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Well, don't expect a popular uprising any time soon. The KGB have totally depoliticised the Russian people. They believe they have no control over the fate of their country. If Russia fails, it will be because of economic failure at a basic level, where the country's food, transportation, and energy systems all just stop working. And nobody in Russia will care, or do anything to stop it.
It's interesting that the KGB has engineered a country uniquely capable of letting itself die.
Plot twist: Turmp announces $40bn Russia bailout. 😬
Might, exactly! But there is China and North Korea who can fund Russia too.
That was the most surprising thing I read in this article, though:
Even The People’s Republic of China (PRC), which was seen as a potential lender at one time, has turned down Russian requests for government loans.
Don't forget about Uncle Donny!
Why would they, though?
They lend money with interest or anything else in exchange. This can be minerals, manufacturing facilities, weapons or anything that might help in a trade war.
You people surely don't know this but once a state like Russia runs out of money, they will just simply start printing money. How much? As much as they need. Inflation would be a tertiary problem for them
They can't print usdies or yuan. And they sure as hell can't make a microchip.
They've been saying this for a year now.
I'd say since 2 months into the war.
Fuck Russia, fuck Putin, but those headlines can be interpreted as : "It's useless to keep fighting they're gonna collapse anyway". Sometimes I wonder if it's some astro turfing
In before $40b bailout to this swine as well
I'm waiting for Trump to send weapons to Russia at this point.
And soldiers, in the form of ICE detainees!
Shit why not. Throw in rape victims, too! Cause ya know, we are a nation that rewards monsters, apparently.
I am all out of laughter anymore. I sigh and feel tears come to my eyes nowadays. What a world we live in where monsters like that rule us.
Bull. They have been laundering oil through India for a while. And while that loophole may close, every other asian country is waiting in line to be the supplier of refined product to Europe using Russian oil. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indian-refiners-review-russian-oil-contracts-after-us-sanctions-source-says-2025-10-23/
Also, I know a Russian immigrant who regularly travels back there to visit her family. She flies through turkey with a suitcase full of money and western goods without any problems. Money is flowing into Russian like a river.
I’ll believe it when I see it. By Jove do I hope I’ll see it
I've been hearing this for years now, and predictably, nothing happened.
What's different this time?
And how trustworthy is this source? I've seen many a blog like this one that is just sponsored messages from state X wanting to make state Y look bad
I was thinking the same thing, so I looked them up:
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/national-security-journal-bias-and-credibility/
I guess it's real. Just not popular.
the price of oil is low and Russian refineries can’t refine and deliver vast amounts of oil due to attacks.
Though Russia has in the past found effective ways to get around what would have truly been crippling financial situations. They have been very resourceful in the past. It just gets harder and harder each time . They are just in a worse situation in all ways year on year.
This time they will get past it, but they are getting depleted. I just don’t see them ending the war until the choice is out their hands.
Media has fallen off a cliff in the last few years. Nobody but some of the older, more respected institutions do anything but publish rage-bait, pandering nonsense and clickbait headlines and filler stories meant to get grabbed by algorithms in content aggregation social media sites so they get traffic. It's doing all of us a lot of harm being fed just the shit we want to hear, it's literally why we have people arguing about the shape of the Earth right now.
I'd argue that that mostly goes for American (and maybe just English) outlets, though.
I've seen this much, much less in outlets in European countries, for example
Don’t worry. Trump will bail them out.
Ha you beat me to it!
The truth speaker.
“Might” is doing some damn heavy lifting!
In the end does it matter?
Xi seems willing to prop up Russia indefinitely and the west isn't willing to dump China, so it doesn't really matter if some Russian banks fall, since the regime will keep getting infinite money.
I haven’t seen that same willingness. China is willing to profit from Russia and wants a non-western aligned source of raw materials.
They seem to be giving just enough support to stop Russia from collapsing.
It’s possible for china to give Russia enough aid to basically cause Ukraine to capitulate. I just haven’t seen much to indicate anything near that support.
Xi seems willing to prop up Russia indefinitely
Definitely not.
Remember: China wants it's former territories back that Russia took over during what China calls "The Century of Humiliation".
Xi wants Russia's war with Ukraine to continue for as long as possible, because the longer the war goes on for, the weaker Russia becomes, and the easier it will be for China to take back that territory.
Oh joy, china will effectively own russia at some point without having to even have a conflict for it. I really dont want china as neighbour.
Yes, it does.
That money isn't free though. There are consequences attached to it.
Haven't people been saying this for a couple years now?
Yes but sanctions take years to take effect because they accumulate over time.
They've been slow rolled which has slowed the effects, but Ukraine's "kinetic" sanctions have accelerated the effects back up.
I fucking love your concept of kinetic sanctions.
Fingers crossed 🤞
They still have a huge ransomware industry. Presumably the state will squeeze the cybercrime gangs to take more and funnel all the takings to the great patriotic war rather than buying lambos.
Sweet.
Money is fictional anyways. If they want to, Moscow can print literally arbitrary amounts of Rubels. There's no way they're gonna bankrupt.
What could be interesting, however, is see how the economic situation unfolds for everyday people.
Money is fictional anyways. If they want to, Moscow can print literally arbitrary amounts of Rubels. There’s no way they’re gonna bankrupt.
Germany printed more money during a certain world war...
It didn't work out great for them
If I’m not mistaken, their inflation and interest rates are already crazy high, nearing 20%. Yes, they can print even more money, but it won’t give them more resources from abroad, and they’re already nearing the point where they might spiral into hyperinflation.
Don't worry Vlad, your puppet pumpkin is good at bailing out your kind
I've completely lost track of the amount of people in Russia named Vladmir, Vladimir, Voldemir, and Volodimir.
Fun fact: The closest English equivalent might be "Roderick".
But names have a funny habit of doing that. Nothing for decades, then it becomes a fashion and everyone and their pets have the same name, and then back to obscurity again. Rinse and repeat.
Jessica and Jennifer are getting to the age that they'd like to speak with your manager.
Luckily they run out of all sorts of missiles and tanks year or so ago. /s
They should see if Argentina can lend them a few bucks.
That's what makes the Special Military Operation special.