Putin prepares to tax Russia’s rich as war chest runs dry

Telegraph UK Yahoo News ^ | 9/19/2025 | Hans van Leeuwen

[Hyman Roth]

Putin learned well from RINOS and Democrats.

[desertsolitaire]

Perhaps we will gain some insight into if the oligarchs run Putin or Putin runs them, no? But I think he is an oligarch there too so there’s that. Maybe Russia is seeing a drop in oil/gas income as war expenses slog onward. Geopolitics aside, I would like to see young men stop dying in this thing that didn’t have to happen and shouldn’t have.

[Brian Griffin]

From my suggested negotiating framework [as posted quite a number of weeks ago]:

Step 1, Terms Written Up: Days 1-14

The Russians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.

The Ukrainians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.

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In Putin’s dream world, every Russian demand would be incorporated in the final deal, which would be made public.

There’s no legitimate reason for secrecy.

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Once all the demands of both sides are known, our State Department could write up a proposal that Putin might accept, which could be offered up to Putin if Ukraine agrees. If Ukraine doesn’t want to work with the US via such a proposal or a reasonable modification thereof, Zelensky can be told to sell war bonds.

[wardamneagle]

Nows the time to cut the oil Trump

[desertsolitaire]

It had a dramatic effect when we did it to the Japanese 85 some years ago.

[wardamneagle]

It had a dramatic effect when we did it to the Japanese 85 some years ago.

At the least it would get that bone head to the table.

[Navy Patriot]

Putin prepares to tax Russia’s rich as war chest runs dry

In other news, the US has changed tax policy very recently, and is the largest unsecured debtor that the world has ever seen.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Good morning, MoneyHoney,

Nice to have some news of nations seeking more revenues. To flesh out the picture:

‘Zucman tax’: Push to tax the super-rich could make or break France’s next government France 24, 13 September 2025

Business and wealthy bear brunt of £40bn tax increases in UK Budget Financial Times, 30 October 2024

Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents BBC, 14 January 2025

Retirees face 100% property tax when buying homes in France, Greece, and Portugal after Spain sets 'significant precedent' GB News, 10 February 2025

Germany is embarking on an almighty borrowing binge The Economist, 26 January 2025

Poland plans to increase corporate income tax for banks Reuters, 21 August 2025

Ukraine's parliament approves 'historic' tax hike Kyiv Independent, 10 October 2024

It sure looks like many, many governments are looking under the sofa cushions for money. More money. Seems we're all doing it these days.

[Brian Griffin]

“Now’s the time to cut the oil Trump”

A nation of 135 million will be able to afford fielding an army of 700,000.

Drones are much cheaper than tanks.

The Russians now know there’s no future in large surface warships except for fish habitats.

Their warplanes are mainly used to launch glide bombs.

air force fiscal needs - small

naval fiscal needs - submarine crews

army fiscal needs - soldier salaries and medical care costs, drones & ammo & new artillery barrels

[DIRTYSECRET]

Trump advocated a 14% wealth tax(confiscation) of all millionaires with over $10 million in assets-something like that.

“The America We Deserve”-2000.

[Jumper]

The west is experiencing a wave of recessions. The pivot to crypto by Trump is an attempt to restore American pre-eminence around the world. Trump has become a modern day Pirate raiding the Currency Reserves of Allies for investment in the USA, but the Korean disaster of hauling off 400 workers setting up a factory destroyed his USD currency reserves grab. Korea has had a belly full of the US in the past 17 months. Biden essentially formented a Coup in Korea when the last president declared Martial Law in order to send weapons to Ukraine.

Merry Old England, France and the German Reich stag in Berlin are all running out of money.

The US is in terrible position. If we had not borrowed 7x our declared debt form the rest of the world, they would dump us and our fiat.

Russia does not have to worry about a recession or much of financial problem as they are running over 4% GDP, even with a 5% loss of oil revenue as Ukrainian attacks take place - Brics is the moment that US Sanctions failed. The world changed on 17 September forever and Brics has broken the EUropean Colonial hold still in effect via the IMF.

Anyone who actually believes Russia is in financial trouble really needs to acknowledge their own western country is broke and headed for recession. Ukraine is lost.

Everyone talks about the one US Coup in 2012, but no one remembers the US Coup of 2008 in Ukraine. Somewhere Bush and Obama are responsible for this war that the West once gone Woke lost.

[Jumper]

Russian Oil is at best 15% of their economy. It’s no longer the Y2K period. This war has been the moment, like the US moment in Japan, during the Korean War, when Japan re-industralized so support US forces in Korea. Today, Russia has re-industralized and has a booming economy beyond Oil.

The only energy getting cut is when Russia sends it to China and forever cuts the EU/NATO off from cheap energy leaving them in recession because they cannot afford to fuel their industires.

For that matter the US cannot simply drill to replace Russia Oil, hence Trump’s gambit pivot to Venezuela. Canada has a facility that was set up to process VN Oil, but it stands empty.

The idiots guide to tariffs and/or sanctions show how the US isolated itself from Global trade at a time when it’s big stick is failing.

[Sequoyah101]

Tax success DISPROPORTIONATELY? If he does that then he can make Russia just like the US in taxation. What a concept!

Next he could move on to taxing away a lifetime of wealth accumulation with inheritance taxes just like the US.

[marcusmaximus]

President Trump just humiliated your Putin. Lol!

“Everyone thought Russia would win the war in three days – but it didn’t work out that way. It was supposed to be just a quick little skirmish. It’s not making Russia look good. It’s making them look bad. No matter what happens from here on out, this was something that should have taken a matter of days, certainly less than a week. And they’ve been fighting for three and a half years.”

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "President Trump just humiliated your Putin. Lol!"

You are so amusingly unoriginal. I've read the entire speech. You kind of missed the salient point, since he spoke at the UN and in part to the Europeans.

So just for you, a little additional excerpt of what my President Trump has said today:

"Even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy and Russian energy products, which, as you know, I found out about two weeks ago—and I wasn't happy. Think of it—they're funding the war against themselves. Who the hell ever heard of that one?

In the event that Russia is not ready to make a deal to end the war, the United States is fully prepared to impose a very strong round of tariffs, which I believe would stop the bloodshed very quickly. But for those tariffs to be effective, European nations—all of you gathered here right now—would have to join us in adopting the exact same measures. You're much closer to this conflict than we are. Europe has to step it up. They can't continue buying oil and gas from Russia while fighting Russia. It's embarrassing to them—and it was very embarrassing when I found out about it. They have to immediately cease all energy purchases from Russia. Otherwise, we're wasting a lot of time."

My President went on to address your Europeans, some more....

"Both the immigration and their suicidal energy policies will be the death of Western Europe. If something is not done immediately, this cannot be sustained."

It's interesting how focused you seem on a short part of a long speech, in order to trot our your "laughing out loud" stuff.

By the way, my President Trump mentioned the name, Ukraine, once in the entire speech, Putin once and Zelenksy not at all.

As the comments to your threads diminish in number and intensity, it must give some comfort to know that Speedy's thread is there for you.

[marcusmaximus]

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115255130298104593

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Thanks for another link to my President and his views. Nothing in it suggests we're entering an active role.

Do you read endings of things?

"Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act. In any event, I wish both Countries well. We will continue to supply weapons to NATO for NATO to do what they want with them.:

So, it's time for Ukraine to act.

[ansel12]

“”””I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form. With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option.””””

That is a wild post, I guess this means we will continue to spend billions to build new, and refurbish factories to make weapons for Ukraine to keep the flow going, this is quite some pressure on Russia if Trump keeps this up for a while.

We know that the president is still training the Ukrainian armed forces.

[marcusmaximus]

The U.S. conducted 18 hours of ISR surveillance of Crimea and the Eastern Black Sea coast prior to Ukraine mass drone attack on targets in those regions two days ago. U.S. will continue to provide intelligence to Ukraine as well as defensive weapons through NATO.