Russian Economy General News: #12

This "experts" should stop counting some dubious exchange rate. The Dollar is close to being worthless after another 2 Trill. were printed.

lancelot wrote:Eventually the chickens will come home to roost and the US Dollar will devaluate a lot. Unless all the other nations also print a lot of money which might happen.
Most economies had shut downs because of COVID-19 and those states printed money to cover for any budget shortfalls. The US tripled down on that.
China got rid of COVID-19 before anyone else and I expect the value of their currency to go up significantly.
The ruble should be appreciating because the oil price has gone up in recent months. That it hasn't simply means that the economy hasn't adjusted to the dollar devaluation yet.

It is not so much the forex rate that matters (only for 3rd world countries), but the hyperinflation in the US itself when it loses its ability to
sterilize its Pancho Villa style monetary policy. The US dollar being a world reserve currency and propagandized as God's Own Currency (TM)
means that the US never has to worry about faking it into existence to "solve" all of its own problems. It gets other benefits from the
position of the US dollar as well.

Fitch upgrades Russia’s growth outlook, projecting economic activity surge

International ratings agency Fitch has improved its outlook for the growth of the Russian economy in 2021 from 3% to 3.3%. Higher oil prices helped to improve the forecast, it said.

“The second wave of Covid-19 negatively impacted economic activity at the beginning of the year,” the agency’s analysts said.

Fitch expects economic activity to rise in the country from the second half of 2021 due to a partial recovery of investments and the vaccination of citizens.

At the same time, the ratings agency kept its forecast for Russia’s GDP growth in 2022 unchanged at 2.7%, as it expects that next year will compensate for the economic downturn in 2020.

https://www.rt.com/business/518485-russia-economy-growth-fitch/

These forecasts are rubbish. They don't know what level of foreign debt pay down there will be and that directly affects
the GDP growth. If $64 billion is retired like in 2018 does this mean 0% growth or is the real growth 6.6%.

Lavrov: Russia, China Must Move Away From Using Dollar, Western-Controlled Payment Systems

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US sanctions risks need to be alleviated by switching to alternative currencies and moving away from using the dollar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"We need to reduce sanctions risks by strengthening our technological independence, by switching to payments in national currencies and in world currencies, alternative to the dollar. We need to move away from the use of Western-controlled international payment systems," Lavrov said in an interview with Chinese media, published by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"They are promoting their ideologised agenda aimed at maintaining their dominance by holding back the development of other countries. This policy runs counter to the objective trend and, as it was customary to say, is ‘on the wrong side of history.’ The historical process will still take its toll," Lavrov said.

Diplomacy is relations between people, it is the ability to listen to each other and hear each other and the ability to find a balance of interests. That’s exactly the values that the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China are promoting in diplomacy," Lavrov said.

He emphasized that ultimatums and expectations for a partner state to "accept mistakes" and agree to the presented terms are not diplomacy, but that’s exactly what western states engage in and, when met with resistance, they impose sanctions.

"This approach [sanctions instead of diplomacy] has, unfortunately, taken root in the US. It started with the administration of Barack Obama, continued for four years when Donald Trump was at the helm of the White House. Now we are seeing the same ‘instincts’ demonstrated by the new US administration," the minister explained.

"You hear how European business expresses dissatisfaction with the fact that it is incurring losses, and meanwhile its niche in the Russian market is being occupied by other countries that are guided by their national interests, the interests of developing their economy, supporting business, and not by the logic of punishing someone for something," Lavrov said.

"We must form the widest possible coalition of countries that will fundamentally oppose this illegal practice," the Russian Foreign Minister concluded.

China would be a perfect agent by which to divert financial transactions away from western controlled ones. It could "force" south
east Asia and other trading patterns to use non-SWIFT banking channels and to not use the dollar. It has the economic presence to
achieve such a change. Russia's foreign economic footprint is too small to do this.

This is probably one of the main reasons that the US is so worried about China and Russia working together. Russia gives China
energy and resource security. The North Sea Route is starting to open up free shipping routes that don't have pirate controlled
bottlenecks such as the Suez and Panama. By pirates I mean the yanquis. They yap about free trade and freedom of navigation.
But this yapping is to divert the sheeples' attention from the extortion racket they are running.

kvs wrote:China would be a perfect agent by which to divert financial transactions away from western controlled ones.   It could "force" south
east Asia and other trading patterns to use non-SWIFT banking channels and to not use the dollar.   It has the economic presence to
achieve such a change.   Russia's foreign economic footprint is too small to do this.

This is probably one of the main reasons that the US is so worried about China and Russia working together.   Russia gives China
energy and resource security.   The North Sea Route is starting to open up free shipping routes that don't have pirate controlled
bottlenecks such as the Suez and Panama.   By pirates I mean the yanquis.   They yap about free trade and freedom of navigation.
But this yapping is to divert the sheeples' attention from the extortion racket they are running.

The Digital RMB will represent a major challenge to SWIFT and that is why the US is panicking a little bit more than usual.

With Digital RMB, the US cannot control or know where payments are going or coming from.

China has done a very good job of testing it at home and in 2021, they started testing it internationally and after going internationally, it freaked out the US and that is why Bejing 2022 Olympics are being targeted with propaganda and calls for ro move to or cancel it.

Bejing 2022 Olympics is the target date for Digital RMB.

par far wrote:The Digital RMB will represent a major challenge to SWIFT and that is why the US is panicking a little bit more than usual.

With Digital RMB, the US cannot control or know where payments are going or coming from.

SWIFT is not american! The "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication" (SWIFT) is based in Belgium and under the jurisdiction of the EU. Under no circumstances ,except a full scale war, SWIFT will sanction Russia or China, because SWIFT is no political instrument. Okay...but to be true the EU is the puppy of Uncle Sam now.

But other systems beside SWIFT will be a win win for the whole world. Competition stimulates business!

Sounds good. Third one is a bit hard to understand. It you look at it in that coal only making polymers, then maybe. But Russian production of Polymers has drastically increased and is selling abroad. The market may get over saturated if they add in coal polymers. It may also become cheaper to produce though so there is that added benefit. The technologies already exist and it isn't as if Russia can't fast track it (see auto CNC's, LNG tech, etc - created within a year). But they also managed to bring back old technology to solve another problem in various areas - fuel. Coal slurry is still a thing and can be even cheaper as well as cleaner than regular fuel (depending on region of course). Small Russian companies are involved and their products are apparently in use in DNR/LNR - turning coal into petrol and such..

I imagine there are other products that coal can be used for but I'm not sure either.

MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. The World Bank has upgraded its outlook on Russia’s GDP growth in 2021 to 2.9% compared with its December forecast of 2.6%, and in 2022 - to 3.2% from 3% due to a lower than expected GDP contraction in 2020 and quick easing of COVID-19-related restrictions, according to a report.

The outlook is still largely exposed to uncertainty and risks of a decline, the World Bank noted though. Moreover, economic recovery depends on the efficiency of vaccines and the risk of new sanctions, it added.

According to the latest outlook by Russia’s Economic Development Ministry, GDP growth will equal 3.3% in 2021, and 3.4% in 2022.

The Bank of Russia expects a recovery growth of the country’s economy at 3-4% in 2021, a 2.5-3.5% growth in 2022, and 2-3% - in 2023.

miketheterrible wrote:Sounds good.  Third one is a bit hard to understand. It you look at it in that coal only making polymers, then maybe. But Russian production of Polymers has drastically increased and is selling abroad. The market may get over saturated if they add in coal polymers.  It may also become cheaper to produce though so there is that added benefit.  The technologies already exist and it isn't as if Russia can't fast track it (see auto CNC's, LNG tech, etc - created within a year).  But they also managed to bring back old technology to solve another problem in various areas - fuel.  Coal slurry is still a thing and can be even cheaper as well as cleaner than regular fuel (depending on region of course).  Small Russian companies are involved and their products are apparently in use in DNR/LNR - turning coal into petrol and such..

I imagine there are other products that coal can be used for but I'm not sure either.

Sounds good , but it is not good.  if Russia lived in a harmonious world or love and peace ,where the dominating world economic powers in the west respected Russia , then it will be great for sure. more money is always good.. isn't it ?

But we don't live in that fantasy tale world , even less Russia .  

imagine that you live on an island and a foreign power with a powerful navy ,put under siege your country from all sides , blocking you from trading with the outside world.. and your country have no way to stop them .Effectively under siege your economy , especially if your country economy depend heavily on exports .  So any news about your country that will now sell more coal ,and more plastic ,
and more wheat productions records, or more olympic medals , will not solve the long term big changer problem ,that your country is under siege and is blocked from the outside world , so long term speaking your country will die , if it doesn't product everything it needs inside , since is under siege by a foreign power.

What im trying to say ,is that until Russia defeat anglo western system , stop their power , fight it and defeat it , then nothing that Putin does at the nation level ,will be good enough.. raising salaries to people , breaking bananas farming records , winning more sport gold medals ,creating new disney like pretty expensive parks , being better at hockey or judo ,building more warships or hypersonic missiles , nothing of that will solve the problem , big big problem Russia face ,that is the anglo west controls the economy of the world ,and most of the developed nations too. and absolutely none, 0% of the new things Putin have been doing ,since he came to power 21 years ago ,will truly help Russia from its existential threat it is facing ,that is effectively a coup away in Germany , or a new major war with a neighbor incited by the west , away from collapsing completely its economy and facing civil unrest .

So all this "breaking news" in russia economy are only band aids to stop bleeding, to a patient with terminal cancer .

Until Russia develop a clear strategy to bring down the anglo system , Russia existential problems will not end ,its the opposite ,the problems will only increase , because Russia is not fighting back the
western system.   asking politely the world ,to stop using dollars shows how retarded is Putin , because as long the west have so incredibly influential and so popular business ,the world will continue using dollars and on top of that they control the trade rules too of the banking system.

Russia what they need to do ,is to fight back , to counter anything the west have ,that they use as soft power , to influence the world to follow them. Russia needs to create alternatives to the business of western world . Only china is fighting the western world ,and putin's is only sitting on his hands ,
hopping that "things solves on its own ",without them moving a finger.  How i know putin isdoing nothing to fight the west? because all the "progress" that he advertise are cosmetic progress but does not solve the issue ,that the world is dominated by people who are highly active ,in the destruction of russia.

the west can very easily , provoke a major war in ukraine or between transnistria and moldova,that will send the gdp of russia to the level of venezuela today . All they need is put the right people in power in ukraine and it will be done ,and russia will get and endless conflict there ,that it will never win. If half the civilian population in the country  hates russia. So russia could face the same scenario that US military faced in vietnam ,forcing a full scale invasion of Russia military in several fronts at same time , something that will totally sink Russia economy in no time.

Because i don't think ,a world war 3 with nukes ,is correct way to solve russia its problems .
Russia needs to destroy the western commercial world , completely disband it ,or at very least
challenge it ,with alternatives that are equally comparable.

Means Russia needs to modernize its economy ,following the example of China .
which is to directly compete with anglo western business ,with equal of better alternatives
in those high tech business that society more love , more enjoy and more spend their hard earned money.  

You know the term nuclear war .   but this is the wrong way for Russia to fight the west.
the best way is ..... INLUENCE WAR  this is how Russia needs to fight. by attracting the attention
,amazing western societies with things they will love to have.  

China is the only nation in the planet fighting the anglo western world , what lame Putin is doing
is only resisting their attacks , dodging bullets , but not fighting back. Russia needs to work together with china to speed up , an create an alternative high tech + space business world , to offer an alternative to the anglo world , that's how you encourage nations to stop using american dollars , by offering better alternative business.                              

China is creating an alternative to the swift system , but this alone is not enough ,so they creating amazing business ,to encourage nations to use their alternative digital yuan block chain payment system.

if i were in putin's shoes , i will privatize all russia gas station business to friendly nations or friendly russian billionaires that are patriotic , and start a major ambitious education revolution in russia ,completely free and mandatory and not only focus heavily in science and mathematics , but also in personal development and self empowerment of society ,this is the best way to promote patriotism
and stop the dangerous ideologies that are spreading like cancer in Russia , like islam ,and other destructive ideologies too ,as is feminism and extreme left ideologies or extreme right.

Russia should replace their dumb religion , like orthodox church is ,and replace it for modern era spiritual new era teachings . Common sense ,real life experience , what works in practice , should always rule over any religion or ideology or cult ,whenever there is a contradiction between both.

To save Russia and take it to a new level , Putin is not the leader , that could ever do that .
you need a president that is not backwards thinker , that don't live in the past . and instead
rebuild Russia in a brand new way ,someone with very big ambitious , that thinks in completely new
ways , and not the old ones.. ( lets farm more potatoes or sell more coal , to improve the economy a little more ,this is how putin think. )


i for example will have literary exported "Russia Federation" ,into south america , this will be worth of trying. and with that i don't mean a colonization of south america.  but reinvention of Russia , the spanish version of russia federation. so to create and economic ,military ,political , scientific alliance there. and move half of the nukes of russia to south america and half of their navies. but before Russia can do such a big crazy thing , they need to influence them , sell them ,the idea of a south america federation of Russia , if american have NATO ,then Russia can have its own alliance too.
but this alliance will be far more integrated and not merely military one ,but political ,cultural too,
and use christian values ,family values as their moral compass for the laws ,right and wrong.

Russia have a big problem for expanding ,in the asian continent ,because russia neighbors are very underdeveloped cultures ,that believe in 70 virgins , or marriage with children , and repress women rights. so this is why Russia need to expand in other continents ,where it have much bigger cultural compatibilities.

south america wants prosperity , they want freedom and independence , but they will never have that ever , because there is a super power ,that have locked them forever under their system ,
and is too powerful for them to fight , and the ones that try to fight the west , as cuba and venezuela did , ended very bad for them.. but all this things will change dramatically ,is russia literally integrated with them as one nation. with same army , latino-russian army ,same laws , same education system . something similar to the european union , but more integrated and call it
the russo-latin union .

And south american have the perfect weather ,the perfect geography , the perfect christian roots cultures ,for Russia to expand . and as a bonus , russian navies will be right at the door step of
their enemies , because once south america joins , mexico will do it too. since vast majority of latins are extremely annoyed of being disrespected and the interference on their sovereignty.
the relations between latin america with US are similar to the iraquis versus US military in their homeland.. they will like they to go ,but they don't have the power to kick them from their country.
neither they will like the economic sanctions if they are kicked . So US alliance with latin america are
artificial ones , this are "friendly relations "at gun point. but latin america accept to become like semi-colonies only because US business are good for their nation development and they don't see Russia yet as an alternative to US in term of modern business and development ,and china do have modern business but its culture is totally different to theirs . Democracy and freedom of expression is very important for them.

^ Total nonsense Van7.

China is carrying the US and specifically the US navy on its back. Its the US's biggest trade partner. Its China who is impeding the mutipolar world most by being in bed with the US and staying there.

It looks like Russia will have to do everything. If not , nobody else will.

Backman wrote:^ Total nonsense Van7.

China is carrying the US and specifically the US navy on its back. Its the US's biggest trade partner. Its China who is impeding the mutipolar world most by being in bed with the US and staying there.

It looks like Russia will have to do everything. If not , nobody else will.

not true..

China is moving away from the american world ..is promoting a new economic system.
that anglo powers no longer can monitor or control. and they are building business to counter
anglo west high tech industry and challenging them in space too. so not true.



china is even building a new world wide internet.

like i said , china is the only nation in the world ,that is fighting the anglozionist world.
what russia is doing is not fighting ,but standing still and surviving their attacks , dodging bullets,
Russia have zero initiatives , zero projects to counter the anglo western business world.
computers that russia build is only for government use , russia space program is just taxi to the iss,
putin's 20 years in power ,have offered no competition to the american most popular business world ,while china is offering competion in almost every one .

Remember what i said , there are two ways to fight an empire , one is with through pure force ,using your military to defeat them , another is with positive influence ,(soft power/business power) with doing things your enemies and or their society will admire and enjoy.

Look one example of the many that exist of china soft power in action , how is influensing the west.
this is just one example of many china have in similar or different business they have.

take a look of a video game ,that china is doing ,that have THE ENTIRE gaming industry in the
west impressed , not only gamers ,but top american and european game studios . while washington
dc is trying to isolate china , blame china for every death ,every hacker , every virus in the world ,
the entire gaming industry is praising China video game industry and promoting closer relations with them.  





innovative modern business that everyone love ,promote interest in your nation , interest in your culture too , interest in your society , promotes good relations , and at the same time all this innovative business that everyone likes , creates new culture too ,shape society way of thinking. so is a cycle , that the more influence over society ,your business have , the more modern your culture will become. So better be Russia the one that influence its society ,than the west to do that.

this is why Russia needs to detach from the past and look into the future ,try new business , new tactics ,that not only  will help russia influence the world , but also significantly boost their economy too .  

the world entertainment /digital media industry will be worth of 2.5 trillions of US dollars.. in the very near future.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/237749/value-of-the-global-entertainment-and-media-market/

Even the canadian and polish government ,so japan too ,invest heavily in digital entertainment industry . Russia economy is heavily outdated ,it needs to modernize and look to influence the western societies ,specially adults generation ,to influence them ,with business they will like.
The powers ,the societies ,Russia fails to influence ,will be forced to align against Russia by the west.
Video games promotes high tech electronics , advanced media storage , computers , advanced graphics , art , music , literature , promotes big jobs , medium jobs ,small business , movies are created ,based on games that are more popular , and most successful entertainment ,drive culture , create park attractions , and in the future will transform cities. this is how innovative business should be ,one that amaze society , and attract their attention.. this is how Russia needs to fight the west ,
with business that amaze the vast majority of western societies ,one way or another.

The way Putin's russia try to influence the west is with better weapons and politeness and meaningless sport medals. this only works with third world nations like turkey , who needs weapons ,
but to influence the west ,you need to compete with their business and do things that are better that what the west offer , whether is entertainment , or electronic hardware or more ambitious space program.

The west created the new powerful China by building factories and producing their stuff there on the cheap... the Chinese managers of those factories put on extra shifts and started producing more stuff and making lots and lots of money making stuff they didn't develop in factories they didn't build, but they were smart and they started building factories for western companies... it was cheaper for the western companies... but once they learned to make factories why would they need western companies any more?

They essentially made China the production centre of western goods and China has had enormous growth and development because of that.

The problem is that some think China will become worse than the US... not really sure how they could be worse... when was the last time China bombed some country for not cooperating.

The fact is that Chinas amazing growth is because of western investment to make them their sweat shop production centre and because China has been smart in using that investment to enhance its own wealth.

China has the enormous advantage over the US in that very rich people don't have huge influence over those in power... no election funds every 5-7 years to contribute to to get a say in things you should have no say it for instance.

Chinas amazing growth is simply because they had a lot of ground to make up, but now they are approaching modern levels it will be interesting to see what they do.

I fully expected Trump in a second term to force western international companies to leave China... I suspect he wanted them to move production to the US but they would more likely have shifted to India or Bangledesh... for the same reasons they went to China.

Ironically with an educated skilled workforce and low value of the ruble Russia would also be an attractive production venue if it was not subjected to western sanctions of course, but if you plan to sell to the rest of the world that wouldn't matter much anyway.

The point is that China will become a military and economic power... I don't think they will try to impose communism on any other country, and I don't expect them to try to rule the world the way the west does.

Russia cannot follow Chinas path of economics because they don't have the massive western investment in production to do so.

Russia needs to find its own way and find more economic partners around the world too... they have the enormous advantage that they don't have an ideology to push and could trade with anyone... including former enemies... as shown with trade with Turkey and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Iran and the west like Germany and the US, though the latter are working to block that... which is good for Russia.

Russia needs to learn to stop fighting the current when the destination is not worth reaching.

All the shit they are going through just to pipe cheap gas energy to the EU who imposes economic sanctions on them because the Crimea democratically voted to join Russia... wake up and let them pay LNG prices... they will still probably be buying from you and if they don't once it is on a ship you can sail it to dozens of different countries prepared to pay even more for that product... They should be the ones desperate to get this pipe laid and up and running... instead they are little to no help at all.

And then they complain about Navalny... Assange who...

The west has an amazing view of itself and thinks it is the centre of the universe... Russia needs to realise there are lots of countries out there who want honest open and fair trade and are sick of the bullshit they get from the west... the west are not just to Russia and China.... they are to everyone... it is just the way they are.

Does Russia care about sanctions?

According to influential Western media, the restrictions gave Russia the opportunity to become economically much stronger than before. - Vladimir Voloshin

Our country seems to have gotten used to the sanctions. Moreover, according to journalist Ruchir Sharma , who works for the Financial Times, the sanctions only strengthen the Russian economy. According to Sharma, Russia was forced to resort to conservation and isolation of the country's economic system. Last year, during a massive lockdown, the Russian Federation had one of the lowest levels of government debt of any developing country. Compared to previous years, Russia is now not as vulnerable to a crisis as a state.

The Financial Times notes that against the background of accusations of the Russian Federation of hacker attacks during the US presidential elections, as well as “using killers and other provocateurs abroad,” the sanctions enabled Russia to become economically much stronger than before. According to journalist Ruchir Shurma, the March package of sanctions will bring minimal harm to Russia due to the country's strengthened economy.

In addition, the journalist's article says that Russia is not as dependent on the oil market as it used to be. This is because the country keeps excess profits when prices rise, and wastes this profit when the same prices fall. Thus, the ruble is stabilizing, not fluctuating from price changes for hydrocarbons. In this, Russia is ahead of Norway and Canada, where the stability of the currency, depending on the price of hydrocarbons, leaves much to be desired.

In his article, Ruchir Sharma also compares Russia and China, mentioning import substitution. In fact, the Russian Federation protects its production from competition from abroad, which is reminiscent of the economic principles of the PRC. But, Sharma notes that such an economic strategy is more of a defense, not an offensive.

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin generally adheres to the same opinion. He believes that economic sanctions and claims to the country's policies are partly due to the fact that Russia is developing successfully. According to the official, the political standards of the States are far from Russian ones, which was shown by last year's presidential elections in the United States. Volodin also added that "any of our successes and victories will be blocked," but even in this case, Russia will only become stronger.

Indeed, as the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov recently noted , the sanctions against the Russian Federation "do not achieve their goal." For example, many officials said that the new restrictions on the part of Washington make no sense. America itself does not think so - the Americans expect that the first blow will fall on the Russian defense industry.

In many ways, it is for this reason that pressure on Russia will continue regardless of the political agenda. Thus, the press secretary of the White House Jen Psaki told the press that “we are talking about weeks, not months,” meaning the strengthening of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation. Today, the main charges lie in alleged cyberattacks by Russian hackers on the United States, as well as payments allegedly made by domestic intelligence services to Islamists in Afghanistan for the murder of the American military. In addition, they want to impose sanctions on all participants in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov , who is responsible in particular for the Russian defense complex, said that starting in September, the United States will begin to draw up a "strategic" list of strategic goods and technologies that are prohibited from being imported into Russia. This means that the United States, by its own decision, can restrict the supply of high-tech products to the Russian Federation.

American experts say that the Joe Biden administration will use absolutely all possible tools against Russia, aiming not only at the defense sector of the Russian economy. For example, the former coordinator of the State Department's sanctions policy, Daniel Fried, said that instead of a targeted sanctions attack on specific Russian oligarchs, the US authorities connected several departments at once - the State Department, the Treasury Department, and the Commerce Department. The first announced restrictions on the export of weapons, the second on certain financial bans, and the third on a stricter export control regime.

Dmitry Abzalov , President of the Center for Strategic Communications, answered Svobodnaya Pressa's questions about the sanctions applied against Russia .

"SP": - Do the sanctions from the West really strengthen Russia, not harm it?

- There are sanctions that harm, and there are sanctions that increase. There is no unequivocal position. The sanctions that were introduced against China, India, the European Union - to some extent, work to destroy the system. For example, they restrict access to high-tech industries, the technological component. On the other hand, there are some segments in which sanctions create competitiveness and force the development of production. For example, if there was no sanction, we would not have our own national payment system, and there would be no MIR card either. Payment systems would not operate internally. Then disconnecting from SWIFT would be a pressure tool. Most likely, for example, there would be no cheese making.

The same would apply to oil production equipment. Until 2014, the bulk of production was provided by foreign companies. And if then the whole complex of restrictive measures were introduced, and they were directly introduced, then we would be left with very big problems on the shelf. The same goes for the chip issue. It is the need for import substitution of the most vulnerable part of the Russian economy, electronics, that demanded the development of solutions such as "Baikal" and "Elbrus". Moreover, it is clear that the proportionality is about neither five nanometers, nor six - this is not Taiwan, but it is extremely important to ensure at least some kind of operability, at least for the military-industrial complex. Because modern weapons use an automated control system, it is clear that it is basically impossible to build all this without processors.

Shipbuilding, engine building ... If it had not been for the situation with Ukraine, we would still be purchasing the bulk of ship engines in large quantities. And any problems with foreign suppliers would lead to the fact that our government order was disrupted.

There are areas in which a serious blow has obviously occurred. That is, on the one hand, the sanctions caused toxicity, even the threat of imposing the sanctions themselves. On the other hand, a number of industries, in which they made their own production, created their own market. And in any case, the taxation in this segment is much higher than in the case of imports. Moreover, the currency factor is problematic for a number of economies, and if food was supplied in the same volumes as before 2014, then the rise in the dollar exchange rate could lead to very serious problems associated with food inflation. That is, an increase in its production in the ruble, including agriculture, reduced shock risks and shock waves from the growth of the exchange rate. What this can lead to - we can understand from Egypt, in which it actually led to a revolution,in the countries of the Middle East, where the problem with the import of grain crops is extremely painful. Therefore, answering your question, there are areas in which the sanctions component has created certain opportunities, there are areas in which it has absolutely inflicted damage.

"SP": - What other restrictions from the US should be expected?

- There are several options, but the timings are as follows - from June 2, they introduce sanctions. So far, they are only personal, not related to sectors. From the dangerous in the near future, these are sanctions for, according to the Americans, hacking of companies. For this, there may be the most severe sanctions at the sectoral level. There were rumors that these could be sanctions against the Russian state debt, new placements, sanctions against Russian state banks, but so far this, as it were, has not been traced. Because there are residents in the bonds of old issues, and it is clear that by hitting new issues, you will touch the old ones in terms of their value. The same goes for issues related to financial institutions, so these are the most unlikely, but painful procedures that are possible.

Also, Nord Stream 2, the American position on this issue is not fully understood. On the one hand, they are trying to enlist the support of Germany, while Germany is vehemently opposed to Nord Stream 2. According to the scheme adopted now by the United States, they need to impose sanctions, the next report will be in two or three weeks. It is clear that the American colleagues want to introduce certain restrictions by the end of the summer. There will be elections in Germany in the fall, and the project will be completed by the fall. And if it is introduced, then whoever comes to power in Germany, and it may be the "Greens" who oppose this process, the project will still be created and will work. From this point of view, it is more profitable for the Americans to delay the project as long as possible, while interpreting it so as not to quarrel with Germany,counting on a change in the political course of the largest economy of the European Union after the parliamentary elections.

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where was this picture taken ?




it was not the west , but Siberia Russia.

Russians re-created the space ship of an american star war movie , and also their clothin
and gear too. The west is using their innovative modern business , in entertainment ,to influence the world including Russians ,away of their own nation obsolete culture. This is how you create pro west
thinkers . Most of the russian bloggers ,  who have videos in youtube ,that i have seen considers
their country culture outdated , and praise the western one.

This is the problem with putin and his outdated development of Russia .
he looks backwards to the past and stay there , have nothing to promote of his nation from the present , unless is stupid hockey and judo or hypesonic missiles. As long putin believe ,he can influence the west with politeness bullshit , and sport medals , Russia will continue bleeding to death , until they manage to break it , from the inside ,just like they did to ukraine .

more interesting info..

how the americans government and its elite media , pentagon military ,are scared to death , of the idea of china (and russia) to develop leadership in the semiconductor industry . you can see the panic of the west ,of this kind of high tech business.. what the west knows ,that scare them so much
at the idea of china (an russia) surpassing US domination in the semiconductor industry ?
this is why now the pentagon is demanding taiwain to relocate their manufacturing plants in america ,for fear that china could influence taiwan one day to drop relations with US and disobey their sanctions. This is how you defeat US today , without their business leadership in high tech industry , they will lose most of their nation influence in the world , and this semiconductor business is extremely key factor in the american economy.. from entertainment industry ,to health industry ,to software industry ,to military industry almost the entire American economy and its modern economy and culture depends significantly on having the lead in the world in semiconductors. without the invention of the computer the internet will not exist today. this are inventions ,that totally game changing one ,that totally create changes in the entire planet , and can increase the performance ,productivity and security of nations. why the hell putin did not took seriously this industry and allowed the west to totally dominate for more than 20 years ,without offering any alternative ,is one of the most disastrous mistakes of putin on his political career. China is awake and understand this very well , that it can defeat the western influence over the world and even break the western economy ,collapsing its dollars ,by just developing leadership in high tech industry.

wall street journal and other media crap in their pants report , about how AMD helped china
to speed up its semiconductor industry.

What is going to kill Russia is idiots like you that praise the pro west morons and ignore Russia.

Fortunately it does not matter because the west has already rejected Russia so its integration is not really possible even if they want it.