Originally Posted by
Sisiphos
The economic problems are of course not caused by a lack of "money laundering" by "russians", but by dramatically increased energy costs, trade sanctions, massive spending on defense and high core inflation. All of it a direct result of the insane aggressions by Putin's Russia and the war in Ukraine. The Baltic states have in general exemplary societies among the formerly sovjet-occupied states, with advanced digitalisation and lower tax than most others.