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Javaman

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13. don't know about that. but I do know that the russian economy is in the shitter

Reply to kentuck (Reply #12)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:54 PM

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and as such, putin is caught between a rock and a hard place.

their economy is basically being propped up by their defense industry, it stops the war now, the go into a recession.

he can't stop the war.

correction: if he continues the war, he will certainly have a recession, if he stops the war, he crashes the economy

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