Jean wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:15 am

Or what???
And what will happen?
Will they send another 'Patriot' to Ukraine, at the expense of the European Union?)
But there are practically no 'Patriots' and missiles for them left, even in the USA, and the European Union is giving away its last ones, to the detriment of its own security. Although these 'Patriots' are junk by modern standards, they do not intercept Russia's hypersonic missiles. And it costs 1 billion for one set. Russia has burned everything in Ukraine!
And what next?
Trump wanted to resolve it in 24 hours, then in 100 days. Now he needs another 50 days? For what? For sanctions against Russia? If he didn't know that his absolute moron senators demand absolute idiocy (secondary tariffs of 500%), he would have imposed them a long time ago.))
He recently imposed tariffs on China, and what happened? He backed down and ran away. What will change in 50 days?
In Russia, everyone has long stopped caring about Trump's blabbering! Everything he says is for a Western audience, PR, arrogance, narcissism, inflated ego, and stupidity. In Russia, he has already become a 'meme hero' and a laughingstock! Putin openly trolls his narcissism, while methodically and systematically solving the tasks at hand. Trump, with his wounded ego, gets furious and goes into a frenzy when Putin tells him to fuck off. But he can’t actually do anything, except for talking! Only the jackals from the European Union are licking his ass, and he thinks that will be the case everywhere else in the world. But even in Russia, China, Brazil, and elsewhere, they tell him to fuck off!

According to the latest data from the World Bank, the economy of Russia has strengthened and is now in 4th place in the world, and 1st in Europe!
You can continue to throw a tantrum and lower yourself even further, hitting yet another low! Russia's demands for peace in Ukraine are outlined in the memorandum. That's it, period. Further conditions will only worsen for the Ukrainian criminal regime and for you!

MVitaly5 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:57 am

Jean wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:15 am

Or what???
And what will happen?
Will they send another 'Patriot' to Ukraine, at the expense of the European Union?)
But there are practically no 'Patriots' and missiles for them left, even in the USA, and the European Union is giving away its last ones, to the detriment of its own security. Although these 'Patriots' are junk by modern standards, they do not intercept Russia's hypersonic missiles. And it costs 1 billion for one set. Russia has burned everything in Ukraine!
And what next?
Trump wanted to resolve it in 24 hours, then in 100 days. Now he needs another 50 days? For what? For sanctions against Russia? If he didn't know that his absolute moron senators demand absolute idiocy (secondary tariffs of 500%), he would have imposed them a long time ago.))
He recently imposed tariffs on China, and what happened? He backed down and ran away. What will change in 50 days?
In Russia, everyone has long stopped caring about Trump's blabbering! Everything he says is for a Western audience, PR, arrogance, narcissism, inflated ego, and stupidity. In Russia, he has already become a 'meme hero' and a laughingstock! Putin openly trolls his narcissism, while methodically and systematically solving the tasks at hand. Trump, with his wounded ego, gets furious and goes into a frenzy when Putin tells him to fuck off. But he can’t actually do anything, except for talking! Only the jackals from the European Union are licking his ass, and he thinks that will be the case everywhere else in the world. But even in Russia, China, Brazil, and elsewhere, they tell him to fuck off!

According to the latest data from the World Bank, the economy of Russia has strengthened and is now in 4th place in the world, and 1st in Europe!
You can continue to throw a tantrum and lower yourself even further, hitting yet another low! Russia's demands for peace in Ukraine are outlined in the memorandum. That's it, period. Further conditions will only worsen for the Ukrainian criminal regime and for you!

No, that information is not accurate. According to the World Bank, Russia's economy is ranked as the fourth largest in the world in terms of GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), but this was based on data from 2021, according to a World Bank report. More recent data indicates that while Russia's economy has shown some resilience, it has not moved into 4th place globally. The economic situation is complex, with factors like the war in Ukraine and sanctions impacting its performance.

peetee1 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:04 pm

No, that information is not accurate. According to the World Bank, Russia's economy is ranked as the fourth largest in the world in terms of GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), but this was based on data from 2021, according to a World Bank report. More recent data indicates that while Russia's economy has shown some resilience, it has not moved into 4th place globally. The economic situation is complex, with factors like the war in Ukraine and sanctions impacting its performance.

The GDP measured by purchasing power parity is a more objective indicator of the purchasing power of a specific country, although it also has a number of drawbacks!!!

I do not take nominal GDP seriously, and most independent economic and financial experts do the same. The 'West' artificially inflates the value of produced goods and services, conducts large-scale financial speculation and bubbles, and engages in uncontrolled money printing, not backed by any product.
Here are some concrete examples, even in the context of this war. The US is constantly increasing its military budget, and it now exceeds a trillion dollars. Where is this trillion being spent?
1). The content of numerous military bases, where American soldiers will not serve without good toilet paper and tasty food.
2). Huge kickbacks and corrupt schemes in government military contracts.
3). And only a third of the budget actually goes to the purchase and development of military equipment and supplies, the final price of which is constantly rising. If Russia spends, say, 100 rubles on a shell, the USA spends 10000 dollars. What use is that if the government cannot purchase military equipment due to its high cost? The US and Europe, with the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine, have practically run out of stocks of certain types of weapons and ammunition. And producing them requires huge amounts of money and time! The US is forced to constantly conduct monetary emissions, getting into bigger and bigger debts. The same goes for European countries, only their economies are much smaller in principle than that of the US.
And all this printed money is included in their nominal GDP!!!

Either an example with the COVID pandemic. During the pandemic, the USA and especially the European Union countries released a huge amount of emission money. And what are they backed by? What can you buy with them? This only generates inflation. And all this money has also been included in their nominal GDP. So, what is the point of this indicator in the current state and functioning system of the economy and finance?....