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Putin forced to raise taxes again as Ukraine war drains finances
Politico EU ^ | 9/24/2025 | GEOFFREY SMITH

Posted on 09/25/2025 8:16:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

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1 posted on 09/25/2025 8:16:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Dear FRiends, Our FReepathon is our next concern. We still need to raise approximately $16k before the end of the month to meet our goal! And I think we're gonna need a little prayer here. Thank you very much and God bless you.

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“Hey, marcus, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.”

2 posted on 09/25/2025 8:18:31 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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By contributing at least $30/month (or $360/year) to Free Republic you can be a member of the Free Republic Dollar-A-Day club."You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or one-time contributions to reach this goal."

Or you can be like marcus, and not contribute ANYTHING but spam to Free Republic!

3 posted on 09/25/2025 8:18:51 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus

I would think the Russian people would be getting a little tired of this. Not only the taxes but killing off an entire generation.


4 posted on 09/25/2025 8:19:15 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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5 posted on 09/25/2025 8:19:37 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: marcusmaximus

fill in the missing “m”!


6 posted on 09/25/2025 8:20:27 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000
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82% 
Woo hoo!! And now only $691 to reach 83%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

7 posted on 09/25/2025 8:21:08 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Hey, look at how the US got away with it in Vietnam.


8 posted on 09/25/2025 8:33:07 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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Russia is out of money—will soon face revolution as the Russian people revolt and march on the Kremlin and force Putin out. Troops will with draw from Ukraine and all lands taken will be liberated from Russian occupation. The Duma will select a new pro-America ruler, who will give lands to the New Ukraine to re-pay for war crimes. Zelenskyy will be hailed as Presiden-for-life as Crimea is renamed Tartaria and leased to the USN as a naval base. Russia is finished. This will happen when US sends in the Marines and army, and finishes off the Russian air force in a week. US-NATO war with Russian Federation will last only 29 days, with our boys hailed as liberators!


9 posted on 09/25/2025 8:34:56 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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LOLOL!

You’re great fun!


10 posted on 09/25/2025 8:36:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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When is Ukraine going to start getting territory back, Marcus, rather than continuing to lose it?

Zarichne Has Fallen l Encirclement Of Russian Forces l Russia Reach The Outskirts Of Kostyantynivka

Ukrainian Groupings Encircled In Northeastern Donetsk

11 posted on 09/25/2025 8:38:30 AM PDT by Kazan
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Just for curiosity, what additional things could the US/West do that would pour gasoline on the situation Rusdia is in financially? In addition to hammering their oil refineries and distillation centers relentlessly with drones?


12 posted on 09/25/2025 8:42:58 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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Are Rusdian Rounle notes easy to counterfeit? Would it impact if certain areas were flooded with such notes?


13 posted on 09/25/2025 8:44:17 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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....and Ukraine has no functioning economy after receiving $350 billion from the US. Trump said of bombed out cities in Ukraine, “That’s a 110 year reconstruction effort.”

Zelensky has told the West he’ll need $40 billion in ‘budgetary support’.

What ever Russia does or doesn’t do, I know Putin won’t demand we give him $40 billion in ‘budgetary support’ and over another billion in weapons.


14 posted on 09/25/2025 8:53:40 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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If things are so dire, maybe he should do a “go fund me” tour like Zelensky. T


15 posted on 09/25/2025 8:54:52 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: desertsolitaire

“oil refineries and distillation centers”

The Russian military could limit its buying to about two small refineries. It could protect these well.

The rest of the refineries would be 100% civilian use and not legitimate targets.


16 posted on 09/25/2025 8:55:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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How are the gas lines in Tatarstan today, Ivan?


17 posted on 09/25/2025 8:58:43 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Russia Returns 1K Bodies of Ukrainian Soldiers

Russia has returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in Russian captivity, authorities in Kyiv and Moscow said Tuesday.

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Kremlin adviser and chief Ukraine peace negotiator Vladimir Medinsky later confirmed the exchange, saying Russia received 19 bodies as part of the Istanbul agreements “just like a month ago.” A similar 1,000-for-19 exchange took place on July 17.

Dead Bodies Don’t Lie — The Truth About Ukraine’s Military Casualties

For every dead Russian serviceman there are 39 dead Ukrainian soldiers. This represents nine months of data, so we are not dealing with a one-time aberration.

18 posted on 09/25/2025 9:03:17 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: desertsolitaire
In addition to hammering their oil refineries and distillation centers relentlessly with drones? In addition to the press releases about hammering Russher's oil refineries and distillation centers relentlessly with drones.

fixed it. This is a publicity war - it's not about reality.

19 posted on 09/25/2025 9:06:35 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: ransomnote

“bombed out cities in Ukraine” are mainly in the areas Russia holds.

Ukraine had to be largely rebuilt after WW2. Many of the destroyed buildings were over 50 years old and exemplified Communist building quality.


20 posted on 09/25/2025 9:07:07 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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