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Ukrajinska kontraofenziva
scythe ::
Upajmo, da bo stari čimprej pripravljen, ker sedaj zgleda da še ni?! Naj se neha zajebavat, ker kolko je star, se lahko zgodi, da ne bo dočakal konca vojne, potem mu pa nobena priprava ne pomaga.
Kaj so kaj Ukrajinci podpisali danes, menda ja ne, da bodo Odeso odminirali?
US not prepared to provide Ukraine with ATACMS.
In a briefing on July 22, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that U.S. President Joe Biden is not prepared to provide Ukraine with ATACMS, surface-to-surface missiles with a range of over 300 kilometers.
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/sta...
Saj je bilo za pričakovati, da ne bodo dobili še ATACMS, počaki še par tednov in bo na voljo. Ista zgodba je bila za M142 in M270, prvo smo poslušali 1 mesec, da M142 in M270 ne bosta v UA, zdaj pa vidiš kej sta...
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Glugy ::
Sedaj kuhamo še situacijo s Kitajci
Briliantne poteze naših gospodarjev, kaže da bojo dosegli svoje 2030 cilje.
To je tko k priseljenc...v domorodni državi ga noben več ne bo jemal za svojga, v državo kamor se je priselil pa ga tud ne bojo imel popolnoma za svojga. Glej lahk si pička ZDA al pa Rusije/kitajske oboje bit je pa zblojeno. To uspeva lahk sam Turčiji (ipd) zato ker ima strateško pozicijo Črnega morja ostali pa od tega half dedicationa nimajo nič. Zdej bi ti rad se dobrikal Rusiji namest ZDA..ja kok časa misliš da bo trajal da bo ena velika Rusija / Kitajska os resno vzela tebe kot zanesljivega zaveznika? Predolg..razen če ji daš v roke celotno državo kot je to naredila Belorusija. Nerealno je pričakovat da imamo v Rusiji / Kitajski resnega zaveznika če zahodu obrnemu hrbet. To pa res pol v pravljicah živiš če to pričakuješ. Res ne razumem rusoljubov kaj pričakujejo kaj se bo zgodilo če zahodu obrnemo hrbet..da bo to tako zelo boljše kot pa to kar imamo?? Razumem da so pogonska goriva mal zblodila glave ljudem ampak folk ne šteka da je to še vedno manjše zlo kot pa da cel zahod začne nate pritiskat. Rusi nimajo toliko kart v rokah kot zahod kar se pritiskov na nas tiče. Torej?
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Pithlit ::
Dejmo nehat s to nafto k nima veze z rusi/ukrajinci. To je en bebav argument k ga rusofilčki uporabljajo za krinko.
Life is as complicated as we make it...
kow ::
Nisi prebral linka. 3.5% upad ekonomije. Pa se se zacelo ni resno. Cakaj, da pade v recesijo tudi Zahod in pade potrosnja. Rusko prebivalstvo se naprej mocno pada. Prikljucitev Krima in vecine donbasa, pa pomeni ekstra strosek za ekonomijo. Prebivalcev je za 2.5 milijona manj, kot takrat ko je Putin prisel na oblast - pa tukaj smo vsteli prikljucen Krim.
Za primerjavo, v istem obdobju so ZDA povecale prebivalstvo za 50 milijonov ljudi. Ups, Velika Rusija,a ?
Za primerjavo, v istem obdobju so ZDA povecale prebivalstvo za 50 milijonov ljudi. Ups, Velika Rusija,a ?
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Pithlit ::
Sankcije delujejo
Točno tako.
Nisi prebral linka. 3.5% upad ekonomije. Pa se se zacelo ni resno. Cakaj, da pade v recesijo tudi Zahod in pade potrosnja.
A se še nismo naučili da večina samo naslov prebere pa začne s prstom kazat? Men je čist zabavno kako folk na click bait pada.
Life is as complicated as we make it...
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cias ::
ja kok časa misliš da bo trajal da bo ena velika Rusija / Kitajska os resno vzela tebe kot zanesljivega zaveznika
Če imajo kaj v glavi, potem nikoli. Jaz osebno sem na referendumu volil da razsujemo gospodarstvo z ukrepi. Sedaj pa jočem ker me Rusi, Kitajci, Indijci, Arabski svet... ne poslušajo. A ne vejo da sem jaz tisti ki žvižga in oni plešejo?
D3m ::
Nisi prebral linka. 3.5% upad ekonomije. Pa se se zacelo ni resno. Cakaj, da pade v recesijo tudi Zahod in pade potrosnja. Rusko prebivalstvo se naprej mocno pada. Prikljucitev Krima in vecine donbasa, pa pomeni ekstra strosek za ekonomijo. Prebivalcev je za 2.5 milijona manj, kot takrat ko je Putin prisel na oblast - pa tukaj smo vsteli prikljucen Krim.
Za primerjavo, v istem obdobju so ZDA povecale prebivalstvo za 50 milijonov ljudi. Ups, Velika Rusija,a ?
50 milijonov česa? Znanstvenikov?
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D3m ::
Je treba dobiti job.
Lahko je tudi kriminal job samo na dolgi rok ni A OK.
Lahko je tudi kriminal job samo na dolgi rok ni A OK.
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nejclp ::
Če so potrošniki je tudi job. Če izgubljajo kupno moč, kot v Rusiji, so pa novi jobi nepotrebni.
cias ::
cias ::
cias ::
mackilla ::
Ja, Rusi majo 16%.
Ja, mi pa z vsemi podražitvami energentov in hrane samo 9%
Poišči kakšna inflacija je. Ni težko najti. V inflacijo niso všteti samo energenti in hrana. A si že najdel kolk evrov je bilo sprintano lansko leto ali še vedno misliš,da je to skrivnost?
Pac-Man ::
50 milijonov česa? Znanstvenikov?
Financerjev in potencialnih sestavljalcev Javelinov.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
Pac-Man ::
https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/15...
Russia's Foreign Policy Modus Operandi:
1) Russia creates problem
2) Russia pretends to seek diplomatic solution for problem
3) Russia's signs agreement
4) Russia immediately violates agreement
5) Russia blames everyone else for its own actions
6) Rinse and Repeat.
The international community falls for it every time (Aleppo aid convoy, Ukraine grain, Syrian refugees, Minsk, etc etc etc).
Not only does the international community fall for it, it praises Russia in the process and everyone congratulates themselves at the end.
Nobody ever reacts to Russia's deliberate and calculated crimes immediately following these sham agreements.
The time for appeasement must end, now, once and for all.
And that's the mainstream liberal international community. In opposition, the isolationist far-right and the "anti-imperialist" far-left push for these sham agreements constantly as "diplomacy" and "peace".
Every single cog in this machine is geared towards Russian appeasement.
When will you learn, fascism must be destroyed, not appeased.
Draw the line in the sand. No Pasaran. They shall not pass.
Russian fascism must be destroyed.
The international community spent months deliberating over a UN aid convoy that was to be delivered to a population Russia was besieging. Russia bombed that aid convoy in front of the eyes of the world, and did so with impunity. That was SIX YEARS AGO.
It's beyond insane that we are still playing this game, we are the ones culpable when Russia uses the diplomatic cover we provide it with to commit further atrocities.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
endelin ::
Sklepati dogovore s Putlerjem že naslednji dan napadel Odeso. Kaj bo sedaj z žitom?
Dokler rusov ne bodo odje*ali za Ural ne bo miru. Rusi so ostali nekje v letu 1900
Dokler rusov ne bodo odje*ali za Ural ne bo miru. Rusi so ostali nekje v letu 1900
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kow ::
Ruski boti in propaganda naserjejo ljudi v Evropi, kaj sele v raznih vukojebinah. Informacijska vojna se bije tudi v Latinski Ameriki, Afriki, Indiji ipd.
Glavno, da oni vidijo na tv-ju, tiktoku ali karkoli ze gledajo - da so Rusi podpisali sporazum. Kriv za visoke cene hrane pa bo nakokiranec Zelenski.
Mislim, da je napaka da se z Rusi podpisuje karkoli, razen kapitulacijo.
Glavno, da oni vidijo na tv-ju, tiktoku ali karkoli ze gledajo - da so Rusi podpisali sporazum. Kriv za visoke cene hrane pa bo nakokiranec Zelenski.
Mislim, da je napaka da se z Rusi podpisuje karkoli, razen kapitulacijo.
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AvtoR ::
Ruski boti in propaganda naserjejo ljudi v Evropi, kaj sele v raznih vukojebinah. Informacijska vojna se bije tudi v Latinski Ameriki, Afriki, Indiji ipd.
Glavno, da oni vidijo na tv-ju, tiktoku ali karkoli ze gledajo - da so Rusi podpisali sporazum. Kriv za visoke cene hrane pa bo nakokiranec Zelenski.
Mislim, da je napaka da se z Rusi podpisuje karkoli, razen kapitulacijo.
Bojim se, da imaš prav!
Utk ::
Sklepati dogovore s Putlerjem že naslednji dan napadel Odeso. Kaj bo sedaj z žitom?
Dokler rusov ne bodo odje*ali za Ural ne bo miru. Rusi so ostali nekje v letu 1900
Isto so delali Srbi. Dokler niso dobili po pički, se niso nobenga dogovora držali. Ko niso imeli več izbire, so bli pa največji mirovniki.
AvtoR ::
Isto so danes nemci krotki, so šli čez denacifikacijo, pa so zakuhali dve svetovne vojne.
Tudi če rusi zgubijo vojno, ne bo miru, ker ne ločijo med domoljubljem, nacionalizmom in nacizmom.
Rusija je trenutno nacistična država, ki bi rabila denacifikacijo...
Samo kdo bo to naredil? Sami ziher ne!
Tudi če rusi zgubijo vojno, ne bo miru, ker ne ločijo med domoljubljem, nacionalizmom in nacizmom.
Rusija je trenutno nacistična država, ki bi rabila denacifikacijo...
Samo kdo bo to naredil? Sami ziher ne!
Utk ::
Sami ne, drugi tudi ne, edini način je, da se jih na lep način pošlje v srednji vek. Tako kot so danes tam Srbi, čeprav se morda tega niti ne zavedajo. Zmeraj se najde nek teliček za predsednika, ki zna pripovedovat pravljice o supermoči njihove države, čeprav ga nihče ne jebe pet posto, bebčki to volijo, čeprav so revni kot cerkvene miši, in vsi srečni.
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Zimonem ::
Isto so danes nemci krotki, so šli čez denacifikacijo, pa so zakuhali dve svetovne vojne.
Tudi če rusi zgubijo vojno, ne bo miru, ker ne ločijo med domoljubljem, nacionalizmom in nacizmom.
Rusija je trenutno nacistična država, ki bi rabila denacifikacijo...
Samo kdo bo to naredil? Sami ziher ne!
9d kje ti ideja da so Nemci krotki. Ko se jim bo odpeljalo, bodo tokrat Turki namesto židov.
Sami ne, drugi tudi ne, edini način je, da se jih na lep način pošlje v srednji vek. Tako kot so danes tam Srbi, čeprav se morda tega niti ne zavedajo. Zmeraj se najde nek teliček za predsednika, ki zna pripovedovat pravljice o supermoči njihove države, čeprav ga nihče ne jebe pet posto, bebčki to volijo, čeprav so revni kot cerkvene miši, in vsi srečni.
Realno gre Srbom bolje kot nam.
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Utk ::
Realno gre Srbom bolje kot nam.
Realno si ti očitno Srb tiste vrste na katero cilja Vujačič. Ne preveč inteligentne vrste. Zato je realno, da to pišeš, čeprav je to realno skregano z realnostjo glih tolk kot pamet s Rusijo.
Kolk jim gre dobro se vidi po tem kako jih je vsako leto več izven Srbije. Težko bojo imeli probleme z migranti, če niti Srbi nočejo živet v Srbiji. Isto bo z Rusi. Gensko čist narod bojo postali. Vsi tam ostali bojo imeli nek skupen sindrom, ampak glavno, da bojo čisti...
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Zimonem ::
Ne vem pobič. Telekom Slovenije ima razvojni center v Srbiji , ne v Sloveniji. Pustimo hisense, in kup drugih investicij v državo.
Mi se gremo pa papeško brezmadežnost.
Mi se gremo pa papeško brezmadežnost.
Utk ::
Aha. Potem gre tudi Kitajcem bolje kot Američanom in Nemcem, ker odpirajo podružnice tam.
Kater Slovenc pa hoče delat za Telekom, ali pa Pošto?
Kater Slovenc pa hoče delat za Telekom, ali pa Pošto?
Zimonem ::
Čigav pa je slovenski comtrade? Oziroma famoznih hermes soft lab?
Če pa to primerjaš poglej še ppp gdp ratio. Kitajcem ne gre tako slabo kot Američanom. In to že nekaj let.
Aha. Potem gre tudi Kitajcem bolje kot Američanom in Nemcem, ker odpirajo podružnice tam.
Kater Slovenc pa hoče delat za Telekom, ali pa Pošto?
Če pa to primerjaš poglej še ppp gdp ratio. Kitajcem ne gre tako slabo kot Američanom. In to že nekaj let.
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TezkoDihanje ::
Zmajc ::
Ne vem pobič. Telekom Slovenije ima razvojni center v Srbiji , ne v Sloveniji. Pustimo hisense, in kup drugih investicij v državo.
Mi se gremo pa papeško brezmadežnost.
Si ti sploh bil v Srbiji v zadnjem času? Ostali to tam nekje v letu 1989, taka vukojebina da te glava boli. Še madžari čez mejo so 20 let pred njimi.
TezkoDihanje ::
Utk ::
Čigav pa je slovenski comtrade? Oziroma famoznih hermes soft lab?
Plače v slovenskem comtradu so v povprečju nekje dobre 3 jurje bruto, za Slovenijo in to industrijo nič kaj ekstra. Kolk so v srbskem delu?
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AvtoR ::
9d kje ti ideja da so Nemci krotki. Ko se jim bo odpeljalo, bodo tokrat Turki namesto židov.
Koga pa trnutno nemci ogrožajo s svojo vojsko? Še sebe niso sposobni obvarovati!
Če bi bilo v rusiji procentualno toliko turkov kot v nemčiji bi jim že glave rezali...
Pa ne samo v rusiji, marsikje v vzhodni evropi tudi...
Ni pa izključeno, da ne bo v nemčiji spet desnica na vrhu, bi znalo počit.
Če bo počilo bo počilo v vzhodni nemčiji. Tam je od komunizma v genih manj tolerance...
Utk ::
Če pa to primerjaš poglej še ppp gdp ratio. Kitajcem ne gre tako slabo kot Američanom. In to že nekaj let.
Zato vsako leto kakšen mio Američanov emigrira na Kitajsko.
TezkoDihanje ::
Če pa to primerjaš poglej še ppp gdp ratio. Kitajcem ne gre tako slabo kot Američanom. In to že nekaj let.
PPP gdp ne moreš primerjat države, ki imajo tako različno število prebivalstva.
4x več Kitajcev rabi 4x več kruha in mleka, kar bilda njihov ppp gdp, k blaginji pa ne pripeva ničesar.
kow ::
V sovjetski/ruski PPP GDP so sli tudi vsi tisti tanki, ki so bili potem desetletja parkirani. Sedaj pa jih bo razstrescila ukrajinska artilerija.
Ni blaginje, zal.
Ni blaginje, zal.
Pac-Man ::
Še en znak več kako pomembne za logistiko so železnice.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1550...
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1550...
Nothing to see here. Just more "Cargo 200" being loaded on to trains heading back to #Russia.
Dead Russians repatriated in refrigerated carriages.
Photos from #Ukraine's South Defence
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
Pac-Man ::
Neplačana objava:
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/fa...
Še malo na temo tega fanta, bil je sin mednarodne šahovske šampionke, kolikor vidim gre za drugi najvišji naziv v ženskem šahu.
https://twitter.com/Belsat_Eng/status/1...
The teenager, who died on July 20 in #Kharkiv due to Russian shelling, turned out to be the son of Ukrainian chess player Viktoriya Kubata.
The father of the 13-year-old boy read prayers over his son for two hours, wrote the Ukrainian European chess champion Natalia Zhukova
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl...
The boy's mother is Viktoria Kubata, an international women's chess master and chess coach at the Pishak club in Kharkiv.
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/141024...
FIDE titles @ Wikipedia
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and
fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
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TezkoDihanje ::
S-400 ni kos himarsom. Punitive za proizvajalce sistema.
https://www.obramba.com/novice/kopno/ru...
Po njegovem mnenju je bila ta prevara razkrita pred kratkim, ko S-400 ni mogel sestreliti niti enega izstrelkasistemaM142 HIMARS niti v Donbasu niti v regijah Zaporožje in Herson. Poleg tega so med napadom na vojaško bazo okupatorjev v Ilovaisku izstrelki HIMARS uničili ruski sistem S-400, ki naj bi območje ščitil pred zračnimi napadi.
TezkoDihanje ::
TezkoDihanje je izjavil:
Sankcije delujejo
ruska statistika, pajade ja
Actually, the Russian Economy Is Imploding
članek:
Five months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there remains a startling lack of understanding by many Western policymakers and commentators of the economic dimensions of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and what it has meant for Russia’s economic positioning both domestically and globally. Far from being ineffective or disappointing, as many have argued, international sanctions and voluntary business retreats have exerted a devastating effect over Russia’s economy. The deteriorating economy has served as a powerful if underappreciated complement to the deteriorating political landscape facing Putin.
That these misunderstandings persist is not entirely surprising given the lack of available economic data. In fact, many of the excessively sanguine Russian economic analyses, forecasts, and projections that have proliferated in recent months share a crucial methodological flaw: These analyses draw most, if not all, of their underlying evidence from periodic economic releases by the Russian government itself. Numbers released by the Kremlin have long been held to be largely if not always credible, but there are certain problems.
First, the Kremlin’s economic releases are becoming increasingly cherry-picked—partial and incomplete, selectively tossing out unfavorable metrics. The Russian government has progressively withheld an increasing number of key statistics that, prior to the war, were updated on a monthly basis, including all foreign trade data. Among these are statistics relating to exports and imports, particularly with Europe; oil and gas monthly output data; commodity export quantities; capital inflows and outflows; financial statements of major companies, which used to be released on a mandatory basis by companies themselves; central bank monetary base data; foreign direct investment data; lending and loan origination data; and other data related to the availability of credit. Even Rosaviatsiya, the federal air transport agency, abruptly ceased publishing data on airline and airport passenger volumes.
Since the Kremlin stopped releasing updated numbers, constraining the availability of economic data for researchers to draw upon, many excessively rosy economic forecasts have irrationally extrapolated economic releases from the early days of the invasion, when sanctions and the business retreat had not taken full effect. Even those favorable statistics that have been released are dubious, given the political pressure the Kremlin has exerted to corrupt statistical integrity.
Mindful of the dangers of accepting Kremlin statistics at face value, our team of experts, using private Russian-language and direct data sources including high-frequency consumer data, cross-channel checks, releases from Russia’s international trade partners, and data mining of complex shipping data, have released one of the first comprehensive economic analyses measuring Russian current economic activity five months into the invasion, with contributions from Franek Sokolowski, Michal Wyrebkowski, Mateusz Kasprowicz, Michal Boron, Yash Bhansali, and Ryan Vakil. From our analysis, it becomes clear: Business retreats and sanctions are crushing the Russian economy in the short term and the long term. Based on our research, we are able to challenge nine widely held but misleading myths about Russia’s supposed economic resilience.
Myth 1: Russia can redirect its gas exports and sell to Asia in lieu of Europe. This is one of Putin’s favorite and most misleading talking points, doubling down on a much-hyped pivot to the east. But natural gas is not a fungible export for Russia. Less than 10 percent of Russia’s gas capacity is liquefied natural gas, so Russian gas exports remain reliant on a system of fixed pipelines carrying piped gas. The vast majority of Russia’s pipelines flow toward Europe; those pipelines, which originate in western Russia, are not connectable to a separate nascent network of pipelines that link Eastern Siberia to Asia, which contains only 10 percent of the capacity of the European pipeline network. Indeed, the 16.5 billion cubic meters of gas exported by Russia to China last year represented less than 10 percent of the 170 billion cubic meters of natural gas sent by Russia to Europe. Long-planned Asian pipeline projects currently under construction are still years away from becoming operational, much less hastily initiated new projects, and financing of these costly gas pipeline projects also now puts Russia at a significant disadvantage. Overall, Russia needs world markets far more than the world needs Russian supplies; Europe received 83 percent of Russian gas exports but drew only 46 percent of its own supply from Russia in 2021. With limited pipeline connectivity to Asia, more Russian gas stays in the ground; indeed, the Russian state energy company Gazprom’s published data shows production is already down more than 35 percent year-on-year this month. For all Putin’s energy blackmail of Europe, he is doing so at significant financial cost to his own coffers.
Myth 2: Since oil is more fungible than gas, Putin can just sell more to Asia. Russian oil exports now also reflect Putin’s diminished economic and geopolitical clout. Recognizing that Russia has nowhere else to turn, and mindful that they have more purchasing options than Russia has buyers, China and India are driving an unprecedented approximately $35 discount on Russian Urals oil purchases, even though the historical spread has never ranged beyond $5—not even during the 2014 Crimean crisis—and at times Russian oil has actually sold at a premium to Brent and WTI oil. Furthermore, it takes Russian oil tankers an average of 35 days to reach East Asia, versus two to seven days to reach Europe, which is why historically only 39 percent of Russian oil has gone to Asia versus the 53 percent destined for Europe. This margin pressure is felt keenly by Russia, as it remains a relatively high-cost producer relative to the other major oil producers, with some of the highest break-evens of any producing country. The Russian upstream industry has also long been reliant on Western technology, which combined with the loss of both Russia’s erstwhile primary market and Russia’s diminished economic clout leads to even the Russian energy ministry revising its projections of long-term oil output downward. There is no doubt that, as many energy experts predicted, Russia is losing its status as an energy superpower, with an irrevocable deterioration in its strategic economic positioning as an erstwhile reliable supplier of commodities.
Myth 3: Russia is making up for lost Western businesses and imports by replacing them with imports from Asia. Imports play an important role within Russia’s domestic economy, consisting of about 20 percent of Russian GDP, and, despite Putin’s bellicose delusions of total self-sufficiency, the country needs crucial inputs, parts, and technology from hesitant trade partners. Despite some lingering supply chain leakiness, Russian imports have collapsed by over 50 percent in recent months. China has not moved into the Russian market to the extent that many feared; in fact, according to the most recent monthly releases from the Chinese General Administration of Customs, Chinese exports to Russia plummeted by more than 50 percent from the start of the year to April, falling from over $8.1 billion monthly to $3.8 billion. Considering China exports seven times as much to the United States than Russia, it appears that even Chinese companies are more concerned about running afoul of U.S. sanctions than of losing marginal positions in the Russian market, reflecting Russia’s weak economic hand with its global trade partners.
Myth 4: Russian domestic consumption and consumer health remain strong.
Some of the sectors most dependent on international supply chains have been hit with debilitating inflation around 40-60 percent—on extremely low sales volumes. For example, foreign car sales in Russia fell by an average of 95 percent across major car companies, with sales ground to a complete halt. Amid supply shortages, soaring prices, and fading consumer sentiment, it is hardly surprising that Russian Purchasing Managers’ Index readings—which capture how purchasing managers are viewing the economy—have plunged, particularly for new orders, alongside plunges in consumer spending and retail sales data by around 20 percent year-over-year. Other readings of high-frequency data such as e-commerce sales within Yandex and same-store traffic at retail sites across Moscow reinforce steep declines in consumer spending and sales, no matter what the Kremlin says.
Myth 5: Global businesses have not really pulled out of Russia, and business, capital, and talent flight from Russia are overstated. Global businesses represent around 12 percent of Russia’s workforce (5 million workers), and, as a result of the business retreat, over 1,000 companies representing around 40 percent of Russia’s GDP have curtailed operations in the country, reversing three decades’ worth of foreign investment and buttressing unprecedented simultaneous capital and talent flight in a mass exodus of 500,000 individuals, many of whom are exactly the highly educated, technically skilled workers Russia cannot afford to lose. Even the mayor of Moscow has acknowledged an expected massive loss of jobs as businesses go through the process of fully exiting.
Myth 6: Putin is running a budget surplus thanks to high energy prices. Russia is actually on pace to run a budget deficit this year equivalent to 2 percent of GDP, according to its own finance minister—one of the only times the budget has been in deficit in years, despite high energy prices—thanks to Putin’s unsustainable spending spree; on top of dramatic increases in military spending, Putin is resorting to patently unsustainable, dramatic fiscal and monetary intervention, including a laundry list of Kremlin pet projects, all of which have contributed to the money supply nearly doubling in Russia since the invasion began. Putin’s reckless spending is clearly putting Kremlin finances under strain.
Myth 7: Putin has hundreds of billions of dollars in rainy day funds, so the Kremlin’s finances are unlikely to be strained anytime soon. The most obvious challenge facing Putin’s rainy day funds is the fact that of his around $600 billion in foreign exchange reserves, accumulated from years’ worth of oil and gas revenues, $300 billion is frozen and out of reach with allied countries across the United States, Europe, and Japan restricting access. There have been some calls to seize this $300 billion to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine. Putin’s remaining foreign exchange reserves are decreasing at an alarming rate, by around $75 billion since the start of the war. Critics point out that official foreign exchange reserves of the central bank technically can only decrease due to international sanctions placed on the central bank, and they suggest that nonsanctioned financial institutions such as Gazprombank could still accumulate such reserves in place of the central bank. While this may be technically true, there is simultaneously no evidence to suggest that Gazprombank is actually accumulating any reserves given sizable strain on its own loan book. Furthermore, although the finance ministry had planned to reinstate a long-standing Russian budgetary rule that surplus revenue from oil and gas sales should be channeled into the sovereign wealth fund, Putin axed this proposal as well as accompanying guidelines directing how and where the National Wealth Fund can be spent—as Finance Minister Anton Siluanov floated the idea of withdrawing funds from the National Wealth Fund equivalent to a third of the entire fund to pay for this deficit this year. If Russia is running a budget deficit requiring the drawdown of a third of its sovereign wealth fund when oil and gas revenues are still relatively strong, all signs indicate a Kremlin that may be running out of money much faster than conventionally appreciated.
Myth 8: The ruble is the world’s strongest-performing currency this year. One of Putin’s favorite propaganda talking points, the appreciation of the ruble is an artificial reflection of unprecedented, draconian capital control—which rank among the most restrictive of any in the world. The restrictions make it effectively impossible for any Russian to legally purchase dollars or even access a majority of their dollar deposits, while artificially inflating demand through forced purchases by major exporters—all of which remain largely in place today. The official exchange rate is misleading, anyhow, as the ruble is, unsurprisingly, trading at dramatically diminished volumes compared to before the invasion on low liquidity. By many reports, much of this erstwhile trading has migrated to unofficial ruble black markets. Even the Bank of Russia has admitted that the exchange rate is a reflection more of government policies and a blunt expression of the country’s trade balance rather than freely tradeable liquid foreign exchange markets.
Myth 9: The implementation of sanctions and business retreats are now largely done, and no more economic pressure is needed. Russia’s economy has been severely damaged, but the business retreats and sanctions applied against Russia are incomplete. Even with the deterioration in Russia’s exports positioning, it continues to draw too much oil and gas revenue from the sanctions carveout, which sustains Putin’s extravagant domestic spending and obfuscates structural economic weaknesses. The Kyiv School of Economics and Yermak-McFaul International Working Group have led the way in proposing additional sanctions measures across individual sanctions, energy sanctions, and financial sanctions, led by former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and the experts Tymofiy Mylovanov, Nataliia Shapoval, and Andriy Boytsun. Looking ahead, there is no path out of economic oblivion for Russia as long as the allied countries remain unified in maintaining and increasing sanctions pressure against Russia. Defeatist headlines arguing that Russia’s economy has bounced back are simply not factual—the facts are that, by any metric and on any level, the Russian economy is reeling, and now is not the time to step on the brakes.
fur80 ::
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Realno gre Srbom bolje kot nam.
To je pa izjava leta 2022! :D Realno gre tudi S Koreji bolje kot nam, če gledaš njihovo TV in bereš njihove medije!
Enkrat samo tako za veselje, pojdi v avto, pa se pelji od Danske, do Nizozemske, preko Nemčije, Slovenije, Hrvaške do Srbije, pa opazuj in glej, nič drugega, pa naredi tukaj obnovo :D
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TezkoDihanje ::
UKR so začeli napadat tudi druge mostove v območju Khersona
https://twitter.com/osmnactej/status/15...
Accuracy of a 6 rocket HIMARS strike on Daryevka bridge (46.743401, 32.811497)
Source: https://t.me/m0sc0wcalling/8988
https://twitter.com/osmnactej/status/15...
This confirms my earlier opinion that current RU attempts at jamming GPS of HIMARS (GMLRS) rockets are not effective.
(Preempting possible replies about inertial guidance: the displayed accuracy is *impossible* with INS-only mode).
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1550...
The bridge we saw hit today, is a part of the M14 high way between Kherson CIty and the bridge at Nova Kakhovka. Witch would have to be used if the Antonovskiy Bridge gets destroyed or unusable (if it isn't already).
https://twitter.com/osmnactej/status/15...
Accuracy of a 6 rocket HIMARS strike on Daryevka bridge (46.743401, 32.811497)
Source: https://t.me/m0sc0wcalling/8988
https://twitter.com/osmnactej/status/15...
This confirms my earlier opinion that current RU attempts at jamming GPS of HIMARS (GMLRS) rockets are not effective.
(Preempting possible replies about inertial guidance: the displayed accuracy is *impossible* with INS-only mode).
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1550...
The bridge we saw hit today, is a part of the M14 high way between Kherson CIty and the bridge at Nova Kakhovka. Witch would have to be used if the Antonovskiy Bridge gets destroyed or unusable (if it isn't already).
Zgodovina sprememb…
- spremenil: TezkoDihanje ()
redtech ::
S-400 ni kos himarsom. Punitive za proizvajalce sistema.
https://www.obramba.com/novice/kopno/ru...
Čist tko me zanima, če veš kje je S400 postavljen?
Ali je pred tarčo HIMARSA ali je 1000km stran?
Sedaj bi pa že vsak amater na S-T moral vedeti kaj se prestreza s čim in na kakšni razdalji.
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