[fireman15]

The Russians who are living in my grandmother's house like so many recent “immigrants” came to the United States to experience a more affluent lifestyle. Their children have successfully assimilated into our society, but the wife especially has never mixed with people outside of the Russian community here. She has always wanted to go back. The craziness since the last election has had them both thinking about staying the next time they are able to get back.

It has little to do with Ukraine, things have become much more prosperous since they left Russia decades ago, and these last few months have not reversed the trend. If anything all the money that we are contributing to their economy through high energy costs etc... is improving things even more... even if certain items are in short supply.

[BobL]

Why did you post that chart about Russian income? Don’t you know that you’re going to TRIGGER some people here and force them into even more therapy.

I hear that interest rates are now LOWER than before the war there, and the Ruble is STRONGER than before the war, matching its war-time high, which was also its 4-year high.

As I’ve said a number of times here, in the eyes of Russians, the question has to be: Why did Putin wait so long to liberate Ukraine?