briefly, I would not say Russia is profiting. being excluded from markets is well, not profiting. I would say Russia is coping. just wanted to make the distinction.

The answer is still you. Clearly you didn't read.

I'll say this really slow so maybe you understand it.

The. Entire. Economy. Is. Not Oil.

Even if we take their oil/ng numbers at face value, which we shouldn't because the ability to transport mass volumes to Asia doesn't exist, that doesn't mean shit if they can't trade internationally with those dollars, which they can't. If they can't source parts for their airline industry they don't have an airline industry. If they can't souce microchips for automotive manufacturing they don't have automotive manufacturing.

If your claim is "They won't run out of power and won't starve", then sure, their economy is fine, but to everybody with more than a handfull of brain cells economies are dependent on much more than food and oil. Specialty manufacturing is much more important to the prosperity of a country and Russia is absolutely fucked on making anything that needs tools more complex than a hammer and nails.



For now, they are coping. Given another 6 months, they'll be basically fucked as they can't source replacement parts for literally anything and virtually every sector of their economy implodes.

This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Sep 8 2022 08:04am

yes would tend to agree with this.

Russia cut from SWIFT would cripple them in months right?
Russia would never halt natural gas flows right?
Rising food prices no biggie cuz we'll replace it all right?

We're almost 7 months in, clearly it's you.

It's YOU who doesn't understand things. Russians simply have to cope cuz their leaders won't budge.

It means Russians have to find workarounds for everything. As for the automotive industry, they started making a knocked down Lada Granta without certain parts like airbags. You can Google it so you know and no longer post outdated information here on JSP.

Russian car manufacturers collapsing.
Russian airlines on their last leg.
Russia can't even source basic parts for tanks.
Russia literally closing its entire stock market for months to avoid hemorrhaging of investment.
Russian claiming mass sales to India and China despite the infrastructure for the volumes they are proposing simply not existing.
Russian official inflation numbers hitting 18%, and based on every other source being much much higher.

If you only trust sources from the Kremlin, everything is fine. If you take even a tiny peak behind the curtain you realize the only ones claiming everything is fine is the Russian state outlets. Yes, lots of journalists take government announcements at face value. Even Reuters sometimes. Which is why they opened with their sources so you can see the obvious conflict of interest in where they get their numbers.

:rofl: :rofl:

HEY GUYS RUSSIA IS DOING FINE. THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT AIRBAGS IN THEIR CARS ANYMORE BUT TRUST ME! THE ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT!

You're such a fail. You don't know what you're talking about so you get embarrassed when I reply stating facts so all that is left for you is these kind of shit posts.

What are you even doing here in PARD you dweep.

Please tell me how being unable to put basic safety features in their cars is a sign of strength. Tires are overrated too right?