Quote from: paxmao on Today at 11:12:45 PM

Quote from: DaRude on Today at 09:48:54 PM

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Quote from: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/russia-s-budget-is-getting-twice-as-much-oil-money-as-a-year-ago

Russia’s Budget Is Getting Twice as Much Oil Money as a Year Ago
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Yes, Ukraine may now be able to fix that along next year with "weapons that do not work" and "are not useful", "do not change anything", etc... But, and this is the big but, it cannot be before the US elections. People do not vote for leaders that make their life more expensive. Elections are in November. I am sure you can figure out along with your trolls in the farm when the veto is no longer.

BTW funny how the same source may say two different things time with just 8 days of difference.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-14/russia-s-oil-exports-fall-to-their-lowest-level-in-two-months

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Russia’s Seaborne Crude Exports Plunge to a Two-Month Low

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russias-Oil-Exports-Plunged-to-a-5-Month-Low-in-April.html

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Russia’s Oil Exports Plunged to a 5-Month Low in April

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/russian-oil-revenue-hit-as-exports-drop-to-5-month-low-iea-says

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Russian Oil Revenue Hit as Exports Drop to 5-Month Low, IEA Says

Quote from: Branko on Today at 07:28:46 PM

Ukraine is a tragedy in itself, but it is also a proxy.

Once again, accusing the other player on the table to be better at cheating? Who made Ukraine a proxy? Who took Crimea in 2014 and the f**k did Ruzzia think was going to happen after? Well... what ever Putin thought, he got it wrong.

Quote from: Branko on Today at 07:28:46 PM

meanwhile, support of Ukraine war costs Italy its crown jewels:

https://www.barrons.com/news/buried-in-massive-debt-italy-puts-crown-jewels-up-for-sale-9d7ff176

UK doesn't fare better, it seems

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11454513/Tesco-puts-security-tags-four-pint-cartons-milk-cost-living-crisis-drives-shoplifting.html

Keep that money pouring into corrupt Ukraine

Is this the humour pages?

If so, I got a better joke... how does a Ruzzian soldier surrender? By asking the drone for mercy:

https://t.me/officer_alex33/2831

Will Ukraine survive till November? How many more soldiers do you think it'll cost Ukraine to play in US politics?

It gets even funnier if you read the whole thing

Quote from: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-14/russia-s-oil-exports-fall-to-their-lowest-level-in-two-months

Shipments from the Baltic terminals, which were in line with a partial loading program for May seen by Bloomberg, may reflect deeper output cuts
promised by Moscow to its partners in the OPEC+ group of oil producers.
Weekly shipments were about 270,000 barrels a day below a target for this month that’s part of the OPEC+ alliance’s broader effort to curb supplies and support prices. The four-week average was about 10,000 barrels a day below target.
The Kremlin also agreed to make deeper cuts to oil production, trimming volumes to about 9.1 million barrels a day from April. Output was cut by about 150,000 barrels a day last month, according to figures published by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Moscow still missed its goal though, pumping about 319,000 barrels a day more than agreed, according to Bloomberg calculations based on official Russian data.

It's almost as if Moscow is punishing Biden, and Ukraine is helping them