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And they have, particularly when overwhelming Western sanctions failed to shock the Russian economy and society to collapse. Remember when Biden triumphantly a
by pphysch 4y ago
And they have, particularly when overwhelming Western sanctions failed to shock the Russian economy and society to collapse.
Remember when Biden triumphantly announced that the ruble was reduced to "rubble"? That was the objective, and it failed catastrophically.
- Tagbert 4y agoSo, how is that Russian economy doing now? From sources not controlled by the Kremlin?
- somenameforme 4y agoRussia expected (September 2022) [1]: 2022: -2.9% decline 2023: hoping for slight growth, possibility of slight decline ---- IMF observed/predicts (January 2023) [2]: 2022: -2.2% decline 2023: slight growth ---- [1] - https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-economy-contract-29-2022-economy-minister-2022-09-06/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-economy-contr... [2] - https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/RUS https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/RUS
- cpursley 4y agoTry YouTube. Plenty of Westerners there posting videos of daily life.