{"id":299772,"date":"2025-11-27T21:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/booming-or-breaking-the-truth-about-russias-war-economy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T21:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:04:52","slug":"booming-or-breaking-the-truth-about-russias-war-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/booming-or-breaking-the-truth-about-russias-war-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Booming or breaking? The truth about Russia\u2019s war economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qg5PWLfvlJw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Booming or breaking? 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