Quote from: niothor on April 06, 2014, 12:23:05 PM

Quote from: Nemo1024 on April 06, 2014, 12:20:18 PM

Quote from: minime on April 06, 2014, 11:53:10 AM

what if prices for eu also rise by 30-80%?? than things would get interessting...

That would entirely depend on the extent of the sanctioned imposed on Russia. The harder Russia feels hit, the harder it'll need to compensate for the loss in other income.

As Merkel talks about "more sanctions", I read some funny comments on Russian forums by Russians along the lines of "would you impose those sanctions already? We are tired of the talking."

The problem with this economic war is that if it will ever start for real , no matter who wins nor Merkel nor Putin will be affected.
It will be us the average citizen that will get ....in our gas hole.

The sentiment in Russia at the moment, is that sanctions might be good for Russia as a wake-up call to the internal producing economy, which has seen some neglect as of late.

Otherwise, I completely agree with your statement.