Fun stuff happening with Kazakhstan. Putin dissed Kazakh president recently. Kazakhs just replied by saying you cannot import through us anything that is sanctioned, and have started looking, actively, for redirecting their oil and gas exports away from Russia. Considering that this is backed both by China and by EU, I am sure the solution will be quick.
Oh and in other news, the main Russian bank president just told us that they are reduced to digging out chips from undistributed bank cards to place them in new ones. They cannot produce the chips anymore.
The big story there is that Turkey is actually helping the west. As we know, they like to help Russia on odd numbered days.
I can only assume that as part of getting them to support Sweden and Finland entering NATO, that there were some other things thrown in to sweeten the deal. Whatever. Turkey is a snake as I have said many times over.
What is tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives when he is getting tens of billions of financial aid from the US and Europe? Life is good for Zelensky only.[/QUOTE]
The US should poach this ladyThe banker’s dilemma: How Elvira Nabiullina and her team have tried to save Russia’s economy amid war and sanctions
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/07/the-banker-s-dilemma