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[andythinkpad]

This is what happens in a one trick pony economy. They rely too much on fossil fuels.

American Illumati's conspiracy to crash Russia/Saudi/Venezuela in one fell swoop.

 

[TheRealTalker]

Chechnya is a tiny place. Russia should worry about Ukraine and Kazakhstan post Putin, not Chechnya

oh yes, indeed areas around the current Russia will have major changes as well but I was just wondering about areas that did not gain independence after the Soviet fall

Chechnya is also connected financially to Moscow due to funding

 

[mcz117chief]

Isn't this how World in Conflict started? Basically a starved out Soviet Union at the end of the 80s decides that it is "now or never" and launches a full scale attack on NATO. Not saying something like that will happen but when you push somebody to the brink he might do some crazy things that you wouldn't expect.

 

[call_kotaku]

If Putin really is hoarding 40+ billion dollars of assets in offshore accounts, I don't think he's just going to let the world burn if things in Russia go south.

Or I hope not, atleast.

 

[gabbo]

If Putin really is hoarding 40+ billion dollars of assets in offshore accounts, I don't think he's just going to let the world burn if things in Russia go south.

Or I hope not, atleast.

If if they did bottom out, who is going to go after him? He'd buy his way to safety

 

[cdyhybrid]

So Russia's going to pull more bullshit soon.

 

[TheRealTalker]

bumped it for this recent Russian GDP chart

their GDP is

Now smaller than Spain’s economy, per the IMF.

Imagine Spain trying to play a great power role on two continents at once, and you have a sense of Russia’s uphill climb.

of course there might be other means of pay that is not under the IMF magnifying glass *wink, wink

 

[Waaghals]

I'm not sure that running Russia's economy into the ground is a good long term idea....


(Not that I have better suggestions)

 

[thegoosen]

So time again for Mother Russia to expropriate minorities and oppositionists, force deport and use them as labor.

 

[Stinkles]

bumped it for this recent Russian GDP chart

their GDP is



of course there might be other means of pay that is not under the IMF magnifying glass *wink, wink

Yeah but their leader is really strong. 💪

 

[demosthenes]

bumped it for this recent Russian GDP chart

their GDP is



of course there might be other means of pay that is not under the IMF magnifying glass *wink, wink

Such great leadership.

 

[Funky Papa]

Imagine Spain trying to play a great power role on two continents at once, and you have a sense of Russia’s uphill climb.

Hey, we kind of did that back in the day, numbnuts.




😕

 

[TheRealTalker]

I have a feeling we might see something happen in Ukraine again or around that area next year

somewhere close to Russia since the whole Syria massacre is too costly and "Great" Putin would need another distraction

Hey, we kind of did that back in the day, numbnuts.




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lol

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Isn't this how World in Conflict started? Basically a starved out Soviet Union at the end of the 80s decides that it is "now or never" and launches a full scale attack on NATO. Not saying something like that will happen but when you push somebody to the brink he might do some crazy things that you wouldn't expect.

World in Conflict stole that plot line from Tom Clancy's much older novel Red Storm Rising.

 

[Tugatrix]

Hey, we kind of did that back in the day, numbnuts.




😕

being your smaller neighbor your rival, oh the good old days when the Iberians ruled half the world each

 

[Lubricus]

being your smaller neighbor your rival, oh the good old days when the Iberians ruled half the world each

My mother has a Portuguese water dog.

 

[dracula_x]

I'm not sure that running Russia's economy into the ground is a good long term idea....


(Not that I have better suggestions)

Maybe. But they're doing this by themselves.

 

[El Topo]

This recent development is not that surprising, given how immensely important oil and gas are for Russia. If we just look at the official numbers then they haven't been an economic world power for a while now.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Hey, we kind of did that back in the day, numbnuts.




😕

Yeah, but it didn't work very well, in the end. :/

 

[Nivash]

Yeah, but it didn't work very well, in the end. :/

Sure inspired a lot of pirate legends about lost Spanish galleons filled with gold dubloons though.

Not a total loss, is what I'm saying.

 

[dracula_x]

This recent development is not that surprising, given how immensely important oil and gas are for Russia. If we just look at the official numbers then they haven't been an economic world power for a while now.

yep, it's just "smoke and mirrors" now.

 

[TheRealTalker]

This recent development is not that surprising, given how immensely important oil and gas are for Russia. If we just look at the official numbers then they haven't been an economic world power for a while now.

indeed it is just a phony image that Russia is pushing

The thing is will the world call the bluff or still be a chicken and allow Russia to move from one country to the next. Will they be fooled and later side with Russia on certain things and make unions with it based of these illusions which in all honesty will help Russia gain power and jump start themselves away from being this phony image.

of course they have nukes though but then again tons of other countries have nukes too

Russia just has a ton of them. That is their trump card