Posted on 01/23/2015 9:11:11 AM PST by C19fan
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin and said that Russians are ready to sacrifice their wealth in Putin's support.
Russia has for the past year been sliding into recession amid a slump in its energy export prices as well as Western sanctions against Moscow's role in the conflict in Ukraine that has claimed more than 5,000 lives. Questions have been raised in Russia and abroad whether the price that ordinary Russians are having to pay for the annexation of Crimea is too high.
Shuvalov, who is believed to be one of the richest men in the government, said that what he considers the West's attempts to oust Putin will only unite the nation further.
"When a Russian feels any foreign pressure, he will never give up his leader," Shuvalov said. "Never. We will survive any hardship in the country — eat less food, use less electricity."
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You must sacrifice for the motherland!
2 meals a day for mother Russia!
Tighten your belts, build a tank!
Will they eat less *for* Vlad or will they eat less *because* of him?
Yup, who needs peace when you can invade your former colonies for fun?
The Baltics and others should be very worried
>> 2 meals a day for mother Russia!
I will eat NOTHING for Mother Russia sake! But no cut Vodka ration, da?
Putin has thought about that. A month ago he passed a law that forbids rising vodka prices.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/russia-crisis-putin-vodka-idINKBN0K210120141224
Big deal! Liberals will eat (bleep) for Obama.
eat less and less...
I have a pen pal, a nursing student, through the fashion site Polyvore, who lives in Moscow. She tells me that she can no longer afford to replace clothes that have worn out. She gave the last money she had at that time to a charity event for patients at the hospital.
However, she asks me about our country killing blacks in the streets and my opinion of the killings in France. She says that in Russia, it is an offence to make caricatures of saints, and is baffling to her that this being okay is a component of democracy.
lol
Maybe we should start calling Putin Ma Da
Of course if they eat less there’ll be less pootin!............
As Russians become more desperate, it will be easier for Putin to rally them against an external enemy.
It looks like the times before WW1; the world appears ripe for a major conflict between the global powers.
Unfortunately, we have a Jihadist in chief that is under orders (allah, Saudis, trans-humanists) provoke the bear and then stand down like a Vichy Frenchman-Marshal Petain.
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