I read a while ago car sales in Russia were down ~60% in March. I’m sure things will turn around in April, right @Tsing Tao ? Then again, maybe not.
Was it you that shared the story about the Russians having two lines in the front, one to fight the Ukrainians and one behind them to shoot the fleeing Russians on the front line?
Certainly looks like he is hiding a tremor. He might be on carbidopa for Parkinsons plus prednisone and who knows what else, aforementioned two are quite strongly immune surpressing depending on dose. He may well have multiple illnesses. It would explain the crazy long tables. I help transplant peeps often nowadays and for many, even full dose Moderna was like injecting saline, no reaction beyond a very slight injection ache as hardly any antibody immune system to react due to the drugs. Some cancer patients I know had similar. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy then.
One of the most hilarious things that Russians are doing is their "sanctions" against the West. Like - yesterday they sanctioned 61 Canadians, barring them from entering Russia. Pure theater. Funny, I haven't heard of one Canadian building a villa in Russia. While thousands of Russians who are now sanctioned own real estate in the West. It is also funny that Trudeau deigned to release a statement that these new Russian sanctions against Canada will not change Canada's policy. That's just hilarious.
If Putin did anything well it was to transform the Russian economy into an energy juggernaut and the lives of everyday Russians in Moscow improved. The further out you lived not so much. Of course all of that is down the shitter now but prior to a couple of months ago the Russians were actually doing pretty well.
New headline (I am not kidding) Российский IT-гигант «Яндекс» приостанавливает инвестиции в Россию Russian IT-giant "Yandex" is stopping its investments in Russia
Sergey Brin: ""Russia is Nigeria with snow. Do you really want a bunch of criminal cowboys controlling the world's energy supply?" and in another interview called it "an inherently gangster country".