Putin's Russia Collapsing Back to the 1990s | Long-Range Sanctions Winning!

Silicon Bites Ep373 | 2026-07-24 | Wildberries Is Over — This is a case of Russia against modernity. Putin is dragging the country back to the 1990s, but a darker version, with fewer nice things even than then. But he does not care about modernity, or about Russia’s passive population. OUT OF STOCK: A week of "long-range sanctions" burns Russia's Amazon from Moscow to St Petersburg to occupied Crimea — and proves a modern economy cannot survive the war its dictator started. WILDBERRIES IS OVER: Seven days. At least ten Wildberries logistics complexes struck across nine locations — Elektrostal, Kotovsk, Krasnodar, Nevinnomyssk, Voronezh region, and now, overnight, St Petersburg, the Leningrad region, Tver, and occupied Simferopol. The deadliest Ukrainian deep strikes inside Russia in two years. Around a tenth of the company's national warehouse capacity gone. Pulkovo airport shut while the second city of the empire watched its own sky fill with smoke. Russia's marketplaces have rewritten their contracts to abandon their sellers, and the Moscow Exchange has fallen through the floor. Putin tried to drag the twenty-first century back into the eighteenth — and the twenty-first century is burning down around him. Zelensky calls this campaign "long-range sanctions". They are only going to increase. The scene is being set for Russians to ensure a brutal winter. ---------- ACTIVE CAMPAIGN: We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire Drones Silicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones. https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain... These heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconc...   / siliconcurtain   https://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up... ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-che... UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org ---------- SOURCES: The Moscow Times — "Ukraine Strikes Wildberries Warehouses in St. Petersburg and Surrounding Region" (24 July 2026) Kyiv Independent — "Wildberries logistics hubs in St. Petersburg, occupied Crimea struck in fifth Ukrainian drone attack on retailer over past week" (24 July 2026) Kyiv Post — "Wildberries Warehouses Burn Near St. Petersburg as Flamingo Also Reportedly Hit Defense Plant" (24 July 2026) Ukrainska Pravda — "Russia reports drone attack and strikes on Wildberries warehouses – photos, videos" (24 July 2026) LIGA.net — "Wildberries warehouses are on fire near St. Petersburg and in occupied Simferopol following airstrikes" (24 July 2026) The New Voice of Ukraine — "Video shows drone strike on Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg" (24 July 2026) UA.News — "St. Petersburg Was Attacked by Drones, and Wildberries Warehouses Were Set on Fire" (24 July 2026) Türkiye Today (AP wire) — "Ukrainian drone strike hits Wildberries warehouse near St. Petersburg" (24 July 2026) CNN — "Warehouse workers among 8 dead in deadliest Ukrainian attacks inside Russia for two years" (18 July 2026) CNN — "'Up in smoke': Attacks on 'Russia's Amazon' bring Putin's war closer to home" (23 July 2026) ----------