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'Broke' EU, part of $52 trillion nominal GDP NATO, to announce 700 billion dollar euro military aid package for Ukraine. Putin's head explodes again as Russian gold reserves are already half depleted (BRICS?). NATO breaths sigh of relief as traditional funding model returns. Gazprom down 5%. https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1891779988283588969

Correction. In days of old we had newspapers, radio, TV, and Russian propaganda. Storied Russian propaganda dates to late Imperial Russia, reached dizzying heights during Stalin's time going global during the Cold War. The widespread use of whataboutism as a propaganda tool is attributed to the cold war Soviet state.

What Putin and Russian propaganda says is irrelevant. The observed truth is Russia is waging a brutal war of territorial conquest against a legally sovereign Ukraine including war crimes against the civilian population reminiscent of by gone eras. Losing 10,000 tanks does not suggest not wanting to do it. It's noteworthy that the aggressors in the 20th century wars of conquest did not win. And in each case the aggressors, Germany in WW1, Germany in WW2, and Japan in WW2, were later de-militarized.

- GDP is also important because of Russia's high dependence on foreign technology for military and other industries. PPP is good for Vodka. "The "shadow-fleet" of Russian ships exporting their oil, and thus replenishing their "war chest" has only be discovered recently, (3 years going into the war)." - Known from the beginning: Russia relies on 'shadow fleets' for crude oil sales January 16, 2023 5:10 AM ET https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149375089/russia-relies-on-shadow-fleets-for-crude-oil-sales "One must conclude, that all the western intelligence agencies were asleep during the last 3 year" - Direct opposite judging from Ukraine's intensely precise targeting of everything inside Russia.

Girkin, a Russian who knows Russian propaganda well, worried that Russian propaganda is misleading Russians. He says: "In reality we have completely handed over the initiative to Trump.", "We suffered a diplomatic defeat before negotiations began." Putin's head continues to explode.

And this?

In a further sign of Putin's willingness to cooperate:

You're fully aware of NATO expansion Eastward. Nato in Ukriane feulled the fire too, head of nato said himself not so long ago As you were fully aware, before fingers hit keyboard or bot farm started, that your bait and switch response is just more Russian propaganda. The question was about borders, stealing sovereign territory. What sovereign Russian territory did NATO steal? None. Did NATO even threaten to steal sovereign Russian territory? No. ... as Putin continues to threaten NATO capitals with nuclear annihilation. You could claim Putin's threats are just propaganda but then you go full lose-lose. Just like Putin's lose-lose war to steal Ukraine resources and reestablish Russia's outdated empire destroys Russia's economy.

So you don't understand Schrodinger. There was no paradox (a lay misnomer) nor did he suggest duality, his cat experiment was to disprove it. Much the same way as you don't understand Russia. Russia's economy is doomed because Putin is over spending to attack Ukraine and put Russia on a long term war footing. He also continues to spend on horrific doomsday weapons. You also don't understand Europe, which does take the threat seriously and is now scrambling to shore up defenses. What do you understand? Oh yes, Russian propaganda. You haven't missed yet.

Remind me again, which parts of of Russia were invaded and destroyed by NATO? Note: Russian propaganda is not meant to be logical, factual or, even counter factual, only to spread confusion.

Debunked by who? Vlad and team threatening to nuke European cities almost daily? Developing new and horrific doomsday weapons. EU countries scrambling to up there defenses? increase their defense budgets? Or simply all past history?

Along with Ukraine's new longer range weapons and the US dropping restrictions on US weapons, comes this. These brand new systems are were there to protect Moscow from Ukraine type weapons.

The new Secretary of Defense's comments, seemingly backed by Trump are no doubt disturbing. But, they are in stark contrast with two recent major developments aimed at derailing Putin's economy and war effort. First, a major push to finally stop Russia's shadow tanker fleet, currently Putin's primary source of revenue. Second, Trump's agreement with Ukraine to provide up to $0.5 trillion of new unrestricted weapons in exchange for Ukraine mineral development, the same minerals that prompted Putin's invasion to begin with. Odd. Capitulation to Putin and these other new developments are inconsistent. What's going on? Leaving domestic politics aside, one must assume Putin is alarmed at these other developments. Are the Sec Defs words meant to deflect attention from them?

Can you spot the illegal territorial invasion of Crimea and later brutal war on all of sovereign Ukraine? Hint 2014 and 2022. The only thing supporting minimal sales now is Putin wasting Russia's future economy to mass produce bombs and weapons to drop on civilians because his stone-age mind thinks that's how to win a war. Putin is you problem. Putin is everyone's problem, especially Russians'.

Here's your sign. When you know your economy is doomed. Russian official (a Russian in Russia) now saying the economy is so bad that no one from 20 to 50 years old will get pensions. He says don't listen to journalists (state propaganda) look at the numbers. Pensions are a big part of any economy.