The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse, with industrial output falling and major companies initiating large-scale layoffs amid the economic fallout from the war on Ukraine

The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse, with industrial output falling and major companies initiating large-scale layoffs amid the economic fallout from the war on Ukraine

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    • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
      12·
      2 years ago

      If being at war is so good for the Russian economy, why would Russia accept peace? Or, if it did, why would it not just start another war?

        • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
          17·
          2 years ago

          Russia’s red lines are that:

          • Ukraine does not get to have its own foreign policy, demonstrated by its embargo of Ukrainian goods in 2013 in response to Ukraine choosing an EU trade agreement
          • Ukraine must be unable to defend itself against Russia. This is shown by Russia’s repeated insistence that Ukraine both be barred from joining NATO and be demilitarised.

          Absolutely wild to call these “very reasonable”. These red lines are “be our puppet or else”

            • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
              12·
              2 years ago

              Russia annexed Crimea literally a matter of weeks after the revolution. There was not even any time for the interim government to apply policies for Russia to respond to. It also annexed Crimea before the war in Donbass started, so your explanation makes even less sense there. Your conspiracy theory about the US installing the guy that would have absolutely obviously been the leader of an interim government anyway does not help.

                • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
                  8·
                  2 years ago

                  What do Palestine protestors have to do with this?

                  questioning Russia’s access to naval base

                  A base that was in Ukraine. Fucking hell, listen to yourself. Imagine if someone said “Oh well it’s a natural Nazi move to question America’s access to Guantanamo Bay.”

                  Russia didn’t liberate shit. Russia took Crimea.

                  caught on tape hand picking successor government position

                  Caught on tape saying that the existing leader of the opposition is the guy that would be the head of the interim government. That’s about as much an indication of guilt as an election pollster calling a safe seat correctly.

                  If America wanted Yatseniuk in power so badly, why did it do nothing to keep him in power?

    • InvertedParallax ( InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ) 
      9·
      2 years ago

      If you want Russia to stop growing so fast, give it peace.

      Then go back home.

      Nobody wants to go to Russia, for any reasons, it’s like Hell crying about being threatened by invasion.

      Otherwise, Russia’s invasion puts it in a position that threatens Europe, the Europe with an economy, what, 20x their size?

      And a Europe that actually understands modern technology?

      You’re throwing rocks at a tiger and screaming for it to go back to sleep, the moment the tiger wakes will be entertaining to watch.