Posted on 12/01/2023 7:58:11 PM PST by Mount Athos
Business leaders, officials and ordinary people tell me that the economy has stabilized, defying the Western sanctions that were once expected to have a devastating effect. Putin’s regime, they say, looks more stable than at any other time in the past two years.
Restaurants in Moscow are packed. “The restaurant market is growing, not only in Moscow, but throughout Russia, facilitated by the development of domestic tourism,” said a top Russian restaurateur. “And the quality of food is also changing for the better.”
Real estate prices are rising, and construction is booming. At the beginning of 2022, most global brands left Russia, leaving empty storefronts in malls and streets. Now, the gaps have been filled by Russian counterparts.
Before the war, Russian business executives generally kept their savings in the West. Now, as one Russian oligarch told me, that door has been slammed shut, sparking an investment boom at home. Bloomberg reported that Russian oligarchs had returned at least $50 billion to Russia since the invasion.
Russian industry is booming. Moscow is continuing to sell oil and gas to foreign buyers — not only China and India but European countries, too; most of these customers simply purchase Russian petroleum through intermediaries such as Turkey, Azerbaijan or Egypt.
As for the war, the authorities are finding recruits by focusing their efforts on the poorest, most depressed regions of Russia and promising salaries 10 times the average.
Twenty months ago, Russian elites were convinced that the long-unassailable Putin had finally overplayed his hand and that he would likely have to pay a harsh price for his miscalculation.
Now, most of them seem to have changed their minds. The Russian president, as they see it, has shown that he’s here to stay.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Yet, we have hordes of zeepers here that still insist that the Russian economy is tatters, that Ukraine is winning the war (or at least in stalemate) and that Putin is dead or about to die.
Zeepers and neocons are scourge to this country, conservatives, the Republican party and this website.
Caucasian nation. They see he futility of war in the end. The others won’t catch up so we need to separate ourselves form them whether they be muzzies, gang banger nortenos, or Chicagoans.
“Russian industry is booming. Moscow is continuing to sell oil and gas to foreign buyers — not only China and India but European countries, too; most of these customers simply purchase Russian petroleum through intermediaries such as Turkey, Azerbaijan or Egypt.”
There is nothing as stupid as a zeeper. Lol.
They’re winning. The 2020 election seems to be the beginning of a purposeful gutting of America.
Wow...........the Washington Post, failing socialist rag that it is and always has been, declares blue sky’s and fair weather and all problems solved for it’s marxist/socialist, mass murderer buddy Putin.
So Russians won’t complain when Putin condemns another 100,000 of them to die in his ego wars?
Everything Bidet touches is shit. The fact is the destruction of the nordstream pipeline sunk Germany. Germany was the big bill payer for the EU. Now Germany and Western Europe will suffer the last 10 years they had left to wake up and throw off the migration insanity. I expect another major war in Europe in 15 years and it will not include Russia. It will be Eastern European vs Western European politicians trying to make policy to drag all of Europe down together and eastern (led by Poland) saying he’ll no.
Might be unlikely to be hot war but will most definitely be economic/political and the end of the EU. Bidet will own it from his wood box.
Zygar is an anti Putin liberal (and fag) who moved out of Russia on Day 1 of the war to live in Berlin and publicly oppose the war.
The Post having him write a story like this is preparatory to the Globohomo Regime throwing in the towel on Ukraine and cutting their losses.
“ Wow...........the Washington Post, failing socialist rag that it is and always has been, declares blue sky’s and fair weather and all problems solved for it’s marxist/socialist, mass murderer buddy Putin.”
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Dude, have you ever got a wrong number. The Washington Post has been a prime pusher of the Deep State’s various RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA hoaxes and a loud cheerleader of the globalists’ UKRAINE PROJECT.
“… Before the war, Russian business executives generally kept their savings in the West. Now, as one Russian oligarch told me, that door has been slammed shut, sparking an investment boom at home. Bloomberg reported that Russian oligarchs had returned at least $50 billion to Russia since the invasion.…”
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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
Of course, this won’t be fake news to the Russian supporters.
I wonder if putin was able to grab damning info on the deep state activities in ukraine
In a tightly controlled state with a relatively isolated economy like Russia, it is relatively easy to inject cash into the domestic economy in order to spur economic activity to get past an election. When the election is over and Putin reelected, that liquidity will be withdrawn, leading to a decline in economic activity lest inflation get out of control.
Hmm. I think you are right
“...it is relatively easy to inject cash into the domestic economy in order to spur economic activity to get past an election. When the election is over ...that liquidity will be withdrawn, leading to a decline in economic activity lest inflation get out of control. “
Is this about the theory of the USA Presidential Election Monetary Cycle ?
“ Thanks to gas from Norway and LNG imports, Germany is managing fine without NordStream
good riddance”
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Yeah…. who needs that low-cost piped natural gas anyhow when your industries and citizens can pay much more for other energy supplies. Who cares if those industries can no longer compete and go out of business or overseas.
LNG At 3-5X the cost at best. I don’t think so. You’re entitled to your opinion. Germany is in recession and falling fast. Germany can no longer carry the EU load, financially, but again your entitled to you opinion. If I want the details on maple syrup trade/futures/production… I will ping you. You’re a war at all cost(from a distance in your safe maple orchard) neocon so I will take the comment for what it is. Ignorance. Ping me in 10-15 years.
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