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2023-08-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

'Kyiv has very little left.' Where will the counteroffensive end?

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Posted by badanov 2023-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 When the dollar stream dries out?

Posted by Grom the Kindly 2023-08-26 03:57|| 2023-08-26 03:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Ruble will collapse first.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-26 08:33|| 2023-08-26 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Ruble will be fine...weakened, but fine...2.5 billion Chinese and Indians should prop it up.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-26 08:35|| 2023-08-26 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 As of a day ago, competing Russian blogger claims that Ukrainians are fighting in Novoprokopivka or have already taken it.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-26 08:45|| 2023-08-26 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ~~Houston~~ Kozachi Laheri, we have a problem.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-26 09:04|| 2023-08-26 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Ruble will be fine

That's why the Ruble hit $1 = R100 even as oil prices were rising and the Russians had to implement strict currency controls and raise interest rates to get it under 100.

Since the near sinking of the Russian Navy ship at Novorossiysk, oil exports are down 80% from that port. Novorossiysk accounts for 25% of Russian oil exports and oil exports account for over 50% of Russian export earnings. Won't be long until the Ukrainians have the capability to attack Russian oil and gas pipelines.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-26 09:12|| 2023-08-26 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 2.5 billion Chinese and Indians should prop it up

That's very philanthropic of them.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-08-26 11:35|| 2023-08-26 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 India is profitable nowadays, but China appears to be in the process of melting down, driven by an aging and falling population. How much they will be able to prop up the ruble while the value of the renminbi (or yuan, if you prefer) responds to successive bubbles bursting, is an interesting question.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-08-26 12:12|| 2023-08-26 12:12|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 China's economy been collapsing for 30 years - according to free economic press. IMO, Chinese rulers don't care about economy - not like they've to run for reelection.

Posted by Grom the Kindly 2023-08-26 12:21|| 2023-08-26 12:21|| Front Page Top

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