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I can't help but think there's something else happening in the background, or that this is part of something larger. It feels like a distraction because the "g
by BLKNSLVR 5y ago
I can't help but think there's something else happening in the background, or that this is part of something larger.
It feels like a distraction because the "goal" seems ... both unclear and not worth the reputation damage.
- bigodbiel 5y agoA small elite of oligarchs can now completely buy the whole country cheaply using up the dollars they stacked under their mattresses, having all been forewarned of what was to happen.
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoHow much more cheaply, and will they be saving more than the sanctions cost them? I would have thought that if they could buy it now / soon, then they could probably have bought it at not much a percentage premium prior. I'm not across the realpolitik of this kind of thing though, but interested to learn.
- koonsolo 5y agoAn old colleague once told me, if it's either really stupid, or extremely genius, most of the time it's the former. In all those years after hearing this, it has always been the former :D.