Of course they do, just look at Kashirin. I guess for most Russians it's more vodka than popcorn though.
why do I argue with a teen who registered 10 days ago and who probably can't find Russia on map? OMG, can't delete my post replying him what an embarassment for me, should stop arguing with children
The following statistics was published by an EU organization in 2019 https://ecfr.eu/article/commentary_seven_days_to_save_the_european_union/ Just guess how much the numbers currently might be...
You aren't arguing, you are just repeating cheap Putin propaganda, mixed in with some dreams of world domination or any relevance at all. Russia is about to fully vanish from every economic world map. There is nothing at all pointing into any other direction. Economically speaking, about energy, Europe is making progress. It will take some time to drop Russia completely, but you can cry all you want, Europe is not coming back to Russian gas and oil for many years to come. It would be good for Russia if it would just accept reality and plan accordingly. But I doubt it's even possible to plan for that. The Russian economy is about to implode. Actually it imploded already, Putin is just good at hiding it, have to give him some credit for that. Maybe yes, maybe not. I'm a trader and not a politician or a meme kid. I'll care about it when it happens, but I don't see this happening anytime soon. Everyone saw and still sees the train wreck of a Brexit and nobody wants to be the next UK. Right now I would consider the USA to be closer to another civil war, than Europe to break apart. But I don't think either is very likely. But that's just me.
Every time I hear stupid stuff like this, it never happens. I was around to see the Berlin wall, so trust me, I get used to waiting very long times when oracles tell me crap like this is imminent.
I predict: the Russian economy will be one of the best economies in 2023. B/c then it will have overcomed (solved) the current problems caused by sanctions etc., and new (replacement) business relations established with Asian countries, mainly China. Bye bye EU a$$es! Never again any project cooperation with you unreliable EU idiots! EU needs Russia (gas, coal, many other raw materials, incl. agro), but Russia does not need EU...
We'll see about that in 2023. Russia's economy is doing so great, I'm absolutely convinced Putin will even allow companies to actually publish their fantastic income statements again any minute now. One thing is for sure, though. Russians dream of world dominance. The world can not let Russia build up their military again, or they would continue to invade other countries in a heartbeat. So there is no lifting of sanctions for a very, very long time.
the mid term macro game will be over soon. alt supplies of nat gas are being acquired for next spring latest. I'm shorting ngas large long term.