• Kachajal@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Russia posted a first-quarter deficit of almost 2.4 trillion rubles amid the war in Ukraine.

    Putin has absolutely destroyed Russia’s economy and population for decades to come, for absolutely no reason and no benefit.

    That’s just tragic.

  • gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They should do this here. Not for war obviously, we could buy some trains or something. Instead we get no windfall tax and a military spending extravaganza. And soon, we’ll get cuts to services I’m sure.

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    1 year ago

    Belousov told RBC, a business channel, that the companies themselves proposed the taxes.

    Yes, yes. I’m sure they did :-/