[USA-FRANCE]

“.. and a lot of those rubles make their way into Western economies by way of the purchase of luxury goods.”

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Absolutely.

It’s a win-win for the West. Parts of Russia’s war budget goes to buy luxury perfume from Paris... the Moscow elite deserves it... :). The more French perfume the Kremlin-boys (and girls) are buying, the less bombs Russia can afford.

[wildcard_redneck]

You still have not shared your thoughts on Russia taking away all of France's African colonies. Burkina Faso - gone. Mali - gone. Central African Republic - gone. Niger - gone.

Does it give you the sads?

Here's an article to give you some of the background in case you're not aware of the problem France is having in Africa.

How Moscow chased France out of Africa
Paris is pulling back, under pressure from Russian disinformation and Wagner Group mercenaries.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-africa-russia-emmanuel-macron-vladimir-putin-mali-central-african-republic-burkina-faso/

[wildcard_redneck]

Zeepers rhapsodizing about a few bottles of Frog perfume and desperately ignoring the news on the front lines where Russia moves ever westward. How unsurprising.

Now tell us about Putin’s hundredth case of cancer.