Comments by "Stephen Hill" (@stephenhill545) on "Ballooning 'black' budget and leaked conversations: Emerging cracks in Putin's Russia | DW News" video.

  1. He would like to wipe it off the map, but he won't be able to. The Poles have already said they will deploy their forces in Ukraine if the Ukranians are in trouble, and the Polish army is quite impressive.
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  2. ​ @soreeyez  nope, we've been reducing spending on our militaries for years now in order to divert resources to more useful government departments.
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  3. If Russians learn that the state and the nation are not one and the same, Russia will have made a great step towards a brighter future for its citizens.
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  4. ​ @abrahamdozer6273  it's not that big; only 140 million. Japan size, with a third of the economic power. The land doesn't sustain a large population. Most of it is either permafrost or has a very short growing season due to the long cold winters there.
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  5. Did you really, really?
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  6. Hopefully you're getting paid euros, it's 84 rubles to 1 euro now. This is how you will lose the war; a slow economic puncture until collapse comes swiftly and without warning.
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  7. They did. I was told this when I lived in Russia. Much more oppressive now. Fascism is actually worse than communism.
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  8. The US is great. That's why Russians are queueing at the Mexican border to get a shot of living here. And no doubt people from your country too.
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  9. Thanks racist. Good that you are on the other side of the iron curtain. Suggestion; visit Istanbul.
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  10. Well. Russia spends 3,600 dollars per citizen per annum,of which 1,200 goes to the milutary. The UK govt spends 12,000 dollars on each citizen, of which 300 goes to the military. I'll leave you to work out the rest.
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  11. 33% of budget on military spending is not sustainable for any state.
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  12. We're not laughing, but we are determined to see this through to final victory. And we have the resources of course.
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  13. You can get away with it if you don't need tax revenues, which Putin thinks he doesn't due to fossil fuel income, but down the line, when the world doesn't need fossil fuels, Russia will be in huge trouble. His failure to invest the revenues in civil projects will be his true legacy.
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  14. It's an indication of how the elite is feeling right now.
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  15. It's gonna collapse. 2 years max. Wait n see.
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