Russia’s budget deficit has surpassed the government’s entire 2023 target in the first four months of the year as wartime spending and falling energy revenues continued to cut into the state budget. The federal budget deficit rose to 3.42 trillion rubles ($45 billion) in January-April 2023...

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Bloomberg's take:

Russia Budget Deficit Hits $45 Billion, Exceeding Full-Year Goal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-11/russia-budget-gap-hits-45-billion-exceeding-full-year-goal

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how long will it be until Russia is able to wage a successful conventional war?

[–]neolib[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One article I saw on this topic:

U.S. intelligence holds that Russia will be able to fund the war in Ukraine for at least another year, even under the heavy and increasing weight of unprecedented sanctions, according to leaked U.S. military documents.

...according to an assessment that appears to date from early March.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/26/russia-sanctions-impact-leaked-documents/

So, Mar 2024?