The number of people in Russia who believe the Russian economy will suffer as a result of the Western sanctions has dropped from 53% in March to 35% today. The majority of Russians believe the economy in Russia is improving, in spite of massive evidence to the contrary.
At least, back in the USSR nobody believed the lies about huge advances in the economy they heard about on TV. The silly Communist leaders had no idea how to make themselves massively loved and trusted. And all they needed to do was just go and slaughter some Ukrainians. If the Communist Party of the USSR had thought of this before, the USSR would still be around.
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But they did think of it before….the Holodomor.
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// The number of people in Russia who believe the Russian economy will suffer as a result of the Western sanctions has dropped from 53% in March to 35% today.
They will soon change their tune, when food prices begin to rise and quality begins to fall.
Россия ввела санкции сама против себя
http://slon.ru/economics/eda-1140274.xhtml
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“They will soon change their tune, when food prices begin to rise and quality begins to fall.”
– No, they won’t. They will happily go to their dirty, stinking dachas and will sacrifice their lives to growing a couple of ugly tomatoes. I’ve seen this too many times: these people don’t protest. They are happy when these things happen. That’s why I was so excited when Ukrainians at least woke up and got angry about something.
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His other articles seem interesting too. For instance, here is his interpretation of why anti-Russian sanctions are as strong / weak as they are:
Санкции против России, мягкие и пушистые
http://slon.ru/economics/rossiya_i_ssha_soyuzniki-1136057.xhtml
“Задача властей США – удержать Россию в роли «плохого парня», за счет этого можно получить европейский газовый рынок, отобрав его у России (ну и по ходу еще ряд небольших рынков – сырья, вооружений и пр.), и избавиться от удовольствия слушать Россию в процессе многосторонних международных переговоров. ЕС готов присоединиться к США, но только если это действие получит массовую поддержку европейских избирателей, а значит, и для этого нужно, чтобы Россия была «плохим парнем». ”
I think those were the transformed ideas I heard from people we knew in Ukraine since gas plays a central role in both interpretations.
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