Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Corvus]

Russia's central bank is worried they are heading towards stagflation.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russ...ine-war-2024-9

[Iphie]

Russia's central bank is worried they are heading towards stagflation.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russ...ine-war-2024-9

Cliffnotes please, I get a screen that asks me to pay before it'll show anything.

[PhaelixWW]

Here's the MSN repost of the article.


Also, Russia announced the other day that they're increasing the "defense" budget by 30% for next year, so...

[Jessicka]

Russia's central bank is worried they are heading towards stagflation.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russ...ine-war-2024-9

Had that in the UK for 14 years.

[Kaleredar]

Had that in the UK for 14 years.

The difference is that the UK has numerous trading partners and levels of international economic inter-connectedness that can serve as external ameliorating factors.


Russia kind of shot itself in the foot on all of those.

[ghotihook]

Cliffnotes please, I get a screen that asks me to pay before it'll show anything.

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[Flarelaine]

Here's the MSN repost of the article.

Also, Russia announced the other day that they're increasing the "defense" budget by 30% for next year, so...

Unsustainable military spending was one of the key factors making the Soviet Union implode. Let's see if they do better this time.

[PhaelixWW]

Unsustainable military spending was one of the key factors making the Soviet Union implode. Let's see if they do better this time.

Putin seems to be running the same playbook, so...

Unfortunately for Russia, their military "might", like their playbook, is a bit dated.

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Also, that increased military budget is now 40% of their government spending.

At its highest in the last 50 years, the US was still under 30%. These days, we're more in the 10-15% range.

[Corvus]

Throw in internal security and it's pushing 50%. And that is not counting the burden being shifted to the regional governments as well.

[Iphie]

I've seen a few posts alleging that Solovyov called for the resignation of putin. Kinda, he said something along the lines of that those responsible for the failures needed to resign, and if that means the resignation of the Supreme Commander in Chief he'd understand that. (That would be putin)

I don't speak russian so I can't judge the specific clip I saw and am reliant on the translation.

But let's for a moment assume it's correctly translated, wouldn't that indicate a big issue for putin? Since nothing is said on russian propaganda channels without support from the powers that be, and I don't think Solovyov would be brave enough to take that fall without backup.

Clip: https://youtu.be/BHpIk8kiVUU?si=yL3VyWSuPPI3FKmZ

[Gorsameth]

I've seen a few posts alleging that Solovyov called for the resignation of putin. Kinda, he said something along the lines of that those responsible for the failures needed to resign, and if that means the resignation of the Supreme Commander in Chief he'd understand that. (That would be putin)

I don't speak russian so I can't judge the specific clip I saw and am reliant on the translation.

But let's for a moment assume it's correctly translated, wouldn't that indicate a big issue for putin? Since nothing is said on russian propaganda channels without support from the powers that be, and I don't think Solovyov would be brave enough to take that fall without backup.

Clip: https://youtu.be/BHpIk8kiVUU?si=yL3VyWSuPPI3FKmZ

well if its true I'm sure he will fall out of a window unto some bullets in the future.

[Odinfrost]

I've seen a few posts alleging that Solovyov called for the resignation of putin. Kinda, he said something along the lines of that those responsible for the failures needed to resign, and if that means the resignation of the Supreme Commander in Chief he'd understand that. (That would be putin)

I don't speak russian so I can't judge the specific clip I saw and am reliant on the translation.

But let's for a moment assume it's correctly translated, wouldn't that indicate a big issue for putin? Since nothing is said on russian propaganda channels without support from the powers that be, and I don't think Solovyov would be brave enough to take that fall without backup.

Clip: https://youtu.be/BHpIk8kiVUU?si=yL3VyWSuPPI3FKmZ

Question. Does he have his office on the 5th floor near the windows?

[PhaelixWW]

Question. Does he have his office on the 5th floor near the windows?

You don't honestly think the floor number matters, right?

[Iphie]

You don't honestly think the floor number matters, right?

Only for the impact crater (I know there's no building tall enough for that.)


So, I guess russian demographics have collapsed as Putin scraps census

[Corvus]

Pootie has suspended census data collection for the next 5 years.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-susp...l-2029-1962581

Wonder what they could be hiding.

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There are also reports that 6 north Korean officers were killed in occupied Donetsk from a Ukrainian missile strike while they were meeting with russian officers to be shown demonstrations of russian assault tactics.

I guess they got the full experience.

[Elder Millennial]

Pootie has suspended census data collection for the next 5 years.

Sweet Jesus when those demographic numbers finally come out.

One of the many many reasons this war must end with ironclad security guarantees for Ukraine, like full NATO and EU membership, is so they can actually get an economic rebound that would permit a demographic one.

[PhaelixWW]

Sweet Jesus when those demographic numbers finally come out.

Russian population has been on the slow decline since the dissolution of the USSR. Taking into account the horrible Russian response to COVID running right up against the impact of the war in both overt losses as well as the "brain drain" as people flee the country, it's not looking good for Russia.

Then again, this is almost not even news, considering they've only actually had three censuses since the Soviet breakup in 1991.

[Dontrike]

Pootie has suspended census data collection for the next 5 years.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-susp...l-2029-1962581

Wonder what they could be hiding.

He's trying to hide the numbers cause if the ignorant populace found out suddenly he'd have less gullible rubes for the grinder.

[PhaelixWW]

He's trying to hide the numbers cause if the ignorant populace found out suddenly he'd have less gullible rubes for the grinder.

To be fair, it also costs a lot of money to do a census.

Have you seen how the Russian economy is doing lately?

Besides, that money would likely have to be carved out of the military budget at this point, since all the other government spending is down in the new budget to help pay for the massive increase in "defense" spending. Why would Putin want to spend money on a census when he could just use that money to buy more recruits for the meat grinder? One less vatnik to count next time, after all.

[Altariaz]

Russian population has been on the slow decline since the dissolution of the USSR. Taking into account the horrible Russian response to COVID running right up against the impact of the war in both overt losses as well as the "brain drain" as people flee the country, it's not looking good for Russia.

Then again, this is almost not even news, considering they've only actually had three censuses since the Soviet breakup in 1991.

Actually, the rot had set in well before the collapse of the USSR. For example, data from the 1970's indicated an increase in infant mortality; a sign that there were significant issues.