Putin has been pledging that his country can focus on both "guns and butter" as it fights in Ukraine. Yet it's precisely butter that's been a headache for Russia, with a 25.7% price increase this year ...

"Guns and butter" was a term often heard during the 1960s when the U.S. government ramped up its spending on the Vietnam War. Then president Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to invest in his Great Society ...