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Interestingly enough Russian production of railroad cars has stopped as well. That's because all the cars were switched to so-called "cassette bearings" which are not produced in Russia and are under import sanctions. Changing the production will take a lot of time and money. Possible but will...

Russian airlines tried to get around sanctions by using middlemen. US has just put them under re-exportation sanctions, basically making anyone who sells them parts liable for sanctioning by the US. Russian airline industry is basically dead. By cannibalizing stolen planes they can limp for a...

... that Russia has no prospects ("в безвыходном положении") and oil and gas industry in Russia will crater? Yes, it is as I have been saying. As for some countries not joining sanctions - doesn't much matter with news like I posted earlier about the ship insurers declaring that any ship...

https://t.me/anatoly_nesmiyan/2079 - comment by a Russian analyst on Russia's oil/gas industry's prospects

ROTFLMAO. UN General Assembly overwhelmingly votes to kick Russia off the UN's Human Rights Council. Russian Ambassador to the UN: "On April 7th Russia decided to leave the Human Rights Council." I mean - why do they do that? It is pathetic, crude and ridiculous. It makes Russia and the...

That's what I figured you'd say. You don't know do you but you paint the rosiest picture possible.

Why don't you find out yourself? You're the one determined to "paint" a rosy picture for Russia. As I said, this is not an immediate thing. But there is absolutely a ruin for Russia on the horizon, with no projected good news at all. The isolation from the civilized world will only increase...

Japan's top oil refiners Eneos Holdings and Idemitsu Kosan are halting Russian crude oil imports after the fulfillment of current contracts.

Any one country doesn't mean much. The fact that Russia is more and more isolated from the civilized world means a lot.

Taiwan, Japan and Singapore - joined Western sanctions fully. No financial transactions, very restricted exports, restricted imports (like coal import stopped) etc. South Korea: * had banned all financial transactions with the Russian Central Bank and sovereign wealth funds (with the exception...

Yeah, that is what Putin was hoping for and planning for. There is this old old Russian joke: "Mommy, mommy, the price of vodka is up. Does that mean daddy will drink less? -No, baby, it means we will eat less."

Japan. South Korea. Singapore. Taiwan. You know, the big ones (in economic sense). Russia is desperately hoping China will not abandon them. Because if China does, Russia is finished completely.

First of all, you mean "China" not "Asia" - because quite a lot of "Asia" is sanctioning Russia. Then - look on the map. The cost of transporting things from China vs Europe. And there are a lot of things that China either cannot or will not supply or buy from Russia. Like the latest chips and...

You "know" things that you're being told by Kremlin. You cannot believe even one thing Kremlin tells you. I am reading the socials - things on the ground, people who are experts in their fields reporting on stuff. Example: all stores are switching from paper receipts to electronic only. Why...

Why? Russia is a huge internment camp, all by itself.

Oh and, BTW, all Baltic republics and Poland have already closed their borders with Russia completely for traffic. ALL traffic. You don't need any EU decision, it's already been done. Look on the map - that seals Russia away from Europe.

I read, extensively, sources from Russia. That is the picture I am getting. Even in agriculture, Russia has been relying hugely on Western sources both for equipment and for the genetic seeding supplies. The seeding stock of potatoes (basic staple in Russia) is almost completely Western. Without...

Russia already stopped production of its own cars or trucks. They are planning to resume production when they retool (and even that is a big question) to the 70s models, with no modern electronics in them. The main tank factory, for crying out loud, has sent its workers to a furlough for a...

ROTFLMAO. Who cares who's painting what. What matters is the facts on the ground. Russia is being sanctioned back to 1950s. At least. Hopefully even more. Complete destruction of the economy, with (unless they arrest Putin and his minions and send them over to Hague for trial) absolutely no...

Russian crude is sold for dollars not rubles. And Russians are having so much problem selling it, they are giving huge discounts (and often still can't sell even with that). Aliexpress, on the other hand, sells direct to consumers, for either rubles or dollars. You can pay in rubles. Or...