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To: proxy_user
Russia is out of money - they don't have much choice except to print it.

As of January 2025, the Russian government owed $291.7 billion.

At the same time the United States government owed $36.1 trillion which is approximately 125 times more than the Russian government did at that time.

This is just one measure...

Russia has the largest amount of known valuable natural resources of any country in the world with other countries lined up to purchase them even with sanctions and heated rhetoric. They are not out of money and compared to our own country they have many alternatives to just printing more of it.

I understand that you want to believe that Russia is now on the ropes. It is just not the case. If Ukraine's funding from the US and other foreign sources ended tomorrow the “war” would be over almost immediately.

11 posted on 09/18/2025 10:55:47 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

Russia is an over-extended would-be empire with no meaningful advanced industries. As you say, it’s resource rich (as are other failing states like Nigeria) with limits in what they can sell overseas or to their neighbors.

Before the invasion, Russia sold $173 billion in goods to the EU. Last year it sold $48 billion.

In the same period, Russian exports to China jumped from $69 billion to $129 billion.

That is a net $65 billion reduction in exports.

For all our deficit issues, the dollar has climbed from 74 rubles to 83 despite falling against a broad basket of other currencies.


20 posted on 09/18/2025 12:50:24 PM PDT by Miami Rebel (Yep. I'd rather trThaust Smithfiekd and their Chinese overlords.)
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