They’ve been delivering bucket loads of cash for oil and there was a recent deal for $4 billion USD for radar kit.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-russia-all-set-for-usd-4-billion-deal-for-advanced-radar-system-2646849-2024-12-09

I read it as “European imports from China face lower duties”.

Cheers. You too. :)

Interesting as Trump has said he will continue arms deliveries in that case. No way even Trump could expect Ukraine to give up even more land than is currently occupied at the negotiating table. It would be a “terrible deal”.

Some benchmarks were leaked and thought you would be interested. Link.

Apparently full press embargo will be lifted on the 12th.

Lol this is a beauty of a meme.

If you haven’t listened to the Behind the Bastards episode on Assad it’s a solid listen. Absolutely fuck this guy to next Tuesday and back again.

YouTube link to part one.

Very first thought I had.

On paper they look really good to me. It’s only 9 days until launch of the more expensive one so maybe worth holding off for proper benchmarks if you can?

edit: Unless it’s a Christmas present I suppose!

I didn’t either. Others saying it’s a mud dauber which is a type of wasp.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber

Medal for this lad. Doing god’s work.

give em a couple before Trump gets back in the big chair, you know, as a treat. A NATO pre welcoming gift…

Few nukes for deterrence. As a little treat as you say. Ten maybe. Fifty tops. Enough to definitely glass Vlad with absolute confidence.

Edit: and just to be clear, I really fucking mean that because Vlad is going to use a tactical nuke to rattle us all. I called this about two years ago and I fully expect him to do it because in his mind it makes sense. Prick.

Sittin’ in the cabin? Don’t be blabbin’

Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said Moscow opposes simply freezing the conflict in Ukraine because it needs a “solid and long-term peace” that resolves the core reasons for the crisis.

Sounds like they wont stop until they reach Kyiv or die trying. Give Ukraine nukes.

That is gold.

“It’s the most racist thing you’ve ever seen. You’ll love it”.

Magnificent.

Agreed and agreed. The ISIS fighter jets one got me. That woman is thick as a plank.

You’re missing the joke. :) There was a typo in the quote and the jokes are now about tires / tyres.

Love these videos. The effort these guys go to to get an accurate count is phenomenal.

I’m not sure but it is a thing. Russians have historically valued currencies other than their own.

When I was young I was lucky enough to visit Russia just after the fall of the USSR and we were told to bring US dollars and only exchange them daily.

Over ten days there was about 10% in the difference from start to finish.

Magnificent.

It did recover quite a bit in the first half of this year but is collapsing again since August.