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Russian Ruble Falls to Lowest Level This Century! (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 OP
Someday we are going to wake up and Putin will have been Klarkashton Jan 2025 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #2
The Russian ruble is basically worthless LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #3
The ruble is now rubble. SergeStorms Jan 2025 #4
Bad news for the NRA. keithbvadu2 Jan 2025 #5
Putin uses a sex and drug trafficking operation to support his war against the US? Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #6

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

SergeStorms

(19,601 posts)
4. The ruble is now rubble.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:43 AM
Jan 2025

Vlad has his country's oil, gold, and every other asset at his disposal, though, so a worthless ruble doesn't phase him much. His countrymen and women will suffer greatly, but he's proved many times over that they mean nothing to him.

Why the Russian people don't rise up and give him the Khadafi treatment boggles my mind. I've heard he was terrified by the treatment Khadafi received from his "loyal subjects," and is scared of the same end for himself. If only.............. 🤨

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