https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/07/russias-economy-is-back-on-its-feet
Well well well. More Russian propaganda. lol .
Well well well. More Russian propaganda. lol .
The Economist- Russias economy is back on its feet
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You trust the economist?
Russia’s army is in a woeful state
The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of a bad strategy or a poor fighting force
Looks like Russian oil exports will continue to be beneficial to its economy.
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Russia has nearly doubled its revenues from selling fossil fuels to the EU during the two months of its war in Ukraine, benefiting from soaring prices even as volumes have been reduced.
Russia has received about $65 billion from exports of oil, gas, and coal in the two months since the invasion began, according to an analysis of shipping movements and cargos by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
For the EU, imports were about $46 billion for the past two months, compared with about $147 billion for the whole of last year, or roughly $12.3 billion a month.
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Ukraine war has nearly doubled Russia's fossil-fuel revenues
Price spikes for gas, oil, and coal spell soaring profits for the Kremlin.
www.motherjones.com
Russia has nearly doubled its revenues from selling fossil fuels to the EU during the two months of its war in Ukraine, benefiting from soaring prices even as volumes have been reduced.
Russia has received about $65 billion from exports of oil, gas, and coal in the two months since the invasion began, according to an analysis of shipping movements and cargos by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
For the EU, imports were about $46 billion for the past two months, compared with about $147 billion for the whole of last year, or roughly $12.3 billion a month.
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When you fight wars, its a battle of relative power. If Russias army is in a woeful state, then Ukraines army is a smaller version of Russia's army with even fewer updated weapons.You trust the economist?
Russia’s army is in a woeful state
The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of a bad strategy or a poor fighting forcewww.economist.com
This is only month 3 of sanctions that will cripple the country increasingly over time. Russia has banned selling the ruble by private citizens, intervened massively to prop the ruble and has boosted interest rates to 17%. It's just taking a little longer to die, that's all.
The Russian advances towards Moscow continue, victory will occur soon.
They are switching Kherson over to Rubles. Ukraine has started attacking Kherson as they don't give a shit about their alleged citizens.
Who cares, the bulk of Russias force is still hanging back, allowing the mobile recon units to do their work in conjunction with the artillery. Whenever UAF leave their trenches and attack, the Russians will withdraw and a hail of shells will follow. Once the Ukrainian force is sufficiently depleted and low on supplies the Russians will strike hard. How long that takes is not relevant to Russia.
Hey, notty. I understand the Allies won World War 2 by retreating from Berlin all the way back to the French coast.
There were many retreats. Did you hear of the battle of the bulge by any chance? The various battles between the British and Rommel? Dunkirk?
This is not a retreat, just the Russians getting out of the way so the artillery can do its work. Better to draw the enemy out into the surrounding fields then get into a costly urban battle.
Notty, do you have a subscription to The Economists, did you read the article.
It's not the EU that's propping up the Russian economy, it's India. Modi is becoming increasingly unpopular due to rising unemployment. He can't afford to have the price of energy skyrocket...like it's doing here.
It's not the EU that's propping up the Russian economy, it's India. Modi is becoming increasingly unpopular due to rising unemployment. He can't afford to have the price of energy skyrocket...like it's doing here.
Mario Draghi said it best, "do you want freedom or air conditioning".
He settled the dispute between Greece and Macedonia, he's investing in Algerian infrastructure to increase their gas output. He may be a year younger than Donato, he's looking like Italy's best Post War PM.
He settled the dispute between Greece and Macedonia, he's investing in Algerian infrastructure to increase their gas output. He may be a year younger than Donato, he's looking like Italy's best Post War PM.
You think Russia still hasn't used most of their best stuff?
When do think that will happen?
20025?
Yes they have, but not on a full scale. Long range missiles yes, Artillary yes, mobile infantry yes but in very small amounts in Donbas. Its a slow grind by artillary. That involves sending recon groups out too find and the enemy.When they do they back off and let the guns do the work. They have employed very little air power. Probably becuase guns are more reliable, can reposition to keep up with the recon groups and can deliver ordinance at much shorter notice, in any weather and with very good precision.
That's nonsense. As the Indian energy minster told Ursula, India buys less energy from Russia in a month then Europe buys in an afternoon.
The Economist- Russias economy is back on its feet
Good news. More cardboard shoes and turnips filling the shelves.
Good news. More cardboard shoes and turnips filling the shelves.
Every time I read nottyboi's delusional propaganda I am so tempted to refute his Russian superiority bullshit. From his most basic misunderstanding of of rubber tires degrading with time, especially in UV light, especially low grade rubber compounds that the Russians and Chinese use. To the pictures in which there are visibly removed lug nuts on the ground where they were obviously changing flat tires when the mechanics either ran for their lives, or didn't.
That he suggests that some scrap metal on the ground is a missile that blew the tires! lol!
He can't even give an inch on his blind propaganda to acknowledge that Russian and China make SHITTY TIRES. Never mind that they are always (bad) knockoffs, they use cheap, cheap, cheap rubber compounds and ply materials, have poor quality of manufacturing including improper vulcanization and he even goes to far as to try to say that they use old USSR molds! As if that is good thing! lol.
He even fails to acknowledge that much of these equipment failures have everything to do with the Dictatorial Kleptocracy culture of Russians for as long as they have been a nation that has structurally given a few thousand apparachtik the license to steal tens of billions of Russian money to buy the biggest, most ostentatious mega yachts the world will ever see. All so long as they make sure the Boss gets a fat envelope.
He is so obnoxiously obstinate that it makes no difference. All anyone says only gives him more fodder (I mean мясо) to launch into more delusional bloviating.
He tries to use the same Russian grandious claims of superior hardware and unlimited cannon meat (his soldiers words, not mine) to brag about how Russian is just toying with the Ukes.
What he fails to acknowledge publicly, is that the Russian soldiers are deeply, deeply demoralized, resentful, cold, not well fed. incompetent and have a fundametally flawed and incompetent Command structure. Ukraine has highly motivated, NATO trained skilled, professional soldiers fighting for their families, their homes, their country and with the moral and unlimited financial, hardware and intelligence support of the rest of the civilized world that they respect.
And all this talk about superior and unlimited firepower etc. Fuck that;'s funny!
Ukraine has been killing off Russian soldiers and equipment at a ratio of 3-1... while the Ukrainians themselves are using pretty much the same inferior Soviet-era based weapons. Let's see what that ratio goes to when the real heavy equipment get's over to the eastern front. Sooner or later, the Russian commanders who are threatening Russian soldiers with being shot as deserters are also going to have their own epiphany and look to GTFO! Very few of these Russian soldiers have a moral or personal desire to give their lives for "liberating Donetsk". And they would run if they didn't face prison at home for deserting. Whereas the Ukrainian soldiers and each and every civilian is fighting for their survival as a person and as a society. Look at the Azov in Azovstahl. They will fight to the very last soldier's death or bullet. That's already cost the Russians thousands of tonnes of cannon мясо (Russian for meat) . Neither Nottyboi or Crystal Meth can be that high on their own supply not to recognize that the morale of the remaining battalions is not as low as it could be. Being effectively tasked to the equivalent of hunting poison rats though sewers and seeing the guy next to them get sniped and his brains splattered over himself. That has to get to these stone cold immoral savages.
As for their magnificent Air Force?
Their best pilots and aircraft, including the Doomsday Plane to be paraded on the Holiest Day on the Soviet calendar, were grounded because of weather! Beautiful spring day, 10C, clear skies with scattered clouds and 5 knots of wind!
That he suggests that some scrap metal on the ground is a missile that blew the tires! lol!
He can't even give an inch on his blind propaganda to acknowledge that Russian and China make SHITTY TIRES. Never mind that they are always (bad) knockoffs, they use cheap, cheap, cheap rubber compounds and ply materials, have poor quality of manufacturing including improper vulcanization and he even goes to far as to try to say that they use old USSR molds! As if that is good thing! lol.
He even fails to acknowledge that much of these equipment failures have everything to do with the Dictatorial Kleptocracy culture of Russians for as long as they have been a nation that has structurally given a few thousand apparachtik the license to steal tens of billions of Russian money to buy the biggest, most ostentatious mega yachts the world will ever see. All so long as they make sure the Boss gets a fat envelope.
He is so obnoxiously obstinate that it makes no difference. All anyone says only gives him more fodder (I mean мясо) to launch into more delusional bloviating.
He tries to use the same Russian grandious claims of superior hardware and unlimited cannon meat (his soldiers words, not mine) to brag about how Russian is just toying with the Ukes.
What he fails to acknowledge publicly, is that the Russian soldiers are deeply, deeply demoralized, resentful, cold, not well fed. incompetent and have a fundametally flawed and incompetent Command structure. Ukraine has highly motivated, NATO trained skilled, professional soldiers fighting for their families, their homes, their country and with the moral and unlimited financial, hardware and intelligence support of the rest of the civilized world that they respect.
And all this talk about superior and unlimited firepower etc. Fuck that;'s funny!
Ukraine has been killing off Russian soldiers and equipment at a ratio of 3-1... while the Ukrainians themselves are using pretty much the same inferior Soviet-era based weapons. Let's see what that ratio goes to when the real heavy equipment get's over to the eastern front. Sooner or later, the Russian commanders who are threatening Russian soldiers with being shot as deserters are also going to have their own epiphany and look to GTFO! Very few of these Russian soldiers have a moral or personal desire to give their lives for "liberating Donetsk". And they would run if they didn't face prison at home for deserting. Whereas the Ukrainian soldiers and each and every civilian is fighting for their survival as a person and as a society. Look at the Azov in Azovstahl. They will fight to the very last soldier's death or bullet. That's already cost the Russians thousands of tonnes of cannon мясо (Russian for meat) . Neither Nottyboi or Crystal Meth can be that high on their own supply not to recognize that the morale of the remaining battalions is not as low as it could be. Being effectively tasked to the equivalent of hunting poison rats though sewers and seeing the guy next to them get sniped and his brains splattered over himself. That has to get to these stone cold immoral savages.
As for their magnificent Air Force?
Their best pilots and aircraft, including the Doomsday Plane to be paraded on the Holiest Day on the Soviet calendar, were grounded because of weather! Beautiful spring day, 10C, clear skies with scattered clouds and 5 knots of wind!
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LMFHAO, for a degenerate Russian bot, you do have a sense of humour.
Not only did you not read The Economist article, you got catfished by Ursula Pari. Power Secretary R. K. Singh never flew to Dallas to speak with her. Thanks for the good laugh.
