RE: 'Merica gets punked by russians: Europeans better learn to speak russian
April 15, 2016 at 11:51 am
It's a putin administration that doesn't understand economics, has no real plan to solve economic problems and is therefore on the military distraction campaign. Like Crimea and the advancement into the Ukraine and propping up that assclown, genocidal, barely human assad.
Full Article: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-an...-phase-two
It's clear he's fucked, and he's trying to distract his people with a "common enemy" diatribe bullshit to hold on to power as long as he can.
I think you've miss- characterized your idol.
Quote:Russians face a fundamental degradation of their quality of life, says Natalia Zubarevich of the Independent Institute for Social Policy, a think-tank. Real wages fell by 9% in 2015 and 4% in 2014, the first dip since Mr Putin came to power in 2000 (see chart). GDP per person is down from a post-Soviet peak of close to $15,000 in 2013 to around $8,000 this year. While official unemployment is just 6%, wage arrears are up. More than 2m people fell into poverty in 2015, and the share of families that lack funds for food or clothes rose from 22% to 39%. Pensions are normally indexed to inflation, but in 2016 they will rise by just 4%.
Full Article: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-an...-phase-two
It's clear he's fucked, and he's trying to distract his people with a "common enemy" diatribe bullshit to hold on to power as long as he can.
I think you've miss- characterized your idol.
"I'm thick." - Me
