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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Funny, you must really be blind or illiterate, because you read right past:

“Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his four co-authors declared that “business retreats and sanctions are catastrophically crippling  the Russian economy.”

And

“Predictions of Russia’s economic meltdown continued into 2023, with the New Republic diagnosing Russia as “going broke fast

And

“Business Insider editors describing Russia’s economy as “spiraling

And

“One of Putin’s own oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska, predicted in March 2023 that Russia may run out of money in 2024”

Funny how that works. And you wonder why people ask you questions to check your knowledge about a certain topic…

it supports the opposite of the point you're trying to make.

In my initial comment a few days ago, if you can even think that far back (idk, it seems like you might not) I said I will believe it when I see whether or not the Russian economy is actually at its limits. The article supports that. People keep saying it is

catastrophically crippling

Or

meltdown

Or

going broke fast

Or

spiralling

Or

run out of money

But it wasn’t. And now:

hits its limits

So I said I will believe it when I see it. And I will, but I haven’t seen it. That’s all.

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And none of those said that Russia's economy had reached its limits, as you claim.

“Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his four co-authors declared that “business retreats and sanctions are catastrophically crippling  the Russian economy.”

Looking ahead, there is no path out of economic oblivion for Russia

"looking ahead"

“Predictions of Russia’s economic meltdown continued into 2023, with the New Republic diagnosing Russia as “going broke fast

In time, Putin will run out of economic bullets

"in time"

And

“Business Insider editors describing Russia’s economy as “spiraling

That one just says that the car industry is falling apart, which was true and the auto industry is now pretty much dead.

“One of Putin’s own oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska, predicted in March 2023 that Russia may run out of money in 2024”

A Russian businessman worried about his wealth, really?

So the article you linked doesn't say what you think it says and links to articles cherry picking quotes to pretend they are saying something they don't.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

LOL you really don’t handle being wrong very well, do you?

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

None of the sources you quoted say what you claim they do and I'm wrong?

Just go away.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

In your extremely biased mind where a parallel reality exists they indeed didn’t claim what they claimed.

Good boy

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I guess only in my biased mind is a prediction about the future a statement about the present.

Learn about the flow of time.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Only in your mind is a statement not a statement…

And at the same time a statement is a question…

And maybe there are some flying pink elephants around there, who knows, there appears to be a lot of room.

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

are some flying pink elephants around there

Aye flying, or will fly?

Since you can't distinguish present from future

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

are catastrophically crippling

Bonus from same article:

“the facts are that, by any metric and on any level, the Russian economy is reeling

is going broke fast

is spiraling

run out of money in 2024

(Editor’s note: it is now 2026)

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok? Cherry picking much?

That's not the conclusion they reached, is it? That's the observation they're making upon which they base their conclusions. The conclusion they all reached is that it will have major impacts at some undefined point in the future. But that is inconvenient for the point you're trying to make.

And Deripaska, still, really? He only cares about his own pockets.

(Editor’s note: it is now 2026)

And I guess the editor is so far up his own ass, that he didn't realize Russia has been in a recession since end of 2025?

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

LOL, these are literally in the titles of the articles. Except for the bonus one, which is the last sentence, in the last paragraph of the one with the headline.

You won’t stop trying, will you? Hilarious man!

he didn't realize Russia has been in a recession since end of 2025?

Is a recession the same as being out of money?

And I thought questions were forbidden…

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

LOL, these are literally in the titles of the articles.

My condolences for having been in a coma for 20 years.

Here a development that happened to media while you were out to help your media literacy catch up to 2026

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait