Cheap Vodka anyone?

[boxbrownie]

Is it going to get nasty or REALLY nasty?

Could be a very worrying time to come........

 

[moonloops]

Imagine their 17% interest over here!! - I guess the sneaky russians are on a long road of decline now..

 

[jotter22]

Elaboration might be the order of the day?

Tony.

 

[moonloops]

Elaboration might be the order of the day?

Tony.

Here's a little clue:

BBC News - Russia's fast track to ruin

 

[jotter22]

Ahh i see i think that might be where my company pension is based!

Tony.

 

[moonloops]

Ahh i see i think that might be where my company pension is based!

Tony.

Best of luck cashing it in then. They may just send you a mouldy potato

 

[jotter22]

Best of luck cashing it in then. They may just send you a mouldy potato

Lol the last few years it would be the paper equivalent

Tony.

 

[grober]

Stuff the Vodka --since this is bound to effect natural gas prices in Europe at least in the short term can we all look forward to reduced gas and electricity bills this winter or will this "take some time to work its way through the system"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...74/Where-is-our-gas-coming-from-Centrica.html

 

[Harrythedog]

Beware a cornered rat!

 

[grober]

The City of London WILL feel pain of Russia sanctions | This is Money

 

[Spinal]

Vodka? Where's the caviar?!

I wonder if now's a good time to buy rubles...

 

[Bellow]

More fallout from OPEC's pricing out of fracking.

 

[grober]

Rouble volatile as Russia begins selling currency reserves ? business live | Business | The Guardian

 

[def90cars]

Will Russian brides be any cheaper?

 

[Howard]

C catalogue maybe , A and B grade will hold their value

 

[GLK]

It is incredible that, in 25 years the rouble went from 1 per £1 to 106,153 ...

 

[markjay]

Despots - which is what Putin has become - rarely care about the economy of their country or suffering of their people.

This was the case during the Soviet Union era, and to this day in places such as North Korea and Zimbabwe.

There is always some pretend ideology to excuse the hardship by claims of moral superiority in the face of enemy-at-the-gates, which neither the ruler nor his subjects actually believe in.

Putin will simply drum up the Nationalist agenda and let millions of Russian citizens descent into poverty.

None of this will affect him or his cronies whose pockets are already lined up (with US Dollars and foreign assets, presumably).

 

[w124nut]

Beware a cornered rat!

My feelings precisely.

Whatever the label is now, Putin still has the KGB mind-set and is perhaps, the most dangerous leader in the world today. He has destabilised Ukraine and is making trouble for the Baltic states. He is extremely popular in Russia similar to Hitler in the late 30s.

 

[Bellow]

He is extremely popular in Russia similar to Hitler in the late 30s.

We don't actually know that. Anyone asked say they like him them but if you were in Russia, and given his KGB mindset, you'd probably also say you liked him when asked.

None of this will affect him or his cronies whose pockets are already lined up (with US Dollars and foreign assets, presumably)

Until one of said cronies organises a bullet for his head.

 

[Bellow]

No idea why the quotes won't show but they are W124nut's
''He is extremely popular in Russia similar to Hitler in the late 30s.''

and MJ's
''None of this will affect him or his cronies whose pockets are already lined up (with US Dollars and foreign assets, presumably)''