By any measure, the roughly $30 billion, and counting, that we’ve spent on Ukraine is real money. But it’s a little more than a third of what President Joe Biden is spending on new IRS enforcement, and about a fifth of unspent funds from federal pandemic relief. It is a fraction of a fraction of the defense budget.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/08/republicans-ukraine-russia-00081832
The rest of the article is good, too.
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These numbers make sense if you consider the size of the Russian economy. Something the SA government appear not to have noticed.
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/the-long-reach-of-russian-imperialism
Given SA’s need for capital investment, I suspect that they will move on to someone else with deeper pockets.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.co.za/amp/transnets-plan-to-privatise-the-container-corridor-between-durban-and-johannesburg-2023-1
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