Why Human Life Has Zero Value in Russia

Russia treats people as assets—money, labor, bodies. Here’s the extraction system behind the state.

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Russia doesn’t behave like a modern state of citizens—it behaves like an internal empire that colonizes its own population. In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the extraction logic: how the state sits on economic choke points, uses “technical” money changes to drain purchasing power, turns default into policy, and normalizes coercion as “participation.” From early monetary shocks to Soviet-era bonds and Torgsin-style gold extraction, to late-Soviet and post-Soviet reforms that erased savings, the pattern repeats: protect the gatekeeper and push the losses downward. If you want to understand why trust never stabilizes—and why the cycle keeps returning—this is the map.

Video Chapters:

00:00 Russia Doesn't Have Citizens. It Has Resources.
02:40 The Bottleneck Gate
08:25 The Prince of the Soviets Ad
10:18 Money Without Mercy
14:38 Default as Policy
17:37 Soviet Extraction
21:16 Shock Therapy for the People
24:29 Why Nothing Changes

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