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Russia’s old economy is gone, and its wartime transformation has the military primed for a resurgence, former State Dept. official warns

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Philip Luck served as the State Department's deputy chief economist in the Biden administration.

He says the West imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine hasn't stopped Vladimir Putin's war machine.

Luck: The future of those sanctions will be critical to the postwar landscape.

He called for enhancing sanctions, closing loopholes, continuing support for Ukraine , and planning for postwar containment.