Damn, sanctions really hitting them hard. Utterly devastated.
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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When ur sanctioned so McDonald's "leaves" but the McDonald's means of production are still in Russia so you can reopen McDonald's without most of the money going to America
So what you're saying is...Russia seized the means of burger production?
seized the means of burger production?
Sounds like the worst communist porno ever.
"I'll have a medium Fredrick Fries and Double McMarxBurger with cheese please" 
There is also one thing those who were forced to leave the Russian market had to sell their companies at a very low price or government just seized it with backhand . Means first it went to some shady private players and then it to the close confidants of Putin who are just state puppets.
West forgor that Russia had been sanctioned for decades during Soviet era.
So Russia is technically in the G5 ;)
It feels so good to see the west wane and by its own accord. No one invaded or bombed or colonized the west, they are destroying themselves by themselves.
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Perhaps so, but now Russia no longer has McDonald's or Pizza Hut.
hmmm, the russian economy grew after the fast food chains responsible for the downfall of the ussr left
HMMMM 🤔 🤔
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So you're saying Russian life expectancy is also about to rise?
no Pizza Hut
gorby's spinning in his grave so fast rn that russia could probably just attach a generator to him and use him as a renewable power source for the entire country
Russia shall either be a superpower or have Pizza Hut. It cannot have both. History shows to us that this is as an absolute truth.
This is why I'm voting Biden. A vote for Biden is a vote for de facto global wealth distribution where India, Africa, MENA, etc benefit from being pushed into the same bloc with Russia
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It looks like Germany is still ahead by official measure but the gap is much closer than before. Definitely larger than California and Italy. The two places Russia's economy gets compared to every time it gets brought up.
Germany is also a much better comparison because Germany had an actual industrial economy until recently.
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This is where Russia should be.
Hahahahah
The text is from August though, what new info does it mention?
well since then Russian industrial activity has continued to grow https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-factory-activity-grows-fastest-pace-over-six-years-sept-pmi-2023-10-02/
Oh, I would expect so, just wanted to confirm what the initial link was about
Now if it could just go all the way-
I think a lot about what could've been if USSR embraced Deng style reforms.
World would be very different, the USSR would be THE most productive country on earth considering it had a head start on China even with the massive destruction caused by the nazi invasion.
Also i think that the USSR foreign policy ultimately did more damage than good to the communist movement worldwide, the chinese mutual development through trade is a much better policy. But then again, without the USSR foreign policy i think the Cuban revolution would've failed.
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