Russia and Ukraine

[Pat Mustard]

Beijing wants Russia to give its gas as a gift.

Nobody wants to do business with Putin. They are around to suck the little blood he has left.

With inflation of 27%, without specialized labor and with Gazprom in the red, there is no hope for Putin.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ukraines-...08134.html

There is inflation, yes, but not 27%. In the link you put there, they say "Russia’s official inflation rate is an uncomfortable 7.8%" and Google is giving me this table:

Russian official inflation is a bit like Zimbabwean official information, it's the real inflation divided by a large number.