I’m not sure but it is a thing. Russians have historically valued currencies other than their own.
When I was young I was lucky enough to visit Russia just after the fall of the USSR and we were told to bring US dollars and only exchange them daily.
Over ten days there was about 10% in the difference from start to finish.
It did recover quite a bit in the first half of this year but is collapsing again since August.
I believe it’s lost about 22% in value against major currencies since August (USD, Yuan).
He would just have his ass handed to him in days to weeks if NATO decided to get involved. Good God if Poland alone decided to bail in he’d be absolutely fucked. Fucked.
He’s the one that added a foreign nation’s troops to this. He’s the one that escalates again and again then bitches when there’s a response.
I’m so sick of hearing his bullshit.
Beautiful view you have there. It’s certainly become an icon of the strength of the Ukrainian people.
I remember seeing the pictures of the new trident shield being built. Quality.
I am genuinely hoping that Trump’s ego pushes him to end the war on Ukraine’s terms by massively tipping the scales in their favour.
I know many republicans are eastward facing as the main threat but a destabilised Europe would make any other conflict so much harder to deal with and everyone knows China is looking at Ukraine to see how quickly they can push for Taiwan.
Love these videos. The effort these guys go to to get an accurate count is phenomenal.