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Putin envoy warns Russia’s economy could go ‘berserk’ on war footing

Boris Titov, Russia’s international development envoy, said in comments to RBC that the economy risks going “berserk” if run entirely for military-industrial complex needs.

By Gleb BryanskiThe Russian economy runs a risk of going "berserk" if it is run to focus entirely on the needs of the military-industrial complex, President Vladimir Putin's international development envoy was quoted as saying on Tuesday.The comments by Boris Titov to business news outlet RBC were…