Russians Are Starting to Feel Real Economic Pain From Putin’s War

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1. *From Bloomberg News:*

   As President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine enters a fourth winter, Russians are having to come to grips with its growing impact on nearly every aspect of their daily lives.

   Dozens of regions in central and southern Russia are now feeling the war’s proximity as drones and sometimes missiles hit energy sites and residential buildings. Air raid sirens wail almost every night, offering a constant — and very public — reminder of how the conflict is encroaching.

   Beyond the front lines, the rest of Russia, Moscow included, has started to feel the economic toll. From households cutting back on food spending to struggling steel, mining and energy companies, the country’s economic engine is showing multiple fractures, and the earlier resilience spurred by massive fiscal stimulus and record energy revenues is being tested.

2. Not quickly enough and not deeply enough.

3. About damn time they start to feel some consequences for their failed war. Can’t wait for the tribunals.

4. Yes, very sad. Anyway…

5. Purely a coincidence that Witkoff and Vance’s minion Driscoll are trying to force Ukraine to capitulate…

6. “The degree of suffering is incomparable to that of Ukraine, and is in any case unlikely to prompt Putin to end the war” – well, at least they admit that.

7. No, they’re really not. ‘Real economic pain’ is when we see the Russian Ruble being listed worse than the Iranian Rial, then we’ll talk.

8. Putin is starting to feel the pressure.

9. Maybe they should write letters to their local government representatives.

10. After 4 yrs of making Ukraine suffer… let me play my violin, poor russians 🎻 

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