Macron predicts dramatic change in Russia’s ability to fund war

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1. Good

2. Make it happen, gods speed.

   Ukraine set the standard by wiping two cargo ships last week.

3. “Predicts”… doesnt take a French Nostradamus to see Putin is FUCKEDD…. but I’m glad he’s saying it out loud 😆

4. Just thinking out loud, but as Trump wants Ukraine to surrender and US starting doing business with Russia, I wonder if would be willing to secretly fund the Russian war machine

5. Maybe France could stop importing Russian LNG. France “bought around 4 million tons” of Russian LNG in the first eight months of 2025.

   Maybe Putin promised Macron those funds for widows pensions. Like all the widows from the Ukraine war. Macron is two-faced traitor.

6. Something that is quite sad is my trust in experts, reputable institutes, prestigious schools, etc., who have claimed that “tomorrow” Russia’s currency and economy will be at a Stone Age level…

7. Oh is the shadow fleet suddenly scared to transport oil? 😅

8. Let’s hope so. What would be even better is European agreement on the frozen russian assets, that would totally screw the terrorist state of russia.

9. > 19th and 20th sanction packages

   Yes, the first 19 didn’t work, but the 20th will finally do it!!!

10. I predict spending trouble for Macron as well
    Sucker left us with 3000 billion state debt , being solely responsible for 1000 of it.
    Do he’s talking war to distract the french
    Unluckily nobody buys it.
    The russian economy collapse is good news , for sure , but we’ve been hearing that for years now .
    I hope this one is real

11. Russian news from past 10 days:

    * [Rosneft’s Profit Plunges 70%](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p9cs1f/rosnefts_profit_plunges_70/)
    * [Russia’s Central Bank Starts Selling Physical Gold From Reserves ](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p2aam2/russias_central_bank_starts_selling_physical_gold/)
    * [ “Our capabilities are shrinking.” Sentiment among major Russian industrial companies has plummeted to levels seen in the late 1990s. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/1pbk5rw/macron_predicts_dramatic_change_in_russias/)
    * [AvtoVAZ will sharply reduce production and cut worker’s wages by almost half due to the collapse in demand for Lada cars.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p89f7g/avtovaz_will_sharply_reduce_production_and_cut/)
    * [Russia weighs how to prop up Russian Railways which is $51 billion in debt](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p6gxi3/russia_weighs_how_to_prop_up_russian_railways/)
    * [The Central Bank has discovered a 10 trillion ruble “time bomb” on bank balance sheets.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p3dscp/the_central_bank_has_discovered_a_10_trillion/)
    * [A shipyard in Yaroslavl producing ships for the Ministry of Defense has stopped paying workers.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p29939/a_shipyard_in_yaroslavl_producing_ships_for_the/)
    * [The head of Rostec stated that Russian arms exports have halved.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseOfRussia/comments/1p132vg/the_head_of_rostec_stated_that_russian_arms/)

12. He’ll ask for money from China and China will own him

13. Just got to hope Witkoff and co don’t fuck it all up and sell out Ukraine

14. I hope he’s right.

15. Christ I hope there’s some sort of plan to take the nukes out of Russia if it ever hits Mad Max status there.

16. There’s a lot of good articles about Russian economics that point to a tipping point rather than a long slide where the Russian economy will collapse rather limp. Fuel shortages, food scarcity over the winter, higher taxes, lack of workers in key industries, lack of raw materials, transportation breakdowns. At some point the momentum will stop and the lane will fall out of the sky. Then we get to worry about the nukes when the oligarchs are literally backed into a corner.

17. > “We know that 40% of Russia’s military efforts are financed through this shadow fleet. For the first time, we have such a comprehensive approach to Russian oil and gas thanks to the US decisions and the strengthening of our control over the shadow fleet,” he stressed.
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    > Macron expressed confidence that **in the coming weeks**, Russia’s ability to finance the war will be significantly reduced, and the pressure on its economy will change dramatically.

    Sounds like it’d be an incredibly stupid thing for Ukraine to sign a Russia-centric peace deal right now.

18. What has taken so long for Europe and the US to do this? Seems like it could have shortened the war by a couple of years.

19. This is why trumps pushing a horrible peace plan now

    Hes trying to save his master

20. > French President Emmanuel Macron announced a sharp intensification of sanctions pressure on Russia and its oil and gas sector. It will significantly reduce its ability to finance the war, said Macron during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

    The sanctions haven’t had nearly as much affect on funding as Ukraine’s focused bombing of Russia’ oil facilities.

21. Sorry if I missed something obvious. So do we think Trump and Putin’s recent urgency to pressure Ukraine to strike a deal is motivated by Putin’s fear he can’t keep it up much longer?

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