And this gives Putin a massive incentive to end the war... Er I mean to never end the war... Are you crazy? The economy would crash!
And this gives Putin a massive incentive to end the war... Er I mean to never end the war... Are you crazy? The economy would crash!Russian GDP grew 3% in 2023 but that's because of the war's effects on the economy. There are a lot of problems under the surface with revenue, government fiscal condition, labor shortages, inflation, and high interest rates however.
And this gives Putin a massive incentive to end the war... Er I mean to never end the war... Are you crazy? The economy would crash!
Also aren't they burning through their foreign currency reserves? If/when they run out that's... a big problem.He knows there are major league problems underneath that number. The demographic crisis alone is catastrophic.
Also aren't they burning through their foreign currency reserves? If/when they run out that's... a big problem.
Also aren't they burning through their foreign currency reserves? If/when they run out that's... a big problem.
Correct and they've had to suspend some exports due to AFU attacks on Russian infrastructure which is hitting revenues even worse.
I heard somebody mention that Russia is using their gold reserves to pay for items overseas. Because of sanctions they will fly a plane with gold to a country and use that to pay for the items they want instead of using the banking system. The seller can then melt down the gold bars and the original source cannot be traced. It isn't as efficient as using bank transfers but allows Russia to import items that are under embargo. Not sure how much truth there is to this.
Russians are thanking America and its Western vassals for the ridiculous sanctions. Russia has found other markets which have a better growth potential than the West, which seems to be very much stagnant. For example, Russian trade with China has exploded thanks to the ridiculous sanctions. Also India and many other Global South countries, many of which have been victims of American and Western colonialism. So if you look at the result of the ridiculous sanctions, they seem to have hurt Germany much more. And Germany is the center of the European economy. Maybe America is trying to deindustrialize Germany so they will have one less competitor in Europe? Who knows.Two years into this war and you guys are still hopeful for a collapse of the Russian economy. Hilarious. As long as Russia has energy(and they have lots of it), don’t expect the collapse you guys are hoping for.
Hey in other news, looks like Avdiivka is going to fall soon. Just another ‘strategically unimportant’ city right guys?
Seems like America's biggest industries these days are death and destruction.
Some of America's biggest exports are weapons. No wonder America is actively looking to start wars all over the world.
America loves war, period. That's their biggest export these days, along with regime changes and coups and causing chaos in other countries. I know about the American economy. It is mainly a service economy with a $34 trillion in debt. Even China produces more cars than America.Tell me you don't comprehend the breadth of the American economy without telling me.
Two years into this war and you guys are still hopeful for a collapse of the Russian economy. Hilarious. As long as Russia has energy(and they have lots of it), don’t expect the collapse you guys are hoping for.
Hey in other news, looks like Avdiivka is going to fall soon. Just another ‘strategically unimportant’ city right guys?
America loves war, period. That's their biggest export these days, along with regime changes and coups and causing chaos in other countries. I know about the American economy. It is mainly a service economy with a $34 trillion in debt. Even China produces more cars than America.
Still the biggest economy in the world though. But in order to remain that way, you have to invest in your own country rather than bombing poor people halfway across the world.
At the current rates of loss every Russian male will probably be dead by the time they make the Dnipro.
Its their growth that matters and finding new markets. So when the Western media cries about the Chinese threat, what they mean is that the Western world is fearful of a strong Chinese economic threat.A country with four times our population manufactures more cars than us? This is not exactly a shocking fact.
Its their growth that matters and finding new markets. So when the Western media cries about the Chinese threat, what they mean is that the Western world is fearful of a strong Chinese economic threat.
Ukraine needs new troops so badly it is taking people's passports and tried to recruit a mentally disabled man
Local residents told The New York Times that recruiters from the Ukrainian city of Kitsman have gotten a reputation as "people snatchers."www.businessinsider.com
Ukraine is getting desperate recruiting men, often times by force. It is a bad situation over there. Russia is nowhere near as bad. It's gotten so bad that the Ukrainians want the Ukrainian refugees in other European countries to be sent back home to fight.
I guess Russian shovels have been effective. Even the Russia airforce, made out of shovels seems to be doing alright since Ukraine has no equivalent ... I don't know, I just don't see the Western talking points to have any reality in them.
People are saying!Maybe America is trying to deindustrialize Germany so they will have one less competitor in Europe? Who knows.
Only one sovereign nation has invaded another sovereign nation. One. It's not America.No wonder America is actively looking to start wars all over the world.
Only one sovereign nation has invaded another sovereign nation. One. It's not America.