Sorry that your sensibilities were hurt by a different opinion and conviction. Don't let it eat you up.
But this thread is not about US at all, is anyone here supporting Gitmo or US's human rights record? Why bring it up at all while pretending that Russia didn't completely fucked up their botched invasion. You posted a chart about the exchange rate as if anyone can actually trade at that price. The market simply doesn't exist, you are welcome to prove otherwise by placing a trade.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...t-Misses-Output-Targets-After-Exxon-Exit.html Russian Oil And Gas Project Misses Output Targets After Exxon Exit By Josh Owens - Feb 28, 2023, 11:30 AM CST Russian oil and gas output at the Sakhalin-1 project in the Far East is only half of what it was projected to be for 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off a series of Western sanctions that led to the departure of ExxonMobil. In a televised meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sakhalin governor Valery Limarenko said production was less than 50% of that planned, Reuters reported. "First, in May, oil production was practically stopped, and in September, it was gas production. We lost a large amount, more than half, of the annual plan," Limarenko was quoted as saying. September last year saw oil production of around 84,000 barrels per day, which is less than half the figure projected. The governor further clarified that the regional budget would lose an estimated $664 million due to the lower production levels, noting that two-thirds of the regional budget comes from oil and gas taxes. “We will somehow get out, but this problem really exists," Limarenko told Putin, as reported by Reuters. The televised lamentation was likely intended to draw further attention to Moscow’s attempts to leverage political capital related to Exxon’s withdrawal from the project. Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office is attempting to wrangle some $220 million in unpaid taxes from Exxon. In April 2022, Exxon declared force majeure on the Sakhalin-1 project due to Western sanctions against Moscow. Before the war in Ukraine, the project exported some 273,000 barrels daily of Sokol crude, with the main destination for the shipments being South Korea. Sakhalin-1 crude was also shipped to Japan, Australia, Thailand, and the United States.In early January this year, Russia claimed that it had ramped up production at Sakhalin-1, expecting the field to start pumping 220,000 bpd soon, up from 150,000 bpd at the time. By Josh Owens for Oilprice.com
Your point? That life in Russia is not as enjoyable as life in the US or Canada? I can probably wholeheartedly agree with you on this. But the tirades and meltdowns of everyone who disagrees on opinions here in the west are equally concerning if they were not so fun to watch. Look at the woke meltdown surrounding Dilbert. Nobody on the left even dares to go into detail on the Rasmussen poll. You know that one and only polling organization that correctly predicted the 2020 election.
It's the exact exchange rate that India and China and dozens of countries pay every day to purchase their gas and oil and arms from Russia. My point is that none of the 340 million Americans and tax payers have been asked whether they would like to pour another 120 billion usd into Ukraine and to enter into yet another war, just so that the 1% who run American arms manufacturing can enrich themselves further. And 120 billion are just the start.
Unfortunately, you don't seem to be aware that well over 95% of polling organizations correctly predicted the 2020 U.S. Presidential election results in regards to the winner. The only polls to incorrectly predict the 2020 results appear to be Suffolk, Emerson, and Rasmussen. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/e...neral_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html#polls
Lies. Your liberal tabloid paper even contradicts you https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...2020-election-polls-were-most-least-accurate/