Putin Finally Admits Russia’s Economy Is In Trouble

[g5000]

April 24, 2025:

Putin's economy can only withstand another year, at most, before everything falls apart for him.

Trump's cult whines about inflation and the price of groceries.

In Russia, the central bank interest rate is 21 percent, and their inflation rate is 10.3 percent.

A huge chunk of Russian's GDP is the construction of war materiel which is nothing but burnt husks of metal now.

All that spending, and they have nothing to show for it.

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I posted that almost one year ago to the day.

I also posted this:

Putin's economy is collapsing, and he has two new NATO members on his borders.

Now is NOT the time to start yielding. We need to increase the pressure.

Reagan understood that with Afghanistan.

Some links:

Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up​

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Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices​

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Putin raged during a meeting at the Kremlin this month that manufacturing, industrial production and construction are all in negative territory. His economy contracted for the first two months of this year.


[snip]

After going into recession in 2022, Putin managed to stabilize his economy through a combination of control, coercion and fear. The Kremlin imposed strict limits on moving money outside the country. Exporters were pressured to convert foreign currency into rubles. Foreign investors faced restrictions in exiting their capital and had to leave assets behind or sell at losses.

Russia ramped up defense spending and pressured companies to expand production for the war effort.


[snip]


To finance the full mobilization, Putin has repeatedly raised taxes. He increased the value-added tax from 20 percent to 22 percent and lowered the threshold so that more small- and medium-sized enterprises are required to pay it. This has “pushed hundreds of thousands of businesses to the brink,” the Financial Times reported this week, with only a quarter of small and medium enterprises in the country expressing confidence they’ll be able to continue operating.

To crackdown on tax avoidance, Putin is now moving to increase fines by up to 15-fold for businesses that don’t use cash registers.
Compounding the challenges, Russia is experiencing a shortage of labor for the first time in its modern history. Many skilled workers have fled the country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, which has produced well over a million Russian casualties. Others have been forced into the armaments industry.



TA-DAAAAAAA!

And the war is going very badly for Putin in Ukraine. Very badly.

We need to keep the pressure up.

We are helping to make the world a safer place without spilling a drop of American blood. We are bleeding Russia's military and their economy dry. With continued pressure on Putin, his economy will collapse and he just might end up toppled.

Worth every penny.

 

[g5000]

1. There are 110 statues honoring Joseph Stalin in Russia. Putin has erected 95 of them. When Trump's followers claim to be against leftists, they simply cannot be believed. Putin is trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Trump's followers think that isn't a threat to our interests, and they parrot all of his bullsh!t talking points like good little comrades.

2. Trump's followers whine about "rigged elections" and yet support a dictator who has rigged elections to stay in power for more than a quarter of a century, and counting. There have not been free and fair elections in Russia since 1999. Putin has murdered or imprisoned anyone who is a threat to his continued dictatorship, and even rewrote the Russian constitution to stay in power. Any whining about "rigged elections" by Trump's followers are to be taken with a grain of salt.

3. Ukraine is the breadbasket to the world. If you want even higher prices for your grocerie, let Putin gain control of a significant portion of the world's food supply in that vast agricultural land.
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4. Ukraine is a trading partner to the US. We import iron, steel, inorganic chemicals, oil, iron and steel products, and agricultural products from Ukraine. We export coal, machinery, vehicles, agricultural products, fish, seafood, and aircraft to Ukraine.

5. We are benefitting from Putin's military being decimated. That makes the whole world safer. And we get to observe the strategy and tactics of the Russian war machine. That is invaluable information. Without a single American life put at risk. That is worth every penny we spend on Ukraine.

 

[MisterBeale]

Putin's war with Ukraine is still going a hell'o'va lot better than America's with Iran IMO.

 

[luiza]

April 24, 2025:



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I posted that almost one year ago to the day.

I also posted this:




Some links:

Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up​

​

Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices​

​

Putin raged during a meeting at the Kremlin this month that manufacturing, industrial production and construction are all in negative territory. His economy contracted for the first two months of this year.


[snip]

After going into recession in 2022, Putin managed to stabilize his economy through a combination of control, coercion and fear. The Kremlin imposed strict limits on moving money outside the country. Exporters were pressured to convert foreign currency into rubles. Foreign investors faced restrictions in exiting their capital and had to leave assets behind or sell at losses.

Russia ramped up defense spending and pressured companies to expand production for the war effort.


[snip]


To finance the full mobilization, Putin has repeatedly raised taxes. He increased the value-added tax from 20 percent to 22 percent and lowered the threshold so that more small- and medium-sized enterprises are required to pay it. This has “pushed hundreds of thousands of businesses to the brink,” the Financial Times reported this week, with only a quarter of small and medium enterprises in the country expressing confidence they’ll be able to continue operating.

To crackdown on tax avoidance, Putin is now moving to increase fines by up to 15-fold for businesses that don’t use cash registers.
Compounding the challenges, Russia is experiencing a shortage of labor for the first time in its modern history. Many skilled workers have fled the country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, which has produced well over a million Russian casualties. Others have been forced into the armaments industry.

And the war is going very badly for Putin in Ukraine. Very badly.

FAKE NEWS

Ukraine is being massacred
Russia is self sufficient .
And you are another American Muncher who guzzles Fake News .

 

[Lesh]

FAKE NEWS

Ukraine is being massacred
Russia is self sufficient .
And you are another American Muncher who guzzles Fake News .

Kremlin stooge post

 

[Invisibleflash]

April 24, 2025:



.

I posted that almost one year ago to the day.

I also posted this:




Some links:

Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up​

​

Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices​

​

Putin raged during a meeting at the Kremlin this month that manufacturing, industrial production and construction are all in negative territory. His economy contracted for the first two months of this year.


[snip]

After going into recession in 2022, Putin managed to stabilize his economy through a combination of control, coercion and fear. The Kremlin imposed strict limits on moving money outside the country. Exporters were pressured to convert foreign currency into rubles. Foreign investors faced restrictions in exiting their capital and had to leave assets behind or sell at losses.

Russia ramped up defense spending and pressured companies to expand production for the war effort.


[snip]


To finance the full mobilization, Putin has repeatedly raised taxes. He increased the value-added tax from 20 percent to 22 percent and lowered the threshold so that more small- and medium-sized enterprises are required to pay it. This has “pushed hundreds of thousands of businesses to the brink,” the Financial Times reported this week, with only a quarter of small and medium enterprises in the country expressing confidence they’ll be able to continue operating.

To crackdown on tax avoidance, Putin is now moving to increase fines by up to 15-fold for businesses that don’t use cash registers.
Compounding the challenges, Russia is experiencing a shortage of labor for the first time in its modern history. Many skilled workers have fled the country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, which has produced well over a million Russian casualties. Others have been forced into the armaments industry.



TA-DAAAAAAA!

And the war is going very badly for Putin in Ukraine. Very badly.

We need to keep the pressure up.

We are helping to make the world a safer place without spilling a drop of American blood. We are bleeding Russia's military and their economy dry. With continued pressure on Putin, his economy will collapse and he just might end up toppled.

Worth every penny.

Russia has been beat to hell for years with sanctions and now with oil refinery destruction. It never fights back at its true attackers. Ukraine is toothless without the USA and NATO arming it.

Google on it:

As of April 2026, Ukrainian drone strikes have severely impacted Russian energy, disabling approximately 40% of Russia's oil export capacity and reducing total oil refining capacity by nearly 20%. The strikes cut oil shipments by roughly 880,000 barrels daily and forced a 300,000 to 400,000 barrel-per-day reduction in output, leading to significant revenue losses for Russia.

Here is an old map on the refinery hits.

How Many Russian Oil Refineries Has Ukraine Damaged So Far, And Where?

Ukraine had already hit over 30 Russian oil-processing refineries, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 24th. That was roughly three months ago, and Ukra…

united24media.com

Putin is not very good as a military general. He bungled this whole war and continues to look on dumfounded as Ukraine / USA / NATO destroys Russia. The magats cheer Trump on to destroy Russia. But if Russia falls it will propel the USA to go to war with China. With Russia destroyed, China will be the last man standing in the way of USA world domination.

Either Russia and China will fall peacefully, and the USA will control the world as its slaves. Or Russia and China will decide all is lost and they will go nuclear. If things go nuclear, the USA goes down with their hopes of world domination. If the USA succeeds in controlling the world it will actually be the Jews that control the world. As the Jews fully control America's policy.

 

[Independent thinker]

April 24, 2025:



.

I posted that almost one year ago to the day.

I also posted this:




Some links:

Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up​

​

Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices​

​

Putin raged during a meeting at the Kremlin this month that manufacturing, industrial production and construction are all in negative territory. His economy contracted for the first two months of this year.


[snip]

After going into recession in 2022, Putin managed to stabilize his economy through a combination of control, coercion and fear. The Kremlin imposed strict limits on moving money outside the country. Exporters were pressured to convert foreign currency into rubles. Foreign investors faced restrictions in exiting their capital and had to leave assets behind or sell at losses.

Russia ramped up defense spending and pressured companies to expand production for the war effort.


[snip]


To finance the full mobilization, Putin has repeatedly raised taxes. He increased the value-added tax from 20 percent to 22 percent and lowered the threshold so that more small- and medium-sized enterprises are required to pay it. This has “pushed hundreds of thousands of businesses to the brink,” the Financial Times reported this week, with only a quarter of small and medium enterprises in the country expressing confidence they’ll be able to continue operating.

To crackdown on tax avoidance, Putin is now moving to increase fines by up to 15-fold for businesses that don’t use cash registers.
Compounding the challenges, Russia is experiencing a shortage of labor for the first time in its modern history. Many skilled workers have fled the country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, which has produced well over a million Russian casualties. Others have been forced into the armaments industry.



TA-DAAAAAAA!

And the war is going very badly for Putin in Ukraine. Very badly.

We need to keep the pressure up.

We are helping to make the world a safer place without spilling a drop of American blood. We are bleeding Russia's military and their economy dry. With continued pressure on Putin, his economy will collapse and he just might end up toppled.

Worth every penny.

So, you are crediting Trump for this?

 

[g5000]

So, you are crediting Trump for this?

Nope. Biden and the Republicans and Democrats in Congress who understand what is at stake.

You, on the other hand, have a serious ignorance of the situation.

Trump has allowed himself to be punked by Putin too many times to count, and Trump's war in Iran is actually giving Putin's economy a boost.

 

[g5000]

Mood in Russia turns bleak as war in Ukraine drags on and economy suffers​

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In recent weeks, Putin’s government has faced unusually open and strident criticism from members of Russia’s financial elite over its handling of the economy, which contracted by 1.8 percent in the first two months of the year as tougher sanctions and high interest rates intended to combat inflation continue to choke investment and led nonpayments of commercial bills to reach a record high of $109 billion in January, according to Rosstat, Russia’s Federal Statistics Service. The number of companies owing taxes to the government, meanwhile, has climbed to 439,900, according to Aktion Accounting, a Russian firm.

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Robert Nigmatulin, an economist at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the forum that Russia was lagging China and that inflation had far outstripped economic growth. “We’ve lost everything and still we are the poorest. Even in the poorest regions of China incomes are higher than in our poorest regions,” Nigmatulin said. “GDP growth since 2015 — that’s 11 years — is about 1.5 percent per year. Do you know how much consumer prices have increased by? Seventy-seven percent.”

He added: “Can we invest in a country with leadership like this? You can’t run an economy this way.”

Meanwhile, a video posted by a Monaco-based social media influencer Victoria Bonya railing against the online restrictions — and denouncing the government’s handling of other problems facing ordinary Russians — went viral, forcing the Kremlin to respond by insisting that it was working on all the issues she raised.