    Quote: RakitinAxS
    So what has Sad Horse been doing for decades, other than smuggling coke out of LA via diplomatic pouch?
    
    You'd better remember your Coconut Ukrofuhrer Zelensky, who's truly making everyone on the planet laugh, knowing about his addiction to strong stuff, and not these cheap fantasies of yours regarding the Russian diplomatic service.
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    2. Vladimir1155
      
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      12 July 2026 22: 42
      
      Quote: Dormidontov_Dormidont
      You'd better remember your Coconut Ukrofuhrer Zelensky, who's truly making everyone on the planet laugh, knowing about his addiction to strong stuff, and not these cheap fantasies of yours regarding the Russian diplomatic service.
      
      That's right! A strong response to the revealed cypsota!
kovaleff

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12 July 2026 11: 52

Does your grandfather have a ruble pension?
UAZ 452

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12 July 2026 13: 14

there is no possibility that Russia will lose the war

Russia specializes in making the impossible possible. And it's proud of it.
Alexander

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12 July 2026 17: 45

Moscow has long ceased to believe US promises to end the conflict in Ukraine.

So who's to blame? The West is to blame. First, two feeble-minded informers, Hollande and Merkel, admitted they'd been leading Russia on with the Minsk agreements to rearm Ukraine, and then Rubio, to top it all off, admitted that Anchorage was a scam on the same topic.
If all these chatterboxes had kept their mouths shut, then our leaders would have believed in the Minsk agreements, and in Anchorage, and in the tunnel under the Bering Strait, all together, for another hundred years.
After all, the USSR was not destroyed so that people would not trust the West and become disillusioned with it so easily and on their own initiative.