right thru the roof. Up over 45%. Analysts predicted barely half that. Sakhalin 1 production up 180% since Exon walked away from its 10’s of billions of investments after the Russian government froze their shares.

June 2023 reality

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodit...search=off

June 2023 predictions—(its going to start kicking in any minute now)
Russia's economy has remained resilient in the face of sanctions but that could be changing now as economic challenges mount.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/117903069...-over-the-


March 2022 gloating

Russian people face a catastrophe as sanctions bite
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/russia-...-1.6367198

Disaster coming as sanctions hit
https://www.newsweek.com/disaster-coming...ys-1687311

Ruble crashes stock market closes, and Russias economy staggers
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/world...arket.html

Now the “experts” have resigned themselves to hoping something bad happens eventually to show how right were.


What a walk back from the pronouncement that the West “has cratered Russias economy.”

Reading a great book (fiction) right now that the crux of it is that the Russians knowing exactly how the west would react invaded Ukraine to drive oil and gas prices up after the oligarchs invested billions in futures.

(06-02-2023 03:54 PM)Todor Wrote:  right thru the roof. Up over 45%. Analysts predicted barely half that. Sakhalin 1 production up 180% since Exon walked away from its 10’s of billions of investments after the Russian government froze their shares.

June 2023 reality

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodit...search=off

June 2023 predictions—(its going to start kicking in any minute now)
Russia's economy has remained resilient in the face of sanctions but that could be changing now as economic challenges mount.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/117903069...-over-the-


March 2022 gloating

Russian people face a catastrophe as sanctions bite
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/russia-...-1.6367198

Disaster coming as sanctions hit
https://www.newsweek.com/disaster-coming...ys-1687311

Ruble crashes stock market closes, and Russias economy staggers
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/world...arket.html

Now the “experts” have resigned themselves to hoping something bad happens eventually to show how right were.


What a walk back from the pronouncement that the West “has cratered Russias economy.”

The only thing the West craters these days is the truth!

Here’s Bobby Kennedy talking about Ukraine. Doesn’t really fit this thread, but it’s a good speech nonetheless.

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/stat...enFreePres

These are the same "experts" who told us electing Trump would crash the stock market and that his tarrifs wouldn't work.