>>15074611it is true however it is not as inconvienient as you'd imagine russia is largely self-sufficient so estimating their wealth in usd and applying the same measurements as to other countries that rely on international trade doesn't make a whole lot of sense, it does affect the imported western goods so that an iphone is beyond the reach of common people but contrary to what zoomers will tell you, you don't need one to survive
what's more infuriating is that russia has all the means necessary to become a relatively succesful democratic state, they could drag thousands of russians out of poverty by using gas and oil revenues on pursuing new tech, improving infrastructure and encouraging foreign investments but they actively refuse to do so and instead disrespect the law, threaten their neighbours, beat them into submission and align with shitholes such as china or iran lol
>>15074631yeah and greeks are basically turks in denial except more miserable and allowed to clean toilets in germany
