Russia & Ukraine

ipatent said:
Ukraine is waking up to reality

Western sanctions did not destroy Russia’s economy — rather, they repositioned it. Oil once sold to Europe now goes to China and India via a fleet of “ghost tankers.” In September, Russia got $18 billion in oil revenues. Putin is planning to spend around $110 billion on war in 2024, and that’s just the open part of the budget. Ukraine will be lucky if it gets $60 billion from all its allies combined.

What’s even more amazing, the Russian economy is rebounding. The Western-oriented creative class in big cities is hard up, but almost every other stratum of Russian society is better off. Poor people from destitute Russian regions are, for the first time ever, earning good money by enlisting to serve. If they are killed, their families are getting money they never dreamt of. Salaries at military factories are up, and regular salaries are up too because of the shortage of labor. It is a sort of military Keynesianism.
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Even top Russian officials admit their economy is in shambles.

Putin's lapdog admits Russia's economy is in pits after being hammered by sanctions
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1836742/Putin-russia-economy-collapse-sanctions


And let's take a look at what is going to happen next with Russia's "ghost tanker" fleet which is being used to bypass sanctions. Currently these tankers are beset by insurance coverage problems, next they will be seized by countries as various shipping choke points.

Russia's 'ghost ships' could be targeted at a sea choke point in a bid to enforce the West's oil price cap
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-ghost-ships-could-targeted-123249504.html
 
gwb-trading said:
Even top Russian officials admit their economy is in shambles.

Putin's lapdog admits Russia's economy is in pits after being hammered by sanctions
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1836742/Putin-russia-economy-collapse-sanctions


And let's take a look at what is going to happen next with Russia's "ghost tanker" fleet which is being used to bypass sanctions. Currently these tankers are beset by insurance coverage problems, next they will be seized by countries as various shipping choke points.

Russia's 'ghost ships' could be targeted at a sea choke point in a bid to enforce the West's oil price cap
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-ghost-ships-could-targeted-123249504.html
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The "Russia will collapse" crew putting in extra hours lately in trying to keep the narrative alive. I remember when we were all told Russia would be split up by now. Good times.
 
kashirin said:
I'm actual trader and I'm quite rich so I can pay you personally if you join Ukraine defence forces and go to front line protecting democracy
How about that? Just send me your picture storming Russian defence lines and I will pay you for what you earn in 10 years being low paid Ukrainian troll
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It's amusing that you think that having 10,000 rubles is "quite rich". Imagine what a million from the Kremlin could do for you.
 
Russia does not like Ukrainian singers and wants them arrested. Doesn't Putin and the Kremlin have more important things to worry about?

Russia puts Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala on wanted list
Moscow comes after a Crimean Tatar … again.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-puts-ukrainian-eurovision-winner-jamala-on-wanted-list/

Susana Jamaladinova, a Ukrainian of Crimean Tatar origin known professionally as Jamala, is now on Russia’s wanted list, state news agencies RIA and TASS reported Monday.

The ministry of internal affairs accuses the 40-year-old Eurovision-winner of discrediting Moscow’s army, Russian news website Mediazona reported. The site said Moscow put Jamala on the wanted list in October, and in November the singer was arrested in absentia by a Russian court.

Jamala, a vocal critic of Russia’s occupation of her native Crimean peninsula and invasion of Ukraine, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 with the song “1944,” which is about the deportation and ethnic cleansing of around 200,000 Crimean Tatars carried out by Soviet authorities in May 1944.

Jamala, who is currently on a fund- and awareness-raising tour in Australia, reacted to the news by posting an Instagram story of herself outside the Sydney Opera House, with a facepalm emoji.
 
gwb-trading said:
Who is going to take over next -- after Putin's demise?

Putin’s Russia has a succession problem
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4317569-putins-russia-has-a-succession-problem/
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kashirin said:
So I understand you are not interested in protecting Ukrainian democracy other than empty talk?
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Our tax dollars are spent on Ukraine regularly. It's our contribution to ending violent aggression from deranged dictators like Putin. What are you doing to promote decency and democracy on the face of the earth?

It's just a matter of time until your Russian conscription notice shows up -- so you can join Putin's cannon fodder.
 
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