Comments by "duncan smith" (@duncansmith7562) on "'Russia needs to rethink its economic model' says head of Russia's central bank | DW News" video.

  1. oh, but they do and they are adapting very quickly. the "shock and awe" sanctions that were supposed to cripple the Russian economy have not worked, but rather backfired. I guess the West didn't learn from the same failed philosophy re. Venezuela and Iran
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  2. you mean a failed state like, hmm, France, where you get beheaded for showing a classroom a picture of Muhammed....that kind of failed state you mean?
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  3. just like Ukraine shelling its own citizens in the Donbass for 8 years is probably not a great model for sustainable economic growth
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  4. spare us the lectures on "civil society"...you mean like France, where you get beheaded if you show an image of Muhammed in a classroom?
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  5. quite the opposite. the West's "shock and awe" sanctions have brought more pain to the West than to Russia, while uniting the Russians behind Putin. Let's wait until winter, when half of Europe will have rolling blackouts and old people freezing to death
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