Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Good News for Russia?!?" video.

  1. I think we should remember that sanctions usually take a few years to really bite, Russia might be benefitting by the high oil and gas prices but we know that isn't going to last and with the foundations of what the west is putting into place on Russia, it's the long term damage Russia really needs to worry about, after all, their reserves are running out, the EU countries are moving away from Russian oil and gas and the EU and US are actually isolating Russia from the world which in time will also put pressure on other countries to not do business with Russia, very likely once the EU countries have diversified away from Russian oil and gas enough. Even with all this, Russia is still hurting quite badly and it's still early days where it's only going to get much worse for Russia and I see no ways of Russia getting out of this unless the Russian people get rid of Putin and bring in a new leader that tries to repair ties and even then, it's going to take years, even a decade before trust comes back. In any case, there's 3 things that are going to hit Russia hard, it's money reserves running out, EU countries moving away from it's oil and gas and the better arms that are being delivered to Ukraine for winter, that's when things really start to go south for Russia and that's when Putin needs to worry, because as long as he can shield the Russian people from the war, his position is protected, the moment that changes, revolt could start to happen in Russia against him and that's when Putin could really get desperate, after all, he doesn't care about the Russian people, he cares about his position of power and the Russian people are pawns in that game and unfortunate for them, it's the Russian people that will pay the highest price for Putin's aggression but then, they do share a lot of the blame in all this, Putin didn't magically get into power by accident, he got in because enough Russians allowed him to grab power.
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