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Putin lied at the SPIEF today, claiming Russia's economy has merely dropped to European levels.
Russia has never been at European levels.
The reality is an unsustainable, high-inflation war machine hiding behind highly manipulated statistics.
Comparing the Russian economy to Europe is an absolute joke. In terms of nominal GDP per capita, Russia sits at a mere fraction of Western European levels, lagging far behind the continent. Furthermore, official Russian statistics cannot be trusted. The Kremlin routinely fabricates economic metrics to mask its decline, publishing an official inflation rate that is way lower than reality.
The financial structure is completely broken. Russia is forced to maintain a staggering 14.5% interest rate. Its debt is vastly more expensive than European debt. The country simply could not survive the debt and deficit levels common in Europe, because servicing those liabilities at such punitive rates would trigger an immediate fiscal collapse.
The current economic model is entirely unsustainable. While unprecedented public spending on military manufacturing artificially inflates short-term output, genuine economic growth remains low and private investment has dried up. Russia is steadily cannibalizing its long-term future to fund a failing war, trapped in an escalating loop of high borrowing costs and soaring real-world prices
1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin predicts that Russia will be stripped to the bone – "IN THE EVENT OF DEFEAT, THEY WILL TAKE EVERYTHING FROM US—UP TO AND INCLUDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND SOVEREIGNTY" – in a long and deeply gloomy commentary posted on Telegram. ⬇️
Don’t threaten me with a good time. Russia can spend some time as a rump state that exists solely to pay war reparations. No glitzy new skyscrapers, no new highways, just literal live in a hovel and wear burlap, while churning the ground and mumbling various apologies.
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
Putin lives in a reality that is increasingly detached from the actual state of things. Most likely, he is being provided only with information that he is expected to like.
Putin wants the war to continue. He is supported by a relatively small group of "hawks" and "Z-patriots," who make up roughly 29 percent.
There is also a silent majority that has started to feel the effects of economic problems and is increasingly experiencing fear caused by Ukrainian drone strikes and, likely, the prospect of mobilization. They are the ones who could eventually erupt.
The key question is whether a group of people will emerge within Russia itself, above all among its elites, who understand that the war is destroying Russia itself and who will be able to do something about it, one way or another.
this desire to “support ukrainians in a way that russians can’t even feel” is the biggest oxymoronic nonsense still accepted as a serious political stance
The #victimhood here is off the charts. Yes, given your behavior in illegally invading ukraine, we want you neutered. It is time rearm Ukraine with NUKES.
Russia was never fully colonised by the West. We resisted through all our history. We will do the same until the end of time. The West wants to annihilate us. We want just to limit its ambitions. And preserve our sovereignty and freedom. Our victory doesn’t mean the end of West.
Can we get 500 people to reply "Russia is a terrorist state"?
We need to remind everyone daily that Russia is a terrorist state and Putin is a wanted war criminal.
@Nadja72638243 That is so true, because @TuckerCarlson always has interviewers that don't ask him about his ties to Russian
State TV which is always full of Russian propaganda. You don't get the gig/$ otherwise.
Sure she does. Including #EpsteinFiles? I don't think so. What about his Russian secrets and Israeli secrets?
Come on Anna, you are not fooling anyone.
NYT lost all integrity long ago. They always back authoritarians.
According to a report by Swedish tax authorities cited by @IrishTimes, Rusal, which owns Aughinish Alumina, is still under the control of sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
What is the point of sanctioning oligarchs like Deripaska if companies reportedly still under their control can continue operating in the EU while feeding Russia's war machine?
American citizens who criticize Jews or Israel will now be monitored by the FBI.
"We will monitor social media and check your bank accounts. I have 40 analysts working 24/7, 7 days a week"
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This is exactly what Europe needs now, calling out the bastards still doing business with the russians!