Comments by "E Dennis" (@edennis8578) on "Moscow ULTRA LUXURY Shopping Mall: Crocus City Mall" video.

This was a mall mainly for foreign brands. Watch his other videos, or videos by channels like Different Russia. Normal malls are still humming. Russian companies have sprung up or expanded to take over where foreign brands left. Don't feel sorry for the Russians, because they aren't the ones who will end up suffering from the sanctions. Putin ensured that Russia is nearly immune from western sanctions, a policy he put in effect after the sanctions of 2012. Feel bad for the west. Many American economists and political analysts are pointing out that the sanctions are cementing relationships between middle-eastern and eastern countries, having the probable consequence of knocking the dollar off its pedestal as the world's reserve currency. Without that status, we have nothing. The dollar isn't backed by gold, so without world-reserve currency status, we are screwed.
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