Ukrainian strikes reaching the Moscow region compound revenue losses that push Russia's federal deficit past crisis thresholds, feeding ruble weakness and eroding the home-front compact just as mobilization pressure mounts.
// Cascade Logic
Deep-strike on Moscow-area refineries/targets → lost oil-tax revenue + higher defense outlays → federal deficit blowout → ruble weakness AND fiscal-mobilization strain driving anti-mobilization protest turnout.
// Causal Graph
// Evidence Base
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Fiscal strain that forces austerity and deeper mobilization raises protest turnout, lowering the probability that anti-mobilization protests remain contained below 10,000.
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Strikes on refining and logistics near Moscow cut throughput and oil-tax receipts while forcing higher air-defense and reconstruction spending, widening the federal deficit.