> That's because they are selling cheap gas and oil to China and India.
Read that back to yourself and ask if it makes a modicum of sense. You're saying the sanctions that forbade Russia from selling energy to the West in order to cripple the Russian economy are the reason Russia is getting richer at the expense of the West? Genius sanctions policy!
Also, if you read the full report you'll see it's actually because Russia has permanently stolen 60% of Ukraine's wealth while you guys are cutting yourselves off from cheap and limitless energy.
> I don't think it'll be long until another catastrophic event hits Russia.
If believing this is what keeps you guys slavishly going along with Washington's plan to deindustrialise and economically hobble Europe and the UK, then by all means keep believing it.
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In other news, one of the most senior NATO officials made the unforgivable mistake of talking sense, and was promptly hauled in for some political re-education:
The "sense" in question here being that Ukraine is never going to get back the territories it has lost. But hey, apparently the West is still committed to living in Zelenskiy Land for a while more, so let's burn through another hundred thousand Ukrainians between now and winter.
Sarkozy has also pointed out the dumb "illusion" that Ukraine will ever get back Crimea: