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No one really needs to buy anything from Russia. It can all be found in other places.
A modern Russia, however needs many things not produced in Russia.
The ongoing collapse of the Chinese economy - stock market at a multi year low - was an event not anticipated. The coincidental demographic collapse of both China and Russia will weaken the entire region.
Apparently. India and Mody are strangely changing the course and steering either away form its long lasting friendship with Russia or, into really pissing it off.
Indian defence company ERFB-BT started supplying AFU with the infamous 155mm shells. Company is a part of the India state Munitions India Limited.
Brits must have dug their talons into the heart of India again. To be honest, there's something odd about India desire to be servant to Britain.
A read the link. What Kennedy actually said was: “The big military contractors want to add new countries to NATO all the time because then that country has to conform its military purchases and NATO weapons specifications, which means certain companies, Northridge, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Lockheed get a trapped market.”
But those companies have no voice in who joins NATO. They probably do, indeed, benefit, but so might I. Or you.
You're connecting dots that are on two different pages.
Commander of the south front, Tarnavsky, moved 3rd Stormtroopers Brigade to Avdiivka. That brigade is pretty much Azov backbone, one of the best equipped and motivated.
At Avdiivka, they will go against the 1 AK (previously, people's militia of Donetsk PR). Those folks have personal beef with Azov.
There will be no POWs.
Apparently. India and Mody are strangely changing the course and steering either away form its long lasting friendship with Russia or, into really pissing it off.
Indian defence company ERFB-BT started supplying AFU with the infamous 155mm shells. Company is a part of the India state Munitions India Limited.
Brits must have dug their talons into the heart of India again. To be honest, there's something odd about India desire to be servant to Britain.
Why would India only invest in a relationship with Russia when Putin loves Xi and China? You have to diversify. Putin and Xi are dictators with many things in common. India is the one making the smart move. Soviet military hardware helped in the 1970's and 80's but now India can branch out for hardware.
A read the link. What Kennedy actually said was: “The big military contractors want to add new countries to NATO all the time because then that country has to conform its military purchases and NATO weapons specifications, which means certain companies, Northridge, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Lockheed get a trapped market.”
But those companies have no voice in who joins NATO. They probably do, indeed, benefit, but so might I. Or you.
You're connecting dots that are on two different pages.
The connection is that the same Wall Street also funds Washington, and the former can do that because it manages the assets of the 10 pct of the U.S. population that own 70 pct of the country's wealth.
The economy of Russia is of greater interest than the kinetic war to me, since I believe that is the thing that will destroy Russia - or at least weaken them considerably, to the point of irrelevance.
This Article explains the current thinking. It points out that while Russia economy (GDP) appears to be growing it is only growing in one area - military spending. The problem with that one trick pony is that (1) the war will not last forever and (2) none of the items manufactured create any value after they are manufactured. Bombs go, "Boom", and your investment is gone. That's not so true with airliners, cars and locomotives.
Production patterns today replicate the old USSR in that it has high production and low consumption. And since sanctions have interrupted a great many industries within Russia, those industries will not be able to restart easily. Add in the large numbers of educated and well-placed people who have left the country and the well documented demographic decline you have a pretty good formula for failure.
Interesting read with comments by IMF officials.
Russia is in trouble.
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