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?

                  • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
                    7·
                    2 years ago

                    Oh well if it became part of Ukraine in living memory then I guess that makes it absolutely fine, and on that basis the UK is completely within its rights to reconquer Pakistan, which was a gift granted in the partition of India

                    Not much Ukrainian migration to Crimea happened in meantime

                    Are you arguing for ethnostates? If you aren’t, it does not matter how many ethnic Ukrainians lived there

                    Poroshenko

                    Oh, right, another guy who was voted out. Why did the US not install him instead of Yatseniuk, then? Why did they let Zelenskyy beat him?