[Shimmer1]

Just putting a new tagline in.

[ryan71]

A little war might fix that.

[GeronL]

Commies and tyrants always blame others for their problems, usually the “west” or the US.

[Marko413]

According to the CIA Factbook, Russia’s GDP was 2.5 trillion in 2013. Would 130 billion be that detrimental to them?

[elhombrelibre]

Seriously, the cost of putinism and his catamite, sycophant supporters needs to go up to a higher level.

[MaxMax]

Hey Vlad, this kinda puts a sock into your future plans at world domination, doesn’t it?

[Bluestocking]

Somebody must not have gotten the memo about Russia’s economy, because the leading Russian ETFs have been rising for the past two weeks, on heavy volume, including today.

For example, the Direction Daily Russia Bull ETF (RUSL) has risen 17%, from $8.34 to $9.78 per share, since November 13th. Today alone, the stock is up 2.51%.

Who knows what the future will bring, but we know that the experts don’t.

[Cen-Tejas]

I think anything bad in terms of news re Putin is Good!

But, I am reminded of some history where FDR turned off Japan’s oil.

[Paleo Conservative]

Approve shale projects on federal land. Allow sale of LNG to Europe where natural gas prices are higher than the US. This would really put a squeeze on Russian oil and gas revenues.

[mac_truck]

Russia is set to lose about $40 billion (32 billion euros) per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Monday.

How many billion euros do they save by not having to prop up the corrupt Ukie government anymore?

I'll wage the net number is closer to zero.

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