Russia-Ukraine War - News, Discussions & Updates

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Well, Russian Central Bank is in Russia

Russia's central bank raises interest rate to 21% to fight inflation boosted by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation.

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Russia Interest Rate

The benchmark interest rate in Russia was last recorded at 14.25 percent. This page provides the latest reported value for - Russia Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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How much is your Credit Card charging you per annum?? Or do you even have a credit card??

You must be a great expert on economics and know how everything works. In Europe, interest rates are low and inflation is low, but GDP is zero or even minus. But in Russia, interest rates are high and inflation is high, but GDP is over 4%. On the other hand, the IMF predicted a catastrophic decline in Russia's GDP (they are experts there!), and then during the year it adjusted its forecasts 5 times upwards ))))

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

 

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how are you ever going to be able to pay back the mortgage if it double every 4 years?

But people take it and they know they'll get paid )))) So there's something wrong with your idea of economics

 

[Snake]

As things stand the winners of this conflict (in no particular order):

Russia: After seeing the limits of American willpower in Afghanistan the Russians saw an opportunity to obliterate western hegemony from Europe. Liberating eastern Ukraine and effectively destroying NATO are their greatest victories. They have confirmed their status as a military super power and popped the paper tiger that is US/European sanctions. The remaining victories are too many to list.

North Korea: They provided support for Russia in their time of need, a deed that the Russians will not forget. NK gained invaluable battle experience, defence pact with Russia.

Iran: They provided drones, BMs which helped Russia in denazifying Ukraine. Iran signed a treaty for cooperation with Russia and will be helped in negotiations with the west regarding their nuclear program. Their weapons have proven successful in real combat - a bad thing for their enemies.

Transnistria: Moldova/EU will think three times before trying anything foolish with this region.

China: Gained experience from seeing Russia overcome sanctions, learned about western military equipment and tactics, and sold billions in equipment to both sides.

USA: Uncle Sam's companies made hundreds of billions from milking Ukraine and whatever is left in Ukraine will be milked in to oblivion by Blackrock and co. The new insecurity of Europeans will be preyed upon by American weapon merchants and hundreds of billions (trillions?) will be brought in to US economy. Long live the merchant of death /s.

Belarus, Slovakia, Hungary: They proved they were on the right side of history and understood the levers of power in their region. They have given Russia no reason to be angry at them - unlike the stupid Baltics.

Those opposed to western hegemony across the world.

 

[BHAN85]

Except Macron is a pawn of the Anglo-Americans. Read the book - The American Trap or have DeepSeek give the summary to you.


Maybe a few are waking up in Europe to how little the US cares about the full strength and independence of Europe. Strength of the euro, trade strength, economic strength. And not the military strength of buying US weapons as Trump wants.

Macron (France) was not always a USA pawn.

Nato alliance experiencing brain death, says Macron

The French president laments a lack of commitment by the United States, Nato's main guarantor.

www.bbc.com

This said Macron in 2019.

Of course later happened a lot of color revolutions in West Africa, France lost Niger uranium, and become more submissive to USA in Ukraine things.

The same happened to Germany when energy links were cut to Russia.

USA dominates EU leaders through bribes, but that is not enough, you can't dominate a whole state that way, so they need more reasons, like energy dependence to make a whole state like France more submissive to USA interests.

 

[BHAN85]

You must be a great expert on economics and know how everything works. In Europe, interest rates are low and inflation is low, but GDP is zero or even minus. But in Russia, interest rates are high and inflation is high, but GDP is over 4%. On the other hand, the IMF predicted a catastrophic decline in Russia's GDP (they are experts there!), and then during the year it adjusted its forecasts 5 times upwards ))))

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

GDP growth is easily high with it comes from low GDP.

Russia GDP per capita is tiny if you compare to West Europe GDP per capita.

 

[KingQamaR]

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Russia has been playing the long game while the west has been spouting nonsense propaganda for the least two years of a magical Russian collapse that is immanent and how sanctions have crippled the Russian economy... neither of those have happened, quite the opposite, Russia has massively increased its industrial and military complex capacity, its military and expanded their export markets to countries that have just as big if not bigger demands than the EU. While growing GDP wise more than any EU country or America for that matter last year.

 

[BHAN85]

Macron and Starmer will meet Trump next Monday in Whitehouse.

It will be a funny circus.

https://www.reuters.com/world/french-president-macron-uk-prime-minister-starmer-meet-trump-next-week-2025-02-20/

 

[BHAN85]

Russia has been playing the long game while the west has been spouting nonsense propaganda for the least two years of a magical Russian collapse that is immanent and how sanctions have crippled the Russian economy... neither of those have happened, quite the opposite, Russia has massively increased its industrial and military complex capacity, its military and expanded their export markets to countries that have just as big if not bigger demands than the EU. While growing GDP wise more than any EU country or America for that matter last year.

USA gave all Russian gas from EU to China.

USA knows what they are doing, as sovereign state. They are dropping vassals in favor of China, to calm down China.

EU states are sank in endless lies, they are obeying selfdestruct orders from USA, with Biden and with Trump.

2015 article from a real USA ruler.

A Partnership with China to Avoid World War

International cooperation is in decline both in the political and financial spheres. The UN has failed to address any of the major conflicts since the end of the cold war; the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference left a sour aftertaste; the World Trade Organization hasn’t concluded a major...

www.georgesoros.com

Only reading it you can understand later events like Covid crisis and Ukraine war. Which main beneficiary was China.

 

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Russians are notorious for grabbing land in the closing days of any war

look what they did in Korea and Manchuria and even Sakhalin and Kuril Islands in the closing days of WW2

they will grab more land in the next few days than they have done in the previous 3 years

 

[mulj]

Macron (France) was not always a USA pawn.

Nato alliance experiencing brain death, says Macron

The French president laments a lack of commitment by the United States, Nato's main guarantor.

www.bbc.com

This said Macron in 2019.

Of course later happened a lot of color revolutions in West Africa, France lost Niger uranium, and become more submissive to USA in Ukraine things.

The same happened to Germany when energy links were cut to Russia.

USA dominates EU leaders through bribes, but that is not enough, you can't dominate a whole state that way, so they need more reasons, like energy dependence to make a whole state like France more submissive to USA interests.

Europe had two cheap pipelines for materials flow smoothly for their industries either muslim countries and russia, they burnt both bridges, now they are fucked without any negotiation leverage and that will leave consequences, bitching around like parrot after americans was not smart long term strategy.

 

[KingQamaR]

They trained Ukrainian army in small arms and small unit tactics
Beyond that there was little in the way of equipping Ukraine.

Well the was a 100+ HIMARS, 1000s of tanks and IFVs, dozens of fighter jets.
An assortment of game changing wonder weapons.

You might want to create your little personal narrative but this war has been well documented and the details can be found with a simple search.

 

[KingQamaR]

Nothing, that's what they provided.

Jens is mistaken.

If NATO got involved in any way, it wouldn't be a secret.

Besides, it still doesn't change the fact that Russia started this war by invading and annexing Crimea.

So you are saying that Ukrainian Generals are stupid. Nato convinced them to do something which NATO knew was impossible since inception

 

[Ё-МАЁ]

GDP growth is easily high with it comes from low GDP.

Russia GDP per capita is tiny if you compare to West Europe GDP per capita.

gdp per capita
Spain 43621
Russia 38971
THIS IS CROWN GDP?))))))