[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Russia plans to raise value-added tax (VAT) to help finance its war on Ukraine...."

And marcusmaximus can but has not as yet raised any visible sign of his support for Free Republic.

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[Kazan]

Significant Russian Advance l Russia Entered Novoselivka And Stepnohirsk

Russian Forces Completely Outflank Ukrainian Defenses Giving Major Advantage

[BeauBo]

Lenin would approve.

Putin is delivering both.

[McCarthysGhost]

I have to ask. Is Russia the new North Korea? Are they the new attack dog for China against America and The West? What Russia is doing seems so self-destructive and for what? They could’ve had both victory in the war in Ukraine and peace and many more good things. What is their real motivation here?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST 
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[EnderWiggin1970]

If Russia were “about to collapse” as the globalists keep telling us it would be more than a 2% increase. Will be fun continuing to watch the economic numbers in Europe vis-a-vis Russia. We’ll see who collapses first. ;-)

[Allegra]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4342185/posts

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[popdonnelly]

Tax Putin and his thieving cronies. You’ll have all the revenue you need.