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- Published on Jun 8, 2023 veröffentlicht
- More than a year into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, signs continue to mount that Moscow is struggling under the weight of ballooning military spending. Moscow has consistently put on a brave face when it came to the country's economic health. But it's now classified or unlisted a third of the economic data coming out of the country. According to Russian Finance Ministery data unlisted or classified spending has doubled since last year, indicating around a third of the budget is likely connected to the war effort. 31 Billion dollars in total, dwarfing all other publicly listed government expenses. And Moscow's black budget is ballooning at a time of falling commodity prices, which make up the lion's share of Russia's earnings. Western sanctions also continue to bite according to Russia's president.
At the same time, publicly criticizing Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine can lead to harsh legal consequences. Most people prefer to voice their discontent in private. But one critical conversation between two prominent Russians has surfaced online.
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"392 days into my 3 day war, I am still master strategist" -Vladimir Putin
Actually 400 today!
ukraine is winning! just keep sending billions every day! -zelensky
Calling sanctions "illegitimate" is a laugh -- implying any country is obligated to trade with another.
It is worth noting that the economic numbers for the Russian economy are provided by the state bank and should be taken with several grains of salt. At one point they were claiming GFP had grown, but there are signs that this may not be true. Automotive production had previously accounted for a substantial portion of the economy. That industry is down 98% and 18 of the 20 automobile factories have closed. Of the two left, one is converting to manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles.
Russian Finance Ministry data is as credible as numbers sniffed from a crappy toilet paper.
Same with everyones economy.
your profile picture bout to make me act up
DW does a great job reporting on everything in and around Europe, thanks!
Imagine just how bad things really are, for Putin to be forced to admit even this.
Not a problem for supreme dictator of the Neo-Soviet Russian Empire, On the war march for re-form the Soviet Union. Ukraine is just the first conquest.
@Pablo Picaro But Ukraine isn't conquered yet 😊. Slava Ukraini
@Pablo Picaro Not a problem? They literally expected to beat Ukraine in a few days/a week, and failed to do so even after A YEAR, and have suffered immense casualties.
It reminds me a Russian anecdote: "Dad, government will raise vodka price. Will you drink less?" - "No, son. You will eat less."
😂
Amen..
More like: "No, son. YOU will drink less."
Thanks ; what a classic
Usually, it is the poor people who suffer the most in any calamity. But when the elite start to complain about the war, you have a situation where deep down a supermajority of people oppose the war.
Repent to Jesus Christ “And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’””
Mark 11:17 NIV
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All sanctions are targeted at listed individuals and companies and basically involve confiscating funds and property outside Russia and banning them from travelling. Basic necessities such as food and medication are never included.
The fun thing about the oil embargo and lack of gas sales is: Even if Russia - as it claims - does manage to divert its sales to Asia, those nations will pay a decidedly lower price than Europe ever did. Because beggars - Russia - can't be choosers. Less money for the same amount of fuel. On top of having to develop the infrastructure to actually transport it.
And it's a big difference. China pays only between 15 and 40% of what Europe paid for gas, and Europe bought more and transport was cheaper too. The damage this "man" has done to Russia out of pride and hubris is unfathomable.
"Pride comes before the fall." This is the one quote that will never age, as no matter what history teaches us.. pride will ALWAYS be our own fall.
" "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall," (Proverbs 16:18 New International Version) "
And who is full of blind pride? The American led west.
@GMW You had to specify ‘blind’ pride to differentiate your pride apart. That proves my point, your pride will be your fall.
@B P i didn't have to specify American pride as blind. Blind pride is more egregious than the basic version.
Pride - the first of the Seven Deadly Sins as per the RC Church.
Marvel at all the American, Japanese, Taiwanese, German and British technologies used in his office. Love it! 🇺🇲🇯🇵🇹🇼🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦
They’re hooked!
PHub is Canadian and I guarantee you that has been used is said office. Canada, reliving your stress online 😉
@First Last Lmao, savage!
🇷🇺🇨🇳
Thanks DW. Your reports are amazing! I'm shocked at the access you still have, and your reporters are brave.
Excellent reporting in difficult circumstances. You've got a loyal follower in me, well done!
DW is my favorite online news.
I love how Putin let's the media know how everything is going for him ...very fair minded individual
I like how Russia threatening other European countries to not join NATO can be responded with "What are you gonna do? Invade me?"
I don’t like how Putin thinks he’s God 🥴
Love it.
also European countries that are joining NATO: "You say NATO is weak right? Why do you need to worry about."
Can Putin please tell the World the last time NATO invaded Russia?
@Peter Out coup in Ukraine 2014, coup in Georgia.
Last year an activist group was filming in Moscow when a woman asked if she would be arrested for saying two words, and with that, she held up a piece of paper, about 8"x6", which said "два слова", which in Russian means "Two Words." She was immediately arrested by the police and thrown into a police van. Right after another women came up and asked if they filmed those that were for the military operation, and they said yes. She started to give her opinion of why she agreed with the military operation and was immediately arrested and thrown into the van with the other woman. In Russia, you are not only not allowed to voice your opinion, you are not allowed to have an opinion.
Very 1984 Irish but then it was about Stalinist USSR and Vlad is a former KGB man
This is normal in places like russky.
So if he's admitting that there's SOME minor setbacks, you know they're actually quite significant.
You mean like the difference between 3 days and, lets say more than a year?😋
@Zorktx Andnand _"Kyiv in threeeee daaayyyys!!!"_ 🤣
What I was thinking too. Maybe he's burned through his foreign cash reserves finally and can't avoid the big spending cuts. Russia is going to be a NK style economy that exists just to pay for the army, while the people suffer.
@Owen They already are that, really.
What they are missing is that we need to keep up the sanctions and most embargo for a long time to prevent/reduce re arming
And also as a motivation for Russia to pay wardamage in Ukraine. Sanctions should be only loosened a bit if money or goods or workforce are given to Ukraíne With goods I also mean things like existing Russian infrastructure. Powerlines, railway material and railway rolling stock. Factory production lines. Everything
And who think it should not be, the Soviet Union did this in Middle and Eastern Europe for years and decades.
They will stay. Until Ukraine is free.
@Bert NL Your reply is SO important that you should repost it as an original comment at the top of the page. Seriously, please do it! Thank you for saying such an important point!
The OP's comment is also so imporyant that it needs to be restated at the very beginning, but I can't rewrite it due to illness. Somebody please do it!
if industry have limited supply caused by sanction and industrial capacity is being more and more oriented toward supporting military effort, high domestic demand would seem more like a problem then a solution. It could rocket inflation up. It would be better to raise tax higher to increase revenue while keeping domestic demand low to free capacity and employement toward war. But then of course if you are worried about population discontent that could start revolt and revolution it harder to go that way.
This is very good. Simply presented but substantial, the presenters let the material speak for itself which is to my liking.
Can you imagine the conversation in prison? "What are you in jail for? I killed a guy, you? " "I kidnapped someone, how about you?" "Me? My daughter drew a picture of the war and I am in jail for discrediting the military!"
"I'm in prison for trolling on twitter"
I saw a DW segment where a girl drew the virgine marry and Ukrainian flag in school. She and the mother were interrogated for hours and the daughter put on a radical delinquent watch list. She was also kicked out of school.
UK in 2022 - 3300 people arrested for posts and even likes in social media
@Dr. Jesus Tortilla OK - What were those posts? About 1000 people in the US were arrested for J6 posts...Posts of them committing crimes.
The thing is that the IMF is legitimizing self-reported Russian economy numbers. We don't know exactly how the Russian economy is doing now, all we can look at is business Russia is doing with foreign countries and extrapolate from there. It is important to keep in mind though that we do know that Russia funds its government primarily from natural resources exports, not taxation. So it is very likely that it will be unable to fund itself and issue pensions etc once their war chest runs out. Something will have to give, and unless China steps in to basically buy the country the Russian people that are still comfortable in their overheated Moscow/St.P. apartments WILL soon start realizing they are at war.
Well you can't measure their economy as you banned them from swift
What do you mean "we don't know", have you ever heard of Google?
• Russia just paid off their foreign debt by 21.1%, with a balance of $380.5 billion, the lowest since 2007.
• Inflation rate has drastically fallen from 17.8% in March last year, now down to 11%.
• Average household electricity bills are 1/3 the cost of America's, with the price per Kilowatt at $0.06 in Russia compared to $0.18 in the U.S.
I think one of the biggest issues that is not getting alot of attention is, Russia does not like the US Hegemony in the world roughly because of their military prowess, freedoms and ability to project democracy across the globe. When you measure that against what Russia has achieve or the lack thereof, it is not measurable. While people within Russia may not know, globally, it is very well understood. Not saying the US is perfect, what I'm saying your imperfection can be manifested in many freedoms and that is the true threat to Russia, not military, technology or border could or anything else.
This planet is a child who has the option of two parents. Both will make mistakes, but only one has a constitution that forces these mistakes to be aired transparently and the parent will learn from them, whether freely or by force. Open discourse is a fundamental human right. Without it, there will be nothing but endless wars.
Before the war, I had never heard of your service. Now, DW is a go to source for my international news and analysis.
It is not neutral however.
@John Lesoudeur , Nobody can be neutral, especially in respect to this war
@Daniel Adegoke based
@John Lesoudeur Explain !
Thanks, VERY.. VERY... informative interview... Keep this up please so people can understand how this regime rolles!
Unsustainable military spending previously bankrupted the Soviet Union.
I suppose it is difficult for those in the midst of history, or in this case, more like in the midst of re-living, to see the walls falling down around them until it is too late.
That's happening to the USA, now?
@Bambaclot I would like to see substantially less military spending in the US, but the US has a far more robust economy than Russia's, which allowed for Reagan to triple the national debt, going from one to three trillion dollars, and yet the walls were falling in Berlin, caught in the pull of the sinkhole that used to be the Soviet Union.
Incidentally, I was no fan of Reagan, so this isn't a USA #1 post.
In any case, if your contention is that excessive military spending will lead to the collapse of the US economy, I think that is a unique position, and one that doesn't address the question of whether the Russian economic/political structure may again collapse due to unsustainable military spending.
• Russia just paid off their foreign debt by 21.1%, with a balance of $380.5 billion, the lowest since 2007.
•Inflation rate has drastically fallen from 17.8% in March last year, now down to 11%.
• Average household electricity bills are 1/3 the cost of America's, with the price per Kilowatt at $0.06 in Russia compared to $0.18 in the U.S.
YOUR RESPONSE?
@Stacey Colangelo an average russki is still a lot poorer than average american, canadian or european😅
Times are tough for everyone. I can't remember the last time I bought an intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile.
China has left the chat 😂
Good thing I stocked up on them before hand, like toilet paper and food before covid, and people call me crazy.
i do, i bought mine from a russian officer.
Nayxzly its a bot that copies other peoples comments
@Alex Reznov dude, be careful, it might be a dud😅
love how he sprinkles the word "illegitimate" here and there...while raging genocide for over a year
Real genocide was conducted by the Ukrainian UPA. Whose leaders are still official heroes of the Ukraine. I love how occasional war crimes are called "genocide for over a year" while UPA is cherished.
@Hulagu Mongke cry some more
@Hulagu Mongke Which exactly?
@andy99ish Oh dear, another cremlin parrot
Just the fact he talks about sanctions so much shows its effecting them. Like for years asking US to take off sanctions because its not working, obviously it is if they are asking
It seems like a fitting irony that powerful autocratic regimes are always bound by the consequences of a failed market the same way they used it as a tool to cynically participate and engage with the world economically.
They see the power in wealth and military expansion. But the wealth is the hammer and the nail for waging wars of conquest.
The production of resources necessary for economic growth and development has significant geopolitical implications. Some countries rich in natural resources may become too powerful if they can dominate the global market and control the supply of these resources. This can lead to political and economic instability and the exploitation of smaller, less powerful nations. However, it is also essential to recognize that all countries have the right to pursue economic interests and develop resources. The challenge is to do so responsibly and sustainably, with respect for human rights, the environment, and the needs of future generations. International cooperation and dialogue can play a crucial role in promoting responsible resource management and preventing the emergence of dangerous powers. Countries can create a more stable and prosperous world by working together to address common challenges and promote shared values.
“A week without nuclear sabre rattling is a week wasted.” - Putin
Haha brilliant! 😂
Lol
A sable is a small mammal.
Acting like everything is fine isn't doing anyone a service. Folks will just start wondering how bad it really is. It's really the mistakes of the USSR all over again. Russia lost an enormous chunk of revenue, significantly increased spending, nationalised foreign assets, locked their currency and got branded a pariah state. Money and investors aren't exactly easy to come by in those circumstances. Of course things aren't fine.
Those oligarchs that have spoken out have mysteriously flown out of high floor windows
AND STEAL!! THEIR MONEY
composer soon also i think
Says CNN
Oh, my goodness. They are going to fall out a window or poison. Their time is going to be short.
I'm surprised they haven't deployed Russian windows to Ukraine. They're effin' DEADLY!
It would be interesting to know how Russia is going to try to increase domestic consumption.
First, the oligarchical system means the vast majority of the working class is destitute, without discretionary income.
Those that do have considerable discretionary income might be called the wealthy elite, but they typically prefer not to buy Russian made products. They're wealthy enough to purchase foreign made products, particulary those made in the EU or US if available.
So, what does Russia make that its own people would buy?
Shovels
Vodka
Pᴏᴛᴀᴛᴏᴇs ?
Discrediting the Russian Army? So , the generals are going to be sentenced because they do that all the time with their blunders. 😅
It's no wonder a lack of criticism within the Russian Army causes more military blunders than achievements. This is too good to be true. 😂
They don't need the generals to do that. The army has discredited themselves with their performance in Ukraine so far.
Hey CIA? What blunders? Be specific 😂😂 sure pal
Ukraine supported, armed, trained and supplied by the whole west, had 6 waves of total mobilization 3.5 million men + initial 700k + foreign volunteers and mercenaries. Russia is the most sunctioned country ever right now but had only one parital mobilization 300k men to support captured territories + initial 150k. I mean... lol
This is just the tip of the iceberg..Imagine how bad things really are
Well done. Good reporting. Go Ukraine.
🇫🇷 France crisis 🤡
Russia 🇷🇺 👍 .
@Tina Forbes no matter how much you say it you're never coming back from the hole
@Tina Forbes Ceterum autem censeo Russia esse delendam! Vade vilis.
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Slava Ukraini!!!!!!!
*Correction. Russia is not just the most sanctioned country in the World, but in HUMAN HISTORY!
Wonder why? 😂
They doing pretty good so far with all sanctions etc.
@alexander cab Becoming a Chinese vassal state does not count as "pretty good".
@alexander cab cope
Goes to show their uselessness
The one actually discrediting Russia is Putin himself.
You dont remember cuba??
@deejee the actor or the island?
@deejee you talking about the island that suffers every summer to mother nature?
@Trashboªtmaybe but im talking about when russia was putting nuclear weapons there
@deejee tbh we should've just let them, Cuba would just nuke themselves when Katrina engulfed the island by accident
2:34 “I think this means Putin is realising this war is going to be longer than he anticipated.”
Over 13 months after he said it would take three days? Thank you for that analysis.
Everything is going according to plan.
Many of you may die, but that is the sacrifice I am willing to make. "
- Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺
Lord Farquad 😂😂 Legend
Silencing public dissent is not sustainable without adversely affecting society's progress.
Both sides
I don't think putin is worried about the people's progress
@tobex1991 Pootin is worried only about himself.
It's hard for a country to reallocate money towards its military, when there is systemic corruption with people creaming money from the top.
It's great if all you need to do is APPEAR strong. When a victory isn't as easy as it was meant to be, that's when the wheels start coming off.
Even if Russia ceases their war tomorrow I would not support removing sanctions.
Agreed Ukraine needs to be rebuilt with Russia paying…..
We could offer to remove sanctions after only 3 days.
Then let it turn into 392 days. Or 392 weeks. 392 months.. translations are tricky things.
That’s ridiculous. Sanctions have COLLECTIVE impact. Keep the pressure on (I say).
The countries that import the most will inevitably suffer the most
Standing right here next to you. Here's to the future.
Great reporting all throughout the video!🇺🇸🇺🇦👊🏼
I look at Russia and only see the past. No future. Very troubling they can't see this.
Best statement I’ve seen so far ..Very true
It's the same with everyone, really.
A country with less debt has a better future
@Steven Brockman No investment and no innovation either, no ability to produce anything that is not raw materials or food
From what I have seen, in January and February of this year Russia spent 80% of its entire 2023 budget! Oil and gas revenues are down around 40%, and spending is up by 50%. Several economists and some oligarchs have said that at this rate Russia will expend its financial reserves by the end of this year.
This all could have been avoided 🇺🇲
The English translation of the two russians phone talk is so polite... In Russian, it is very obscene. 🔍
@Mark C the gist of what they're saying is the same, it's just full of profanity. At 6:40, what he's saying got translated to "the country is a mess, everything is a mess", but what he's actually saying is "they've pissed the nation away, they've pissed everything away"
That is a very interesting post. Yes, we on the outside miss an enormous amount of what happens from the Russian point of view. Maybe someday that will change. In the meantime, thank you for a glimpse through the window.
If Russia says they had -2% in GDP growth last year, the real number is probably closer to 5% to 6%. That is a MASSIVE recession. Starting in January this year, they are now running a budget deficit. Russia's economy is living on borrowed time.
It is mystifying how Putin can even use the word, "illegitimate."
I lived through the sanctions in Yugoslavia. Russia is not even close to experiencing the same level of suffering.
Vladimir's dream of becoming a hero has been shattered. Conquering Ukraine is no more a realistic scenario unless he wants to wipe it off the map. His villainous form slowly becoming more prominent even within Russia with every failure.
He would like to wipe it off the map, but he won't be able to. The Poles have already said they will deploy their forces in Ukraine if the Ukranians are in trouble, and the Polish army is quite impressive.
@Stephen Hill And the Poles have a serious dislike for ruSSian politics as well.
I'm just a bit worried what lengths Putin's ego will go to in order to protect his legacy.
Putin is the kind of guy who would rather throw a temper tantrum and flip over the chessboard rather than lose with dignity because at least that way he can still say that he didn't lose. I'm slightly worried about him 'flipping the chessboard' on a global scale.
Very interesting work, thank you.
Imagine if they put the money to good use
That would be too much like hard work.
Like Yacht...
Take seriously is every mobili no longer use rush instead brand new,
but tank and missile doing same because they lack of electric chip (basically throw reverse stock out of picture)
They did. Russia just paid off their foreign debt by 21.1%, with a balance of $380.5 billion, the lowest since 2007. The inflation rate has drastically fallen from 17.8% in March last year, now down to 11%.
Beautiful analysis from a unique specialist!
praying for ukraine you will win god be with you
Not sure how much impact a music producer's opinion has on a country's policy
It's a western thing
Not on policy but on public opinion, and come voting time..
@pat verum Voting in Russia. Give it a brake.
The Rosomok 8wd are a Finnish vehicle (Patria AMV) made by license in Poland.
The vehicle have US made MK Bush master II gun and a 12,7mm VKM-B gun or a 1x40mm MK19.
Secondary weapon the 7,62mm Nato UKM-2C.
Engine are coming from Sweden Scania DI 12 Diesel 480 or 543hp.
Bushmaster are from Australia.
@Holland P
The Bushmaster vehicle yes but not this weapon that are made in Navada
Country needs to collapse and rebuild with new value for life.
U must be referring to EU-crony.
That's the way.
So basically USSR 2.0 lol
it did that before when the soviet union collapsed it didn't work
@SilverKitty Worked well enough. Half USSR population got freedom and soverenity in their countries.
It’s always about the choices one makes - choices, choice, choices
Very good insights!
Sorry, but I just laughed out loud when the voice-over mentioned that ‘a turd of the budget…’ and do on😂😂
"Defense spending is a turd of the budget" ... most definitely!
You have to wonder how much of it ends up in actual military equipment or supplies after “filtering” 🤔
Them: Sanctions Russia
Also them: Continues doing business with Russia..
the hypocrisy is telling 😂😂
The two men in the leaked telephone call spoke the truth but they're now marked men waiting to "fall through a window"
Oh, what a pity, NOT. Notice how they bear absolutely no responsibility. The whole lot of them need to go.
Too obvious. Putin will have to endure them at least for a while. But they'll be isolated and closely monitored fro when the time is ripe, for sure.
💛👍🏻💙
They should be careful not to drink any ups of tea, and stay away from windows in tall buildings and what not.
Putin to Kim Jong: "Comrade, I guess China is in charge of both our countries"
KJ: "Wrong. China gave Russia to me. And call me 'Sir'".
An America is in charge of yours
@Andi
No it is not.
😂
@Andi Like that's a bad thing.
I love how they say Russia is a Junior partner of China and then go on to say they will be highly dependent in the future😂 maybe not so Jr then.
"We need more domestic demand" they say to a nation in recession.
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏🙏✌🍀💙💛
From one terrorist state to another ❤
Blessings for sure
I live in Ireland recently I had a discussion with a Russian lady she and her family do not support the war she is very conscious of what she writes on social media and what she says over the phone when she calls relitives in Russia for fear of reprisal.
Sanctions take time to work. But ztick with them and they do have effect.
and how much? I 'm waiting and waiting in Russia ... nothing happened .
@Зая Ядерная rebel, do not stay silent. Change won t happen by chance in Russia you know? 😊
@Claudio Gioi changes are underway in Russia now . and they are going for the better . people in Russia have hope .
@Зая Ядерная I really hope for that. Good to hear this, have a nice day 😉
Oil is their biggest export. They are only selling to China and India. This is at a discounted rate and not at the volume or price that Europe bought at. Factor the fact it has to be transported by ship and lack of infrastructure to support that means slim profit margins.
The formula for economic meltdown is simple:
1. Negative GDP growth
2. double digit inflation
3. No access to sizeable foreign loans to restructure your economy
Sounds like exactly the situation in the U.K.
@Gary Anthony Yes, russian GDP is better than UK. Thank you, brexit.
@Gary Anthony You did read number 3 right?
The impact of the sanctions might be too late to have much impact on the battlefield, however if the effect is increasing they could be an important leverage during negotiations after Ukrainian victory.
DW’s reporting is excellent.
On Russia - China, it is worth noting that the histories of either country tends to be pretty awful as regards the other. If China is engaged with Russia, it is solely for whatever China can extract out of Russia - anything they "give" to Russia will have a hefty price tag attached.
Surely someone with enough guts can get rid of this awful man!
Not one single Stoltenberg in all the country. Lots of cowards.
What about his cronies too 🤔
I think people might be locked up because they worry Door B is unknown, and might be worse.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, YOU MIGHT GET MEDVEDEV AS PRESIDENT… OR RAMZAN KADYROV!
We can only hope for that.
DW, don't forget to mention ECCO shoes, Carlsberg beer, ROCKWOOL, and many other big companies that still cooperate with Putin.
Pls make a program about all those companies, so we know who we shall boycott.
I thought ExxonMobil bailed on the Sakhalin project
@miss ano It did abandon it as reported by Reuters because of sanctions.
@miss ano Sorry 😞 I made a mistake. ExxonMobil is out of Russia.
Russia has relatively small economy roughly the same size as the Australian economy.
The combined economies of NATO countries is huge compared to the Russian economy, in fact 25 times bigger. And that's before taking into account non-NATO countries that are significantlt supporting Ukraine such a Australia, Finland, Sweeden, South Korea, etc, etc.
If Russia spent 100% economy on my military expedition to match it NATO countries would only need to spend less than 4% of their GDP on military expenditure.
"What we need is a short victorious war!" ~Putin February 2022,Possibly
The Russian population generally prides itself on its ability to sacrifice and suffer for "The Motherland" (the Kremlin)
and they often equate respect with ability to destroy. Not with ability to create
But are they suffering for the motherland? Did anyone attack the motherland? Or did Putin start a war with someone else who Russians considered brothers? Russia withdrew from Afghanistan. They withdrew from Chechnya the first time. Russians didn’t go into Stalingrad mode then….because they were never under threat like in WW2.
The Russian oligarchs generally pride themselves on their ability to stay well away from the frontlines.
His house of cards is falling. They always do, eventually.
天月🌚 Don't be silly. Protests are normal in Europe. There's always someone who wants something. Russia's economy is about as big as Spain's. All of NATO's economy is far stronger than Russia's. We will be fine.
天月🌚 30 Euros a month. 🤣 Is that a lot to you?
@UkrobotsImagine if Russians could protest without facing the death penalty.
@UkrobotsHe’s got that good American LPG gas so his energy bill should be fine. Cope with it!
We love you, beautiful lady .
You are amazing.
Well done.
Glory to Ukraine.
The real question is how long will Russia be able to purchase sanctioned good through cut outs in countries that didn't sign on to the sanctions
At some point secondary sanctions will be needed to punish those countries that are serving as a clearing house for Russia
☝️☝️tell him I referred you to him for a business investment that will change your financial life...
Secondary sanctions will never happen because there are so many EU companies still operating and, in some cases such as Auchan, expanding. The EU needs to get its own house in order first.
Thanks for the calm analysis.
They would have to put the rest of the world in jail for criticizing the Russian army, that is our favourite pastime. 🇨🇦
Good to see...Go Ukraine 🇺🇦
Dictators be like: "Its causing pain but I am sure my people are in sync with my dreams" 😂😂😂
To paraphrase Lord Farquaad from Shrek: "Many of you are going to suffer, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
@alexander cab and much of NATO countries too.
Especially if a phrase is taken out of context or the translation is incorrect due to the difficulties of translation. Since the Russian language is considered the second international language in terms of complexity after Chinese.
@SpinDoctors Without Borders Not really. NATO is reducing Ukraine's suffering.
"we need to increase domestic demand"
A bit difficult with a good part of the masculine population at the front or in exile.
When you or your partner is in danger of being mobilized, I am sure that buying a new car, house or renewing the kitchen will not be exactly at the top of your list of priorites.
So, good luck with that Vladimir Einstein
Unsurprisingly the published figures for tax revenue from VAT in Russia took a nose dive.
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
I think Western nations should be significantly more aggressive at property seizure when it comes to Russian oligarchs and associations that profit Russian oligarchs.
Seize all the yachts, homes, bank accounts, and liquidate them. If there's not a law in place that allows this in the EU country in question, then, make new laws to allow it.
Seize their companies too and put all the revenue/profits toward benefitting Ukraine.
Not as simple as that!
it's a big problem there, it's a big problem here, we need to sort this
we were both forced, accept this... next we ned to move on we will sort this together with the russain people, it is gonna take a year or so but we will return the world to balance, we will move on from this.... we don't need the whole world to suffer from this, there are even people in some parts of the world that really relied on our freindship.... now we have all seen how important our partnership is we need to TRY and take the next step.... god bless you Russia
But a few weeks ago DW reported also at least couple times I remember how sanctions don't work on Russia,changing narrative like weather.
War is not a solution to any situation that may seem to be correct for the aggressive country. Intimidation or force at this time in our World's History would be in vain as each country wants to make it's own choices and Laws as to their needs, not for the need of it's neighbors wants and desires!, if the non- violent country has not displayed any aggression to the aggressive country in question, then it must be respected as such to make it's own Laws and choices for it's own future!,✨
Japan just agreed to buy Russian energy above cap price in Rubles. Other countries are trading energy in their own currencies as western banks are crashing.
*GOD BLESS UKRAINE!🇺🇦*
Made the historic mistake of military engagement . NEVER underestimate your enemy !