• red_green_black@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Given how the Oil Market is still unwelcomely large, Russia is starting to lose ground, and the Russians worried about Ukraine striking at their annual parade. I somehow doubt the Russian military got any rearmament revenue from this.

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        2 days ago

        Yes Mooney is Money. And given how corrupt Russian Oligarchs are not going to be a shock to find out instead of giving conscripts guns it just ended up in some Swiss Bank Accounts

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      1 day ago

      I’ve read somewhere they’ve got about 3-6bn from abnormal prices since America-Iran war. That doesn’t cover the increased military spendings that completely obliterate their budget, but there is nothing good about USA stopping aid to Ukraine and doing stuff that’s directly beneficial to russia. 3bn is a lot of ammo.

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        1 day ago

        Is a lot of ammo…if it was even used for that.

        This is my argument that money Russia earned from the temporary sanction lift was just pocketed away by the Oligarchs, not put into military spending