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A comment on Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome by Kazakh Authorities. Parent comment

Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by saiya-jin on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:13AM (#35150234)
I don't think you understand russian mentality. If it will be the only option, they will run their space program, however gutted and affected, from grey market. The war will only strengthen this mentality and approach.

Just don't expect thats the same grey market that we individuals are exposed to, currently places like Turkey, Georgia, Belarus and plenty of *stan countries are happily providing all the banned wares. Its not like they need to buy enriched plutonium (of which they have plenty), rather just chips and few things around.

Or they go completely China way, they can pay in raw materials like platinum, oil, gold, diamonds etc.

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by batter on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:59AM (#35152544)
To run space programs they'll need money. Even with resources they have running both war and space programs will lead to catastrophic consequences. But I suspect that's exactly the way they'll choose.
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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by 5e92cb50239222b on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @12:09PM (#35153779)
For the time being, the West has been supplying Putin's troops with plenty of money (taxes from selling natural resources go into the federal budget, which is used to fund the military, and therefore the war). They made record profits last year.

https://svtv.org/gas-for-putin-war/

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by inglor_cz on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @03:26PM (#35157071)
IDK about gas, but the price cap on Russian oil is lower than what Russians need to break even. They are now losing money on each exported barrel, but IIRC they can't just stop the production; the wells would become unusable.

Of course, the price cap is only in force since December 2022, so the effects haven't fully shown themselves yet.

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by SXX on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @07:07PM (#35160624)
Where do you get that information about profitability? According to BBC [0] back in 2019 expenses per barrel was $25 before taxes. Obviously sanctions make everything more expensive (hardware, extraction, transport, insurance), but not that expensive.

If selling oil was unprofitable Putun would just burn it instead of selling it at loss just like they burned natural gas for $10,000,000 / day for months.

[0] https://www-bbc-com.translate.goog/russian/news-50392407?_x_...

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