Posted on 12/04/2014 3:40:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
President Vladimir Putin accused Russia's enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for growing strong, in an annual state of the union speech that seemed to outdo even his own recent strident nationalism.
The Kremlin leader trumpeted his annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, praised the Russian people for their strength, accused the West of "pure cynicism" in Ukraine and said economic sanctions must drive Russians to develop their own economy.
The rouble fell as he spoke
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President Vladimir Putin accused Russia's enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it upRussia's Chechnya
Oh. Kind of like he wants to carve out pieces of Ukraine and the Baltics.
Karma’s a Bitch Vladi....
‘——They also want to peg the cost of services to the dollar——
Ho, ho, ho........ now that’s funny
The prostitutes of Murmansk have hiked their prices to compensate for loss of buying power of the Ruble. One wag tweeted “”Putin - learn about the economy from the Murmansk prostitutes”
Our next president will be faced with similar devaluation problems as the debt climbs toward $20 trillion
Sad little little man.
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