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They won't go hungry. I don't think famine will stop them. They don't want to lose their dictator that is willing to advance their agenda.
by bagels 2y ago
They won't go hungry. I don't think famine will stop them. They don't want to lose their dictator that is willing to advance their agenda.
- NewJazz 2y agoBut they need to have a strong economy AND strong, consistent revenue to fund their defense budget. Don't forget that...
- ben_w 2y agoThey need it to seem like that. Russia mistook the illusion for a reality, and is now stuck in a war of attrition with an economy that, on paper, is only a tenth of their own, and which is being supported by the international equivalent of loose change. When Putin realised that, his body language changed: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-putin-neumann-interview/31966753.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-putin-neumann-int... (Oh how hyperbolic headlines are…)