Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West over nuclear blackmail

Re:Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West ove... by foverzar on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @05:52AM (#32922782)

Which Putin uses as a yet another example of west's lack of credibility in his rhetoric, which even seems to have some response in Africa and central and eastern Eurasia (basically everywhere non-west)

Plus it's easy internal propaganda, like, "Look, THEY stole YOUR money".

And since Russia's budget is currently profitable, it doesn't really pose an immediate economic threat.

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Re:Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West ove... by rasz on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @06:09AM (#32922917)

You have outdated information. Turns out sanctions do work https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/15/economy/russia-economy-bu... If there was no economic threat there would be no 10% public sector cut.

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