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The Russian Ruble is up 3%. (No joke) https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RUB-USD https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RUB-USD

• Havoc 2y ago
  Doubt anyone would think it’s a joke. At this point the Oval Office may as well be redecorated in Soviet red
  • Frederation 2y ago
    Thats Soviet Red white and blyat.
• mullingitover 2y ago
  They're going to completely remove sanctions on Russia before long, so that's not terribly surprising.
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• mantas 2y ago
  Ruble exchange rate is propaganda. It was not possible to freely convert it for a long time. And black market rate was always very different from the official one.
  • AlexeyBelov 2y ago
    That's not true. I'm sending money to my mother in Russia from time to time and the exchange rate is close to real.
• adrr 2y ago
  Trump says he wants to start Nord Stream pipeline which means Europe will buy less American natural gas and replace it with Russian natural gas.
  • wahern 2y ago
    Such a curious dance. About 5 years ago the headline was, "President Donald Trump has signed a law that will impose sanctions on any firm that helps Russia's state-owned gas company, Gazprom, finish [Nord Stream 2]." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50875935 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50875935 Of course, Trump isn't the only one to do an about-face. In 2019, Germany supported Nord Stream 2, but now opposes Russian gas imports.
    • skippyboxedhero 2y ago
      It isn't a curious dance. The story that the parent is referring to, so far, hasn't actually been attributed to anyone in the govt. A US-based consortium is trying to get it reopened, the FT weren't able to say who this person met with, one of the people thought to be involved (a German) denied meeting with anyone, and there is no actual evidence of anyone in the government saying they are working on this...it is just a story that aligned with something that the journalist thinks the US govt is doing...but was unable to produce any evidence of this. What is possible is for NS2 to come into ownership of the US who will be able to cut it off when they choose. One of the issues with NS2, as Trump said before the war but the EU literally laughed at him for saying, was that it would make an invasion of Ukraine possible. In reality, Russia was still paying Ukraine transit fees until earlier this year. So NS2 didn't actually make a difference because Ukraine kept transiting Russian gas through the war. It made a difference before the war because Russia thought Ukraine would cut them off, Germany didn't listen and Putin gambled based on this that Germany would keep NS2 open. The time to do something was BEFORE the invasion...obviously.
      • gadders 2y ago
        And Germany and other European countries, despite all their tough talk, are spending more on Russian gas than they are on aid to Ukraine:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more-russian-oil-gas-than-financial-aid-ukraine-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more... "EU member states bought €21.9bn (£18.1bn) of Russian oil and gas in the third year of the war, according to estimates from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea), despite the efforts under way to kick the continent’s addiction to the fuels that fund Vladimir Putin’s war chest. The amount is one-sixth greater than the €18.7bn the EU allocated to Ukraine in financial aid in 2024, according to a tracker from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)."