Current Affairs Ukraine

[Xizor]

Then I suppose when your nation has only nominally had democracy for less than a generation you perhaps just accept anything the government says or does.

If your local dictatorship is happy just yeeting critics out of their bedroom windows then what are you supposed to, stand up to it?

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

13k is still plenty of potatoes, right?

The way potatoes are going in russia they'll be like black tulips soon.

 

[davids]

All the talk about the central bank of Russia freezing deposits seems a bit sensationalist at this point tbh.

Putin is a lot of things, but he's smart enough to listen to his financial experts as he understands that's needed for him to continue with his plans.

He still gets enough money for natural resources from the West to pay for military expenses.
EU has paid Russia almost 200 billion euros in years 2022-2024 for gas alone.

As for the food inflation - salaries for the lower class have almost doubled since 24.02.2022 because there is a lot a work in the military related sectors.

Don't expect the Russian economy to collapse any time soon. The worst will probably come after the so-called special military operation ends when

How much business Russia has done with China and the rest of BRICS in the same 22-24 period isn't reported.

 

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[COYBL25]

Has chief spud muncher @davek validated this news ?

 

[ftk43]

How much business Russia has done with China and the rest of BRICS in the same 22-24 period isn't reported.

You can google certain info.
India buys Russian oil at discount prices, refines it and sells the products to the West.
China also in a position to dictate their own prices, the size of the economies plays a role.

It's not all good for Putin but he still gets enough to continue the war.
And the amount of poor people is so big that he can "buy" soldiers by offering them 10 times (and even more) the regular salary

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Terrorist state

 

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Terrorist state

Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia’s Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster​

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/russia-putin-airplane-shadow-war.html

 

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No rush, Joe!

 

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[Rita_Poon]

how come whoever is videoing hasn't been added to the conga line?

 

[edge]

God help them wonder how long they will last?

 

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how come whoever is videoing hasn't been added to the conga line?

Women have phones too - but it suggests they are targeting migrant workers from the occupied federal colonies. Don't won't the Muscovites getting upset.