August 4, 20232 yr Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexey-navalny-russia-putin-critic-extremism-verdict-prison-sentence/ As happens in many third world pissholes. Extremism = not licking Putin's anus.
August 4, 20232 yr 5% growth by the Russians and #1 in Europe while Germany is rapidly de-industrializing. Now that France's theft of **** uranium and gold has been cut off, it won't be long until they too hit the skids. The Island Buggers are in recession too so they will fall out of the top 10 soon. It's almost as if the European colonialists are shut down. Hmmm....where have you heard that before.
August 4, 20232 yr Yeah their GDP growth is spurred by massive military spending. It's unsustainable. It's actually amazing that a nation can spend 1/3 of their government budget on war and only grow GDP 5%. Lauding that as a win though is peak vatnik stupidity.
August 4, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: 5% growth by the Russians and #1 in Europe while Germany is rapidly de-industrializing. Now that France's theft of **** uranium and gold has been cut off, it won't be long until they too hit the skids. The Island Buggers are in recession too so they will fall out of the top 10 soon. It's almost as if the European colonialists are shut down. Hmmm....where have you heard that before. The old make ish up and see if people believe it tactic. KGB gold standard. Top 15 Countries by GDP in 2022 United States: $20.89 trillion. China: $14.72 trillion. Japan: $5.06 trillion. Germany: $3.85 trillion. United Kingdom: $2.67 trillion. India: $2.66 trillion. France: $2.63 trillion. Italy: $1.89 trillion.
August 4, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, Next_Up said: The old make ish up and see if people believe it tactic. KGB gold standard. Top 15 Countries by GDP in 2022 United States: $20.89 trillion. China: $14.72 trillion. Japan: $5.06 trillion. Germany: $3.85 trillion. United Kingdom: $2.67 trillion. India: $2.66 trillion. France: $2.63 trillion. Italy: $1.89 trillion. GDP alone, sure. GDP doesn't tell the whole story when considering the purchasing power of non-USD. The volume of paper running through a financialized service economy compared to the production of actual goods in an industrial economy tell a more complete story. If you cannot build the things which maintain the independence and sovereignty of your country, then you are really poor. The SMO is a great example. Here the entire west is flooding the Ukraine with billions and billions of USD in the form of weapons/cash and yet Russia, which is ostensibly poor and destitute, is able to not only match but out-produce the collective west in armaments. THAT is the logic of purchasing power parity. So, make another APP nobody uses and leverage it up to the gills. Gotta keep that bubble inflated.
August 4, 20232 yr Author Ukrainian drone disables Russian warship near Russia's Novorossiysk port Aug 4 (Reuters) - A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, the first time the Ukrainian navy has projected its power so far from the country's shores. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blasts-gunfire-reported-near-russian-black-sea-port-novorossiysk-2023-08-04/
August 5, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Abracadabra said: GDP alone, sure. GDP doesn't tell the whole story when considering the purchasing power of non-USD. The volume of paper running through a financialized service economy compared to the production of actual goods in an industrial economy tell a more complete story. If you cannot build the things which maintain the independence and sovereignty of your country, then you are really poor. The SMO is a great example. Here the entire west is flooding the Ukraine with billions and billions of USD in the form of weapons/cash and yet Russia, which is ostensibly poor and destitute, is able to not only match but out-produce the collective west in armaments. THAT is the logic of purchasing power parity. So, make another APP nobody uses and leverage it up to the gills. Gotta keep that bubble inflated. You are like interacting with a flat Earther. GDP is GDP. Here is another metric though that must instill confidence. It's always a sign of a healthy economy when you are reduced to gold and commodities instead of currency in order to do international business. Also, does recycling T 55s count in your claim of out producing? The only thing they are outproducing is dead comrades.
August 5, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, Next_Up said: You are like interacting with a flat Earther. GDP is GDP. Here is another metric though that must instill confidence. It's always a sign of a healthy economy when you are reduced to gold and commodities instead of currency in order to do international business. Also, does recycling T 55s count in your claim of out producing? The only thing they are outproducing is dead comrades. WTF are you talking about? Russia does international trading using their own currency or the currency of their trading partners.. How the Ruble compares to the dollar is a meaningless metric because Russia doesn't use the dollar in international trade or inside Russia. What matters is what the Ruble can buy inside Russia. The Russian economy had 5% growth last this year. The shelves are well stocked, few shortages here and there for things they've yet to produce domestically. Contrast that with Germany. Their industry is collapsing. As the German economy goes, so goes Europe. A backwater.
August 5, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Abracadabra said: WTF are you talking about? Russia does international trading using their own currency or the currency of their trading partners.. How the Ruble compares to the dollar is a meaningless metric because Russia doesn't use the dollar in international trade or inside Russia. What matters is what the Ruble can buy inside Russia. The Russian economy had 5% growth last this year. The shelves are well stocked, few shortages here and there for things they've yet to produce domestically. Contrast that with Germany. Their industry is collapsing. As the German economy goes, so goes Europe. A backwater. Germany's GDP per capita could drop by 50% and they'd still be well ahead of Russia. If a recession makes Germany a "backwater," what does it make a country that would need 5% growth for 25 years to catch them?
August 5, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Abracadabra said: WTF are you talking about? Russia does international trading using their own currency or the currency of their trading partners.. How the Ruble compares to the dollar is a meaningless metric because Russia doesn't use the dollar in international trade or inside Russia. What matters is what the Ruble can buy inside Russia. The Russian economy had 5% growth last this year. The shelves are well stocked, few shortages here and there for things they've yet to produce domestically. Contrast that with Germany. Their industry is collapsing. As the German economy goes, so goes Europe. A backwater. It’s a meaningless metric only if you are not part of the global economy, which Russia no longer is. Trade away with North Korea, Ivan.
August 6, 20232 yr I’m calling it. "The shelves are well stocked” will be 2024’s "They’re literally winning every front”
August 7, 20232 yr On 8/5/2023 at 5:05 PM, Next_Up said: It’s a meaningless metric only if you are not part of the global economy, which Russia no longer is. Trade away with North Korea, Ivan. Seems like a good trade partner to have North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
August 7, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, paco said: Seems like a good trade partner to have North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker well, russia is a bunch of Neanderthals, so ....
August 8, 20232 yr Western allies receive increasingly ‘sobering’ updates on Ukraine’s counteroffensive: ‘This is the most difficult time of the war’ Quote CNN — Weeks into Ukraine’s highly anticipated counteroffensive, Western officials describe increasingly "sobering” assessments about Ukrainian forces’ ability to retake significant territory, four senior US and western officials briefed on the latest intelligence told CNN. "They’re still going to see, for the next couple of weeks, if there is a chance of making some progress. But for them to really make progress that would change the balance of this conflict, I think, it’s extremely, highly unlikely,” a senior western diplomat told CNN. "Our briefings are sobering. We’re reminded of the challenges they face,” said Rep. Mike Quigley, an Illinois Democrat who recently returned from meetings in Europe with US commanders training Ukrainian armored forces. "This is the most difficult time of the war.” The primary challenge for Ukrainian forces is the continued difficulty of breaking through Russia’s multi-layered defensive lines in the eastern and southern parts of the country, which are marked by tens of thousands of mines and vast networks of trenches. Ukrainian forces have incurred staggering losses there, leading Ukrainian commanders to hold back some units to regroup and reduce casualties. "Russians have a number of defensive lines and they [Ukrainian forces] haven’t really gone through the first line,” said a senior Western diplomat. "Even if they would keep on fighting for the next several weeks, if they haven’t been able to make more breakthroughs throughout these last seven, eight weeks, what is the likelihood that they will suddenly, with more depleted forces, make them? Because the conditions are so hard.” A senior US official said the US recognizes the difficulties Ukrainian forces are facing, though retains hope for renewed progress. "We all recognize this is going harder and slower than anyone would like – including the Ukrainians – but we still believe there’s time and space for them to be able make progress,” this official said. Multiple officials said the approach of fall, when weather and fighting conditions are expected to worsen, gives Ukrainian forces a limited window to push forward. In addition, Western officials say the slow progress has exposed the difficulty of transforming Ukrainian forces into combined mechanized fighting units, sometimes with as few as eight weeks of training on western-supplied tanks and other new weapons systems. The lack of progress on the ground is one reason Ukrainian forces have been striking more often inside Russian territory "to try and show Russian vulnerability,” said a senior US military official. Ukraine’s armed forces chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, told US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley that Ukrainian forces are step by step creating conditions for advancing. Zaluzhnyi added that he had told Milley that Ukraine’s defenses were steadfast. "Our soldiers are doing their best. The enemy is conducting active assault actions in a number of directions, but is not succeeding,” Zaluzhnyi told Milley, according to a read out issued by the Ukrainian government. Talking about the situation in the south, where Ukrainian forces have struggled to gain ground, Zaluzhnyi said, "Heavy fighting continues, Ukrainian troops step by step continue to create conditions for advancing. The initiative is on our side.” These latest assessments represent a marked change from the optimism at the start of the counteroffensive. These officials say those expectations were "unrealistic” and are now contributing to pressure on Ukraine from some in the West to begin peace negotiations, including considering the possibility of territorial concessions. "Putin is waiting for this. He can sacrifice bodies and buy time,” Quigley said. Some officials fear the widening gap between expectations and results will spark a "blame game” among Ukrainian officials and their western supporters, which may create divisions within the alliance which has remained largely intact nearly two years into the war. "The problem, of course, here is the prospect of the blame game that the Ukrainians would then blame it on us,” said a senior western diplomat. Last month at the Aspen Security Forum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pointed to the slow arrival of more advanced weapons systems from the West as reason for Ukrainian forces’ slow progress so far. "We did plan to start [the counteroffensive] in spring, but we didn’t,” Zelensky said. "Because frankly, we have not enough munitions, and armaments, and not enough properly trained brigades. I mean properly trained in these weapons.” 60 days in, 50,000 more dead Still stuck in the grey zone before even the first line of defense Even the most blood-thirsty psycopaths in Washington are starting to blush The propaganda narrative is wearing thin among the muggles with support for the carnage slipping in the polls Now that malodorous gorgon has grown bored and shown her grimace in ****. Bloodletting is sure to follow.
August 9, 20232 yr On 8/5/2023 at 4:01 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: How a country can still have circuses is beyond me. It's animal abuse. And put thousands of tricycle riding bears out of work?
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