Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Istanbul Pledge: Is it for Real? Or Putin’s Latest Ruse? | To the point" video.

@danielarcadia7243 We've long since outsourced final assembly of price-sensitive products to China and to other low-cost countries, in some cases even to Russia, but no more. I'm talking heavy and high-technology manufacturing, which drive our exports. Not services. But enough about us, let's talk about Russia. Russia's main exports are raw materials, truly befitting a future developing country. Ironically, Russia exports raw materials to its neighbouring countries, which turn them into products and sell them back to Russia at a tidy profit. Can you see anything wrong with that picture?
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@danielarcadia7243 You're the clueless one here. I'm in intellectual property. If that doesn't spell 'innovation', I don't know what does. Product development, technology strategy, competitor intelligence, I've done it all. Putin's Russia is an all-round failure. You'd better find yourself another fan club, because that one is closing shop. Fanboy.
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@danielarcadia7243 As a currency, the rouble is as hard as three-ply pillow-soft toilet paper.
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 @danielarcadia7243 It's 66% and our manufacturing sector is humming along nicely. Russia's notoriously undiversified economy is a basket case, now even more than before.
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