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Whatever happened, happened, whatever is now, is now. When describing any shitshow going on in any economy you can usually dig decades back to discover the reasons. And remember that these people had at least a significant part of their foreign assets frozen all across the West and are mostly under personal sanctions too. So, circling back to the point, you seem to at least confirm that they have a point saying that if fiscal policy goes on like that 'a shitload of businesses will go bankrupt'. What then? Because whether they board their jets or are lined up against the wall and shot, it's not solving the actual problem of those bankrupt businesses in any way. It's also not solving the problem of the inflation and high interest rates.

Corruption is not an anomaly, it is the system. The difference from the Yeltsin times is that it has been... regulated, with no free for all anymore. You can't be... uh... selfish and steal... just for yourself, especially not on that level. Then again who knows, he might be in little danger or no danger at all. Or at least he might believe that, assuming he's acting as a spokesman for some... influential group within an actual power structure. Russia isn't a stalinist dictatorship, there is some wiggle room, especially for the people at the top. Those guys didn't die as far as we know, also pay attention to the last two absolutely hysterical paragraphs: https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/russian-industry-warns-central-banks-high-rates-hurt-crucial-new-investment-2024-10-23/ There was this guy too: https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2024/10/30/rostec-head-chemezov-warns-on-russian-economy/ Both from over a year ago, so what Deripaska said is hardly something new.

Or maybe, just maybe, also that the current fiscal policy isn't sustainable and is going to cause a shitload of businesses to go bankrupt if continued? I'm not saying he's not a crook, I even assume that he is, but he's not the only one that's saying things along those lines.

more like archretard tbh https://x.com/RealJarTaylor/status/2010726720169472122

That would be something if materialized, half the price of ATACMS or a ~third of PrSM, with comparable range and a bigger warhead than the latter.

>imagine making mental gymnastics in order to 'prove' how damaging/dismantling global 'Sino-Russian' network/influence is ackchyually a bad thing

So was that problem addressed or at least could be somehow addressed? I've heard some things about Finland's ultra great civil defense and judging by what you wrote it's not going to help all that much in case of a blackout.

lol https://expression.fire.org/p/male-students-show-more-tolerance

Damn... https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/2010746401714782242

JD has been heavily involved in the Greenland situation, both early last year (indluding traveling there) and now. He has also written elaborates on Venezuela, spoke about it in the interviews and press conferences.

The UK is suffering from many of the same problems as the EU (and then some), but Brexit has cost them, they estimate 6-8% of GDP compared to if they stayed. Then again it doesn't help that UK authorities are as much or in certain aspects more insane than your average Western European government, what a shame there's no way to deflect the blame on Brussels anymore.

Elite human capital, indeed https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2010408738302341462

Except it's apples and oranges in every way that matters and it's the only approach that gives a chance of avoiding the civil war and, possibly, the US boots on the ground doing another COIN bullshit.

That would probably require India to be cut off.

Plenty of strikes, via Ukraine, e.g. using Storm Shadows, when everyone else in position to send them cruise missiles was babbling about 'muh escalation'. The effect includes warships sunk/damaged, BSF HQ damaged, same for important infrastructure (explosive plant, refineries etc.). Btw the 'muh escalation' is still a position of the US government, 2,5 years later. Trump and largely Biden, after Feb 24. Biden: - expanded sanctions on Russia - critically important support for Ukraine AND taking the lead in coordinating allies - roughly replacing the position Russia enjoyed in the EU energy market with the US, growing further under Trump - Europe starts rearmament, NATO is expanded to include Sweden and Finland, spending rises further under Trump - stepped in as a 'neutral broker' after the Karabakh war and took Armenia out of the Russian sphere, continued and consolidated under Trump - Assad regime fell under Biden, I assume the operation had to be at least unofficially greenlighted by the US, maybe with covert support Trump, in addition to things he continued which I mentioned above: - expanded sanctions on Russia even more - despite stepping back from 'leading' the support efforts for Ukraine and cutting the financial side of the assistance, at the same time he's exerting pressure on countries buying the Russian oil, in which the EU sadly doesn't participate - Venezuela, looks promising - Iran, we will see - Canada and Greenland - absolute brainfarts which are putting the progress (or at least some of it) made in relations with the rest of NATO in the last ~4 years (including Trump's) at risk, as well as relations with other US allies