10 minutes ago, Albo said:

 

Okay Karen

 

What a strange comment

1)  Talking point #1

2)  Talking point #2

3)  Talking point #3

4)  If you disagree, you're a paid shill.

Just like the economy tanked last time.

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Doesn't it feel really, really, really good when you can make them look foolish?

 

LOL The one looking foolish is you: Russia is no 1 of nothingness.

 

1. Wheat: 1.6% of Russian exports. Not even enough to pay for the boots of Putin's soldiers.

2. Fertilizers: produced from petroleum 'coke', which is a by-product of oil refining. Fertilizers account for 2.30% of Russian exports and, yes, you're right, these do pay for the boots Putin's soldiers. But only for the boots...

3. Nuclear reactors: laughable, only $12.8 million in 2021, or 0.0025% of Russian exports. Do you even know what a nuclear reactor is? This doesn't even pay for the boots of Putin's personal guards (Служба безопасности президента).

 

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by AndreasHG

3 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

3. Nuclear reactors: laughable, only $12.8 million in 2021, or 0.0025% of Russian exports. Do you even know what a nuclear reactor is? This doesn't even pay for the boots of Putin's personal guards (Служба безопасности президента).

 

Interesting that you chose 2021, and only 2021.

 

Despite sanctions, Russian companies are building more than a third of the new reactors around the world, which is gaining Moscow new friends

https://www.ft.com/content/7110fc18-5a31-4387-9f4c-0cc5753d050a

 

Russia sold about $1.7 billion in nuclear products to firms in the U.S. and Europe, according to trade data and experts.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-europe-nuclear-exports-4129cbea2aaa69b1da5d09a41804f745

 

Russia was the largest player, with almost 40 percent of the total uranium conversion infrastructure in the world, and therefore produced the largest share of uranium in gaseous form (called uranium hexafluoride).

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nuclear-power-industry-graphics/32014247.html

 

Russia exported over $1 billion worth of nuclear energy-related products from February 2022-2024.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2024/06/07/china-and-russia-now-dominate-the-global-nuclear-trade/

 

Buys a lotta boots.

On 11/30/2024 at 12:21 PM, Albo said:

Ukraine is doomed. Should have never listened to Biden.

 

Absolutely unwinnable and always was

Ukriane is now in debt forever to US, UK, NATO countries, black rock etc, 

 

 

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by frank83628

43 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

Interesting that you chose 2021, and only 2021.

 

Please, stop embarrassing yourself. I did not take 2021 data ($12.8 million). I just replied @VBer.

 

But you're right. In 2022 Russia exported an impressive $545 million in nuclear reactors. Do you know what was their incidence on Russia's total export? No idea, genius?

 

I help you: 0.11% only. Approximately 1/10 of Russian exports of wheat, or 1/200 of Russia export of oil and 1/100 of gas. 

 

Nuclear Reactors in Russia | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

 

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by AndreasHG

40 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Ukriane is now in debt forever to US, UK, NATO countries, black rock etc, 

 

 

The beauty of the situation is that all "debts" were signed by the man, who is and was not an el'Presidente while signing. So they will have to do "Karifakis trick" - write it off

Most of UA leaders signed some I.O.U. and just wai away.

Black Rock with $17T can bend over and ______________.

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by NativeBob

I'm not sure Putin got the memo. Meanwhile,

 

 

2 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

Do you know what was their incidence on Russia's total export? No idea, genius?

 

 

Don't particularly care, you went to the link and you copied/pasted the data.  Although..........what was their incidence on world total nukular reactor export?

 

Still don't particularly care.  Doesn't matter either.

 

No amount of posting Russiaphobic comments will change the fact that Russia is doing just fine economically and militarily.

 

Just another case of Harris compensation, the posting of multiple threads claiming Harris is winning and Trump is going to jail.

 

Same as the folks that have been ranting for decades that China is imploding, and posting links to Falun Gong propaganda videos as "proof."

45 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

 

 

No amount of posting Russiaphobic comments will change the fact that Russia is doing just fine economically and militarily.

 

 

 

 

Fact: The Russian ruble is 113 to 1 USD. It was 60 before the invasion of Ukraine.

 

Fact: Food inflation has hit 10%.

 

Fact. The official bank interest rate is 21%

 

Fact: China and India refuse to pay for Russian goods in rubles.

 

Fact: Russia has not even the most basic microchip industry.

 

Fact: The Russian education system collapsed in the mid-eighties.

 

" Just fine economically"? I sincerely hope you are not giving anyone financial advice.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Fact:

 

Okay, you've convinced me!

 

Putin has lost 17 gorillion troops, their evil empire is about to collapse, the pheasants are revolting, and Steiner is storming the gates of Stalingrad as we speak.

 

So, umm....Ukraine is winning, i guess.

Sure, if that makes you sleep better.

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump threatened the BRIC group of emerging-market nations on Saturday, warning that he would impose 100% tariffs if they make any moves to undermine the U.S. dollar.

 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/30/trump-100-tariff-bric-us-dollar/76681277007/

 

Thailand still want to join BRICS?

22 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Okay, you've convinced me!

 

Putin has lost 17 gorillion troops, their evil empire is about to collapse, the pheasants are revolting, and Steiner is storming the gates of Stalingrad as we speak.

 

So, umm....Ukraine is winning, i guess.

Sure, if that makes you sleep better.

I can't say who is winning, and have not attempted to. Although the fact Ukraine has had the temerity to invade Russia in the Kursk area, says something about the comparative morale of the combatants.

 

It's claimed Russia has 1000 soldiers KIA per day. That's still a long way short of Stalingrad, where they had 19,000 KIA a day.

On 11/30/2024 at 12:12 PM, AndreasHG said:

1,21% of Russian 2022 Exports

 

so small to be included in an "others" category 

 

2.30% of Russian 2022 Exports

 

Are you replying to someone claiming the proportion of world production of something with what percentage those things make up of Russia's total exports?

 

I don't see how this rebuts the point you are arguing against.

17 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are you replying to someone claiming the proportion of world production of something with what percentage those things make up of Russia's total exports?

 

I don't see how this rebuts the point you are arguing against.

Due to the small volume it is insignificant how big of an exporter they are in a percentage of exports for that product.

11 hours ago, Albo said:

 

Nothing of the sort

 

Your claim:

Biolabs ARE disinformation

 

The reality:

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5005055/user-clip-biolabs-confirmed-ukraine

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5005520/senator-rubio-questions-undersecretary-nuland-biolabs-ukraine

 

Another know-nothing, shoot from hip opinion monger.

 

It was disinformation

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1087910880/biological-weapons-far-right-russia-ukraine

 

https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/09/debunking-russian-lies-about-biolabs-at-upcoming-un.html

 

Russia is nothing but a disinformation machine. 

 

 

11 hours ago, Albo said:

 

1 precisely when will that happen genius?

 

2 When the US and EU stop arming Ukraine Russia can go back about it's business.

 

It's far from a failed state, but most of you have even less insight into Russia as you do US politics, economics

 

1) when the war stops Russia will enter into a recession.   Russia is screwed in that aspect.   Russia is in a war economy for a two week war. LOL.   Have you seen the Ruble lately? 

 

2.  I support the US and EU helping a country defend itself against Russian aggression..

 

Russia is a fail state.  

11 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

1)  Talking point #1

2)  Talking point #2

3)  Talking point #3

4)  If you disagree, you're a paid shill.

You just summarized the average Russian troll.  

2 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Okay, you've convinced me!

 

Putin has lost 17 gorillion troops, their evil empire is about to collapse, the pheasants are revolting, and Steiner is storming the gates of Stalingrad as we speak.

 

So, umm....Ukraine is winning, i guess.

Sure, if that makes you sleep better.

 

Putin thought Ukraine would crumble in a few weeks.   Now Putin is stuck in a war he can’t win.  

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Due to the small volume it is insignificant how big of an exporter they are in a percentage of exports for that product.

 

Sorry, but I don't really understand what you are saying.  My point was that one person said that Russia is number one in the world in the export of three products.  Someone else replied, appearing to argue against this fact, but presenting the percentage those exports that made up Russia's total exports.  My point was that I don't see any relevance of the percentage of total exports within that country, when arguing against the percentage of exports in the world. 

 

The two don't directly relate.  A country could export something at a very small percentage of their county's total exports, while still being a large percentage of the world total exports of that thing.

 

E.g. a country could be the sole exporter of a product which only counts for 1% of their total exports, while still being 100% of total world exports.

 

53 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

My point was that one person said that Russia is number one in the world in the export of three products.  Someone else replied

 

That one person who said that Russia is number one in the world [...], was answering to my statement that Russia is first and foremost an exporter of 'oil' or, if you prefer, of hydrocarbons (oil, gas, coal  and derivatives).

Replying by claiming that my statement is not true, because Russia is the number one exporter of something that is worthless on the scale of global trade (0.0011% of Russia total exports which, by the way, is by far the largest exporter of this nothingness in the world) is more than factually irrelevant.

It is plainly laughable. But...

 

53 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

but I don't really understand what you are saying

 

I know, I can be sympathetic too, but I can't fix stupid.

Move to an easier subject... ...you'll see that, the easier the subject is, the better it gets.

 

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by AndreasHG

On 12/1/2024 at 8:28 PM, NoDisplayName said:

 

Interesting that you chose 2021, and only 2021.

 

Despite sanctions, Russian companies are building more than a third of the new reactors around the world, which is gaining Moscow new friends

https://www.ft.com/content/7110fc18-5a31-4387-9f4c-0cc5753d050a

 

Russia sold about $1.7 billion in nuclear products to firms in the U.S. and Europe, according to trade data and experts.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-europe-nuclear-exports-4129cbea2aaa69b1da5d09a41804f745

 

Russia was the largest player, with almost 40 percent of the total uranium conversion infrastructure in the world, and therefore produced the largest share of uranium in gaseous form (called uranium hexafluoride).

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nuclear-power-industry-graphics/32014247.html

 

Russia exported over $1 billion worth of nuclear energy-related products from February 2022-2024.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2024/06/07/china-and-russia-now-dominate-the-global-nuclear-trade/

 

Buys a lotta boots.

Doesn't it feel great when you can make them look foolish!

On 12/2/2024 at 1:42 AM, NoDisplayName said:

 

Okay, you've convinced me!

 

Putin has lost 17 gorillion troops, their evil empire is about to collapse, the pheasants are revolting, and Steiner is storming the gates of Stalingrad as we speak.

 

So, umm....Ukraine is winning, i guess.

Sure, if that makes you sleep better.

Excellent post.

On 12/1/2024 at 11:17 PM, NoDisplayName said:

No amount of posting Russiaphobic comments will change the fact that Russia is doing just fine economically and militarily.

 

Just another case of Harris compensation, the posting of multiple threads claiming Harris is winning and Trump is going to jail.

Seems there is a correlation between posters saying Russia is on the verge of extinction and posters claiming Harris was a winner.

 

They lost on Harris and now they are going to lose on Russia. I wonder what their next loser prospect will be to support- MMCC perhaps?

Russia could have been a great country with it's resources and high level of education. But all was thrown away by Communism and allowing the country to be run by gangsters. China will suffer the same fate.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/3/7487398/index.amp
 

china wont do business 

For next year the spending on the war by russia is over 40 % of their GDP.

Yes sounds like they are winning!

No country can sustain that for long,all other things are placed on a back burner.

Education,infra structure,medic care,schools ,you name it.

If a country is doing so great then why is the interest rate 21%?

If the economy is doing just fine why is the ruble going down so much and so fast?

any ideas?

 

On 12/3/2024 at 3:05 PM, henryford1958 said:

Russia could have been a great country with it's resources and high level of education. But all was thrown away by Communism and allowing the country to be run by gangsters. China will suffer the same fate.

????????

It went communist ( Marxist in 1917, long before any of us on here were alive and has been a ( proclaimed ) communist nation ever since. So, just when did communism throw away the high level of education? Before the revolution when most were peasants, perhaps?

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

So, just when did communism throw away the high level of education? Before the revolution when most were peasants, perhaps?

 

You simply misunderstood Heryford's sentence. 

 

The meaning of the sentence is this: "Russia could have been a great country with its resources and a high level of education." But communism threw away this opportunity due to the failed management of the economy.

 

There are also other reasons why in 1991 the Soviet Union crashed down: the Afghan people and low oil prices made a significant contribution to the demise of the Soviet Union. But the economic missmanagement and the endemic corruption of the apparatchik (Rus: аппара́тчик) were the root causes of the Soviet Union collapse.