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Russia's economy is so driven by the war in Ukraine that it cannot afford to either win or lose, economist says
Business Insider / msn.com ^
| April 21, 2024
| Jennifer Sor
Posted on 04/30/2024 6:04:01 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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Russia had a good thing going before Feb. 2022
It was the leading supplier of oil & gas to Europe, with lots of hard-currency Euros flowing in ... that's all gone now, and ain't coming back
Plus, the costs of rebuilding destroyed Russsian refineries, factories, power plants, and the Black Sea Flotilla
What a giant mistake for Russia Putin's invasion was!
To: canuck_conservative
One thing for sure. Regardless of who wins there, with the amount of money we have dumped into that war, our debtor nation has already lost and we will have nothing to show for it. This is money Biden could have out to better use to globally pay off everyone’s student loans. That theatre arts major in Somalia will thank him.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:11:50 AM PDT
by
chuckee
To: canuck_conservative
"Plus, the costs of rebuilding destroyed Russsian refineries, factories, power plants, and the Black Sea Flotilla"
doesn't that just mean more jobs for immigrants? /s
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:12:17 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Pray for Peace in the world.)
To: canuck_conservative
In Putin's defense:
Ukraine looked like a pushover. His compliant intelligence sources told him it was.
The U.S. President Biden showed himself to be weak and incompetent. He appeared to give Putin the go-ahead, with his famous "as long as Russia doesn't take too much" line.
NATO and the USA had done nothing as he gradually grabbed more of the former USSR back into Russian control.
It all went spiraling into the toilet when the Ukrainians refuse to follow the program, fought back with everything at their disposal, and halted the Russian blitzkrieg.
The West, startled by what it saw, felt compelled to support Ukraine, for their own defense.
Here we are, in a quagmire.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:13:13 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: marktwain
Putin mistakenly believed he had a competent military
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:15:03 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
To: marktwain
Ukraine looked like a pushover. His compliant intelligence sources told him it was. His intelligence source....
"The Ukraine is weak!"
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:15:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: chuckee
Regardless of who wins there, with the amount of money we have dumped into that war, our debtor nation has already lost and we will have nothing to show for it. A small fraction of the insanity of Green Spending on Democratic party political allies.
Cloward Piven. The strategy to bankrupt the USA so as to bring about the revolution.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:16:03 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: canuck_conservative
“Put simply, the war against Ukraine is now the main driver of Russia’s economic growth”
Which just goes to show that whatever measure of economic growth they are using is BS.
To: canuck_conservative
What a giant mistake for Russia Putin’s invasion was!
It’s as if they shot themselves in the paw. 🐾
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:25:39 AM PDT
by
drSteve78
( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
To: canuck_conservative
Sounds like Bidenomics to me.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:26:55 AM PDT
by
Ge0ffrey
To: marktwain
The ‘West’ had been supporting UKR since at least 2010.
Obama gave them blankets.
Trump gave the TOWs.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:30:22 AM PDT
by
Justa
To: Allegra; AndyJackson; ANKE69; bimboeruption; Candor7; Carriage Hill; Cold_Red_Steel; dforest; ...
Propaganda so dumb, only a Canadian zeeper would post it…
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!!
(((PING!)))
Join and laugh at the Zeepers!!
To: canuck_conservative
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:35:52 AM PDT
by
JonPreston
( ✌ ☮️ )
To: canuck_conservative
It’s STILL the leading supplier of oil and gas to Europe. They just blend it offshore with 5% oil or gas from another country and call it non-Russian energy and pay twice the price.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:37:49 AM PDT
by
Antioch
(A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished -Friedrich Schi)
To: Justa
The ‘West’ had been supporting UKR since at least 2010. Obama gave them blankets. Trump gave the TOWs. Biden said he would give them up... But he lies all the time.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:39:08 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: aMorePerfectUnion
What a joke. Ruzzia, Ruzzia, Ruzzia news is all Zeepers have left to talk about
as the War on the Ground is not going well in YouCrayne.
It’s all just noise, a distraction for what’s going on in YouCrayne
on the ground.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:40:49 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: marktwain
“This war can go on!”
Robert Shaw. German Commander. Battle of the Bulge.
To: tennmountainman
Deep inside, they believe the propaganda stories and think they mean ukraine is winning.
To: canuck_conservative
Neither can we.
Which means.. we all are going down.
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posted on
04/30/2024 6:54:50 AM PDT
by
redgolum
To: bert
Putin mistakenly believed he had a competent military
Shortsighted thinking by Putin.
Even if a military seems strong at any moment in time, no military can fight long term and win, without a strong economy to back it up. Putin is not a thinker and used a brain that only thought about the past history of a USSR that was no more, but he wanted to reconstitute it.
Stupid is as stupid does. Putin is as dumb a leader and every decision he's made demonstrates that clearly.
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posted on
04/30/2024 7:01:57 AM PDT
by
adorno
(CCH)
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