Russia has as many as 5 million homeless 
https://euromaidanpress.com/2017/07/08/russia-has-as-many-as-5-million-homeless-not-the-64000-rosstat-reports-euromaidan-press/
Posted on 05/04/2026 9:02:47 AM PDT by delta7
Asian economies are dramatically increasing imports of discounted Russian crude amid global supply disruptions. A temporary U.S. sanctions waiver is enabling more Russian oil to flow into global markets. The shift risks boosting Moscow’s war revenues while exposing the limits of Western energy sanctions. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several major world powers introduced strict sanctions on trade with Moscow. .. However, some countries, such as India and China, have used these sanctions as an excuse to buy discounted crude and gas from Russia, in a bid to reduce costs and boost energy security. Imports of Russian crude to China and India have increased significantly since 2022. In 2024, China bought a record of more than 100 million tonnes of Russian oil, which contributed nearly 20 percent of its energy imports. Meanwhile, India spent an estimated $140 billion on Russian energy imports. Over the last year, both Asian countries deepened their ties with Moscow following the imposition of high tariffs on imports by the United States. Although several countries have decreased their dependence on Russian energy since the invasion of Ukraine, shifting dependence to alternative energy sources, some have been forced to turn back to Russia in the wake of the “largest oil disruption in history”. Even the United States, the main advocate for the imposition of strict sanctions on Russian energy, appears to have changed its tune in recent weeks.....
(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...
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Russia has as many as 5 million homeless
https://euromaidanpress.com/2017/07/08/russia-has-as-many-as-5-million-homeless-not-the-64000-rosstat-reports-euromaidan-press/
LOL, gas station with nuclear weapons. Okay
Manufacturing creates more value than selling raw materials like Russia or Africa.
Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory
As autos and heavy manufacturing falter, Berlin is steering factories, workers and capital toward rearming Europe
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germany-is-reinventing-itself-as-a-weapons-factory-990ad18d
“Pretty easy to see where this ends....”
As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of Putin’s war on Ukraine. ‘We can’t even take one region’
https://fortune.com/2026/05/03/russia-economic-despair-vladimir-putin-approval-rating-ukraine-war/
Shame on you. You triggered the UkTard bat signal.😃
Military Summary Channel Facts on the ground
RU v UK
U.S. v Iran
I would suggest an emotional support animal.
On second thought I would feel terrible subjecting the poor creature to the company of such a LOON.🤪
Oil is everything.
Is that a picture of California or Russia?
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