Last years we saw Russia creative in cutting costs, finding new income or keep official inflation lower than expected. A lot of this creativity was for short term nicer numbers but actually undermine budget already 6 months later. No long term scope.
With the burning fuel trains I wonder if there is also a separate ‘unloading’ statistic. I’m also interested if burning refineries will have an impact on oil/fuel by train. Less produced but logistical more refinery to customer not feasible with existing pipelines.
My mother bought me some more old cookbooks. One of them happened to have both varieties of bourbon balls. I have never seen anyone make or serve the bottom version. I’ve basically made the top version (but I just dipped mine in melted semisweet chocolate or dark chocolate)
With bad harvest, 4 day work weeks, refineries problems , sanctions and more disruption in transport (flight, trains, checks) I wonder if October’s YTD will be above September 2024.
I always immagine the mortgage conversation with the bank. “Yes, for the face value of your mortgage of 100K at the advertised interest rate we are keen to provide you 72K
Is she in the rest of the interview also addressing the fuel problem with the same mindset? The shortage of fuel and high prices can be avoided by going back to the transportation solutions that worked in the time of Peter I!
President Zelenskyy was woken this morning to learn of the latest tragedies in his country. Ukraine's leader posted this at 06:24, carefully crafted he and his team must have worked for a long time getting the wording right.
“for a war that almost is going on for 4 years” What about 2014 and following?
0.13 trillion ruble in a day. We have about 130 days to go this year. PS: I know it doesn’t work that way
As soon as it meats the regulations about security… even with 100% tariffs concepts like that becomes an option when you mainly do local trajects. Rentals 10 times a year for the long road.
About guarantees, 🇺🇦 gave up it’s nuclear arms under pressure and with becoming security guarantees from Russia, UK and the US. Think about how they now ideally want those guarantees. If it was me, only boots on the ground would count.
Locations of available storage, pipelines and customers are of importance. When more trains needed that increases importance of rail capacity and any delays by malfunctions.
Together they become worse, not only the drop in refined output. Specialists and components over demanded and less available for normal maintenance. Where does the crude oil goes now when export also an issue. Logistics network to customer may now need extra trains.
Every time I read about Trump pushing for that, I think about this meme:
Media in Ukraine have "remembered" these words from Kamala Harris just months ago.
As a teenager I went to work with my father. Once an elevator technician needed to lower it with me under in the shaft so I could remove a part of the floor. Woonden floor so ancient piece. Even then it was not according to safety standards. A bit scary
You forgot that even when planes are on time you they are also on the list to avoid.
January 2025 already passed
Building a bypass or a pontoontitution?
In second order my hope for 🇷🇺 population to get new start is also in a possible financially crisis
An interesting moment in 🇷🇺 financial history. I admit looking out for the moment 🇷🇺 finances finally will force the end on 🇺🇦 civilians suffering.
Once more Prune is right on top of the interesting evolutions.
Snow and dust collecting design and where does that beam touch the ground?
That’s one reason why there should be more biodegradable toothbrushes
Dogs really know what person they are dealing with.
More Cuban doctors
I saw a decline in being airsoft vest/helmets mentioned as being used whit the rise of drones used on individuals.
I say those numbers are not a good comparison for any country to compare without pulling a lot of other things. Freedom, culture, corruption,.. are indeed additions to the list I made earlier
I’m speaking in general for all countries so any variation makes a difference. Even in same country just housing cost makes a huge difference.
GDP difference is high. The real difference is more complex. Cost of housing, healthcare, insurance, education, groceries… also make part of the more objective comparison. Just the median income and housing cost in the same country differs a lot per region
Now Trump does a spontaneous tweet or says something and all on his side must improvise on how to explain it as was a general topic of a well known party manifesto.
For US a sign is that congres/senate politicians say the president is elected with majority and delivering on that. Not mentioning they also are elected and president is bypassing the responsibility they are elected for. There should be debate within party or public, private if difficult.
This is not exclusieve to a specific country. It is a sign that of a politician that finds his cause more important than the people his/her function represents and he/she has managed enough power to suppress or deny valid concerns.
Isn’t bad news normally kept to July so SPIEF can still paint a rosy picture of Russia as an economic powerhouse?
Could this balance the budget if they fine outgoing Ddos attacks?
I my head: Do they expect a bad watermelon harvest and need distraction?
‼️ Russian Railways May 2025 Loading Update Thread Things got worse…
July: After St-Petersburg economic forum more bad news finally can be released. A year after moving to 21%. Oil an Ruble evolution. Are there enough donkeys for the frontline?
The Heist! The shortest summary of this presidency. And to all rep congres and senate politicians that state DT is delivering where he is elected for: he is denying the task you where elected for.
July in Russia will be interesting - after St-Petersburg economic forum so bad economic news may surface - a year after move to 21% - what is potato price doing and how is the outlook on other harvests Link to top of post bsky.app/profile/prun... It will get worse!
From your posts I remember taxes had to be paid in April. I guess that won’t help other payments. Looking forward for that monthly update.
Brings memories to Brexit twitter freeking out when the EU negotiation did his press briefing in French…. When al his previous in UK where in English. Oh, how disrespecting to the guest country.
All that small degrading pieces end up in animals stomachs.
Yes
Those vans that looks like a bread bsky.app/profile/andr...
Creating a common enemy or even war always is a good distraction for bringing people together when there are few positive arguments
On the minerals agreement, it's interesting to note that the signed document is only 12 pages long. The original document was 90 pages long and as Ukr Pravda reported first, many political nuances have not yet been documented, or signed. Many details here (translation)
Veteran, so you had to be a soldier.
So Europe take the cost/burdon of the security. Us gets control over nuclear plant, dam, rare earths and economic coporation with UA and Russia. Oh, was it not US that blames Europe was still using Russian gas and oil?
They are looking for someone that fits in their political show.
So Sberbank buys gov bonds for less than face value and gets 21% intrest on them. The money comes from clients who only get 20%
When US enemies praise the work of their asset
The health argument could be geniun. ⬇️ It does not men potatoes could not become a problem for the Vodka production. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Seems the US government reporting gets as reliable as the Russian. Sadly the first thing that my mind could generate.
Is there a 1M $ price to win for who can find the logic the countries are order in that list? My chance on that bonus: reflects the rational and organised way this government acts.
For trade that is the easy part, a lot of countries that can be grouped because they have same rules.
Friendly reminder of all Us citizens that decent from immigrants to check in which circumstances their ancestors came to 🇺🇸 and what was the implication on the legal population at that time.
‼️ Russia: “Almost 400 Russians died at the hands of "SMO veterans" who returned from the front”” Imagine what happens when they all come home. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/24/p...
Map updated (highlighted in yellow) First time that Tuapse refinery is struck in year 2025
Between boys the amount of toy vehicles is a sign of status!
That seems to have an extra rusification layer to help suppression of regional languages in the federation.
Some drones against a few consecutive poles and vehicles are caught in a fish net. Happy cutting!
It looks like they are playing a pyramid scheme on themselves
You mentioned liquid in 2nd post. Participations can earn money or can be sold… if they are healthy and don’t need the power of the participation. Now the bank participations helps to let them work as they need (loans to war industry, bonds..)
It makes you wonder… what the fuck did Ukraine have to do with any of this? (Answer: Oligarchs like Putin and his model of “government,” which they believe they can control.)
There are several bank participations in the illiquid part of the NWF, like also the railway company. So that part seems also not keeping value. Ps: the liquid part can shrink when new participations are take with it. That is a flaw when only view that in a graph.
Inflation makes this increase less impressive.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/r...
I remember the 2025 plans: investment cuts but not in the High Speed M-SP line.
I wanted to mention it too. A busy bee like her must check if we are paying attention.
Now you informed them they certainly will.
Russian Business News 27/Jan/2025 With the Russian government announcing more issues of debt coming this year the prices at which existing issues maturing 2031-2041 lost 1-3,6% in their value in trading compared to their prices in December 2024. www.kommersant.ru/doc/7460163
Trump a 3th time president when this time he is already to old.
With the high intrest rate and old bonds that come to their end they might raise not enough to just keep that system alive.
That was one area where that amount on the side of the bus was used for.
‼️ 🇷🇺 NWF Update As of January 2025: The liquid portion of the Russian National Welfare Fund holds: 👉 164.044 Billion Yuan (-55.488 billion) 👉 187.749 of gold (-91.8135 tons) 👉 1.631 Billion Rubles (+0.201 billion) And that’s it. (Totals for December) It shrunk (again)
Can I rephrase that as Russian Orthodox Church saying UA is helping to fight the decadent 🇷🇺?
‼️ Thread: This document came out from the Free Russia Foundation: “More Uncertainty Follows as the Central Bank Yields to Pressure The Russian Economy and Sanctions Brief - January 2025” And I have notes, so let’s discuss. thinktank.4freerussia.org/wp-content/u...
People losing weight because of food shortage. Dramatic lower oil or other export. People fleeing country. What level do you call functioning? Sources Statista and Wikipedia
From January 2023: “I have a simple proposal: first of all, no more maps where Russia’s regions are marked in different colors. My friends, in doing so, you’re planting a thought that all of it could someday fall apart” ~ Sergey Mikheyev They were already very worried
The Russian National Welfare Fund consists has a lot of shares in important companies. This ⬇️ shows it might be more of a risk collector.
Travelling on top of train and someone was sitting on the place I reserved
That is late to compensate for inflation or Russia is expecting high inflation for next 2 years. I think both.
Seems an average much lower than I remember the reported numbers. 7 day sum on 8 days?
1K ruble isn’t that more like ~$10
Oh, where in the family is my chainsaw? I want to make soup!
I’m getting hungry looking at it. Recipe: add to much …, cut to much … to small..
From now on the gas transportation infrastructure becomes a target.
A speed camera?
Probably a speed camera
Interesting to have an idea what other countries have similar size of water supply and sewer networks.
A fruit beer like this might match lindemansshop.com/en/products/...
LOL ‘The mechanics of a dress’
I have problems with all Russian data both from Russia and open source. Russia declared several Ukrainian Oblasts as part of Russia, large parts never been under Russian control. What does Russia include in size of population, GDP, export… Same for foreign official and open source statistics.
As a royal observer of accidents.
I mean to remember articles about the systematic violence and extortion of new conscripts and lower ranked soldiers in the RUAF. Why would the Military School be an exception? The real news maybe is that this case is investigated.
"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”
Social cards for food in Kaliningrad in 2025. This when government is reducing expenses except for the war. How bad must it be? riamo.ru/news/obsches...
The credit rating of Russian banks becomes much more important now. The Russian credit ratings are not vulnerable to corruption.
