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Group of finance ministers call for sanctions to be ratcheted up amid signs Moscow’s war machine is weakening

Vladimir Putin is “peddling lies” about the strength of the Russian economy that must be refuted, finance ministers from eight EU member states have said, with growing signs of deterioration in the face of biting sanctions.

They say there are signs that the economy is being “sovietised” with many hallmarks of the former USSR including expropriation of private assets to fund public spending, a “total disregard to the social and economic wellbeing of the population” and reorientation of the economy towards its war in Ukraine.

“If Putin stays on this path, the long-term damage to the Russian economy will be significant,” they wrote in a joint article in the Guardian.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck russia. Harris 2024, bring the fucking pain.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Ah. A Russian unfortunate accident.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah the latest news I heard about the Russian economy was about falling out of a window. Sure sounds like things are looking up for them...

[–] gravitas_deficiency 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Only if they landed on their back after shooting themselves twice in the back of the head and falling from the balcony

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like someone saw the signs of impending doom and tried to stop it. But Putin loves impending doom.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah that post war economy is gonna be hell, and this has knock on effects for years since it limits the spending that can be used to modernize the military in the future. It's hard to see how this invasion will be remembered as a move that helped Russia long term.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans 16 points 1 month ago

You know what else limits spending? All those dead soldiers won’t be paying taxes, working, contributing anything to their country. Big brain decision making over there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If Putin get replaced and the war stops everyone in Russia will look back to the "good old days" when Russia was strong and could fight a war and have money. Then the cycle will repeat. It's just moving money from tomorrow to today, on the surface today looks like the economy is strong.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the economy is being “sovietised”

We don't need to import cars, we have cars at home...

The car at home:

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Russians today:

Is Lada! Is status symbol!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Ooohh it even has built in snow plow! Very practical for Russian winters. 😋
And extra wide tires, so all 61 HP have perfect grip. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The car they're most proud of is a discarded FIAT

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

But the tankies were telling me the Russian economy is booming! Losing a ~~war~~ 3 day special operation makes you mad cash gang!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)