FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump tells Putin to end Ukraine war or face more sanctionswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoPutin must be laughing in his chair. More sanctions?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWell they do work, it just not very fast.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoAs we’ve seen, they don’t work at all if countries like India and China are still willing to trade with them via backdoor channels.
minus-squareSyntha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoWhat we’ve seen is the exact opposite. The state is running huge deficits, burning through its war chest, and the economy is very hot right now.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIndeed so. But who’s loaning them money? Who’s buying their oil? It’s not no one.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWell burning through their savings, and printing money like Weimar means they do absolutely not sell enough oil. So they do sell but largely not enough. Even less is better ofc.
Putin must be laughing in his chair. More sanctions?
Well they do work, it just not very fast.
As we’ve seen, they don’t work at all if countries like India and China are still willing to trade with them via backdoor channels.
What we’ve seen is the exact opposite. The state is running huge deficits, burning through its war chest, and the economy is very hot right now.
Indeed so. But who’s loaning them money? Who’s buying their oil? It’s not no one.
Well burning through their savings, and printing money like Weimar means they do absolutely not sell enough oil. So they do sell but largely not enough.
Even less is better ofc.