Putin not such a "genius" now is he ?

[Tommy Tainant]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

In the 20+ years Putin has been in power..........YOU have been the ONLY person to ever call him a genius.

 

[1srelluc]

Genius is a stretch but he was smart enough to get the west EU countries dependent on Russian gas, so much so that the Germans are (hopefully by now were) decommissioning their nuke power plants.

Russians are different and will take the kind of hardships that makes the west wilt.

 

[odanny]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

Only morons like Trump and his followers think of Putin as a "genius".

Can you imagine what this country would have done if Trump was still Pres.? He'd be praising Putin instead of crushing him.

 

[martybegan]

Genius is a stretch but he was smart enough to get the west EU countries dependent on Russian gas, so much so that the Germans are (hopefully by now were) decommissioning their nuke power plants.

Russians are different and will take the kind of hardships that makes the west wilt.

Notice they are trying to reverse that, but it's not like you can requisition a LNG offloading port or a new Nuke plant in a few weeks and all is well.

The thing with Russians is they will take hardships, but they will not be made to look like fools or uncultured barbarians, and right now that is what Putin is doing to them. The question is do the people of Russia know that, or has the media blackout been successful.

The most insulting thing you can call a Russian is "nekulturny" which roughly translates to "uncultured"

 

[Oddball]

So initiating an aggressive foreign war on a neighboring country is now "populist"?

Who knew?

 

[Auld Phart]

Only morons like Trump and his followers think of Putin as a "genius".

Can you imagine what this country would have done if Trump was still Pres.? He'd be praising Putin instead of crushing him.

Can you imagine what this country would have done if Trump was still Pres.?

What makes you believe Putin would have invaded if Trump were still president?

He made no moves while Trump was president.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

What makes you believe Putin would have invaded if Trump were still president?

He made no moves while Trump was president.

That is not because Trump was Pres. There are other factors at work.
Covid,Brexit, US insurrection. The economic situation.
The idea that Putin was waiting for the fat pig to exit is fanciful.

 

[Oddball]

That is not because Trump was Pres. There are other factors at work.
Covid,Brexit, US insurrection. The economic situation.
The idea that Putin was waiting for the fat pig to exit is fanciful.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

Except for the ruble. This sounds like something that happened to Britstain, not too long ago.

 

[martybegan]

That is not because Trump was Pres. There are other factors at work.
Covid,Brexit, US insurrection. The economic situation.
The idea that Putin was waiting for the fat pig to exit is fanciful.

Trump was unpredictable, and the one thing Russians hate is unpredictability.

It's why Putin is miffed the war isn't over already.

 

[surada]

Genius is a stretch but he was smart enough to get the west EU countries dependent on Russian gas, so much so that the Germans are (hopefully by now were) decommissioning their nuke power plants.

Russians are different and will take the kind of hardships that makes the west wilt.

Well, Putin can flare it off like they use to before there was a market. The Russian people aren't stupid.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Except for the ruble. This sounds like something that happened to Britstain, not too long ago.

It was a while back, under a tory government.

 

[1srelluc]

Notice they are trying to reverse that, but it's not like you can requisition a LNG offloading port or a new Nuke plant in a few weeks and all is well.

The thing with Russians is they will take hardships, but they will not be made to look like fools or uncultured barbarians, and right now that is what Putin is doing to them. The question is do the people of Russia know that, or has the media blackout been successful.

The most insulting thing you can call a Russian is "nekulturny" which roughly translates to "uncultured"

But do we really know how things are going what with all the spin? Ukraine is the size of TX and the gains already made in the Black Sea/Sea of Azov as well in the eastern area are very substantial. I still think he's going for partition as the end game.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

He didn't surrender to Soros and the WEF.

 

[jbrownson0831]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

You are the ones(you and your Dimmer ilk) that keep babbling on about him.

 

[jbrownson0831]

That is not because Trump was Pres. There are other factors at work.
Covid,Brexit, US insurrection. The economic situation.
The idea that Putin was waiting for the fat pig to exit is fanciful.

And true.....which is why you hate it.

 

[martybegan]

But do we really know how things are going what with all the spin? Ukraine is the size of TX and the gains already made in the Black Sea/Sea of Azov as well in the eastern area are very substantial. I still think he's going for partition as the end game.

He needs to at least take a few cities to get that level of concession. If I were Ukraine I would hold out. Western response has been slow but surprisingly forceful, I didn't think Europe had it in them anymore.

Of course Putin could still shut off the gas and oil, in fact I'm surprised he hasn't threatened that yet.

 

[Oddball]

He needs to at least take a few cities to get that level of concession. If I were Ukraine I would hold out. Western response has been slow but surprisingly forceful, I didn't think Europe had it in them anymore.

Of course Putin could still shut off the gas and oil, in fact I'm surprised he hasn't threatened that yet.

When Soros threw in on the side of Zelinsky, all bets were off in my world.

 

[miketx]

âThe damage is doneâ: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

Interest rates up to 20%.
The rouble reduced to nothing.
Soviet style queues outsid banks.
Stock market crash followed by closure.

The Russian economy is in tatters and its a long road back to normal. Its sad for the Russian people and a warning to the world. This is whathappens when you elect a populist madman.

So plese point out how putin is a genius.

The media fed rares its head again!