Aliexpress again today: the ruble rate is 120. See, that's the *real* rate. The same item costs 771 rubles or $6.39 As opposed to the rate that exists in Russian Central Bank's imagination.
reports of children being abducted in Ukraine by russians... drone footage of a ukranian cyclist gun down in the street by russian tank.. hope the russian economy crashes so hard that the people finally feel suffering like innocent Ukrainian citizens.. All.empathy is lost when soldiers behave like animals.
Russia is about to reap multiple hundreds of billions of dollars in resource sales this year. The few sanctions of Russia cleptocrats are a tiny drop in the bucket and don't bring Russia to its knees. Germany seems to be fully dependent on Russian gas. China happily buys from Russia, so do many other states. And yes, agree, this guy seems to only want to see facts that agree with his rhetoric.
Not only the rate of the ruble is fake, almost everything in Russia is fake. When the ruble was at 120 a few weeks ago, in Crimea people had to give 150 ruble, which was the REAL rate. That was the reality. Ruble is only used by Russia or pro Russian countries. They manipulate the rate to the level that Putin wants. Like they manipulate everything to Putin's wishes (results of elections, war or not, etc...)
Most of these young soldiers come from very poor villages. These soldiers have no education, cannot find a job in these poor villages and then go to the army to have at least some money. I saw a video where a Russian soldiers was suprised when he saw an asphalted street. He never saw that before. In Boetsja even toilets were stolen and send to Russia. In the poor villages people have no toilets and have to go and sit outside. Watch the Russian economical superpower:
Nice sidebar story there too in that link. Toyota orders staff in Russia back to Japan amid Ukraine crisis Japanese carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., have ordered their employees based in Russia to return home to secure their safety amid the Ukraine crisis, they said Monday. Toyota is evacuating around 30 employees and their 20 family members. Nissan Motor Co., Subaru Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have also made similar arrangements. Toyota said its decision is "based on the advice of the Japanese government and the situation of local businesses." Toyota suspended operations at its plant in St. Petersburg last Friday due to supply chain disruptions. Meanwhile, Nissan said Monday it will temporarily halt production at its factory in the Russian city soon. A total of 347 Japanese companies were operating in Russia as of February, according to credit research company Teikoku Databank Ltd. Among them, 45 percent were carmakers and other manufacturers. Wholesalers, including trading houses, accounted for 25 percent while services and financial sectors made up 10 percent each, it said. Telecom company KDDI Corp. also said it plans to evacuate employees from Russia.