UN:Hundreds of thousands of Russians on verge of starvation.

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  1. sharik

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    Well, you are in the agricultural business, go help them out. :lol:
    That would be a sight - zoom_copter66 growing potatoes in the taiga for the poor and needy Russian people. ;)

    But that's not gonna happen, alright. :lol:
     
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    all this 'worrying' about Russia implies merely to deal an insult by distorting facts.

    the West goes out of its way to believe there's no other season but winter and everyone starving.
     
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    Well....I was there ...when CaseCorp sent trackhoes and wheel loaders,and wide tracks to Magadan area....for construction purposes....I gave the crash course in heavy equipment operation. It was damn cold in April. I dont grow potatoes, although not difficult,but Russkis need to feed themselves.:))
     
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    If there isnt a more trash propaganda ...look no further than RT, or worse yet, some rag called Russia Insight....YT is filled with its vile videos of Russki "superiority".

    Half of Botox pimp Putinkas inner circle are Jews.....biggest one being Paska Deripaska,LOL. Putinka fu**s with his constitution on a whim, changing it to suit his own needs, including president for life, Resource Federation is about as fake as Ukraine.....if we do the history right....the hryvnia would be currency in Moscow right now.....LOL.

    The vatniks should consider learning Chino ....since that will be official language of the former Russian Far East in not to distant future.:)
     
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    Boy your jealousy runs deep. President for life huh? So implementing a two-term limit into the Constitution....that was voted on and approved by the Russian people....same as we have here....isn't a good thing for Russia? I didn't see FDR changing the Constitution to term-limit himself out.

    You won't catch me saying anything good about Jewish politicians overall, but it's quite damn ironic you bring it up about Russian jews but your glorious shithole of fake country ukraine is governed by a Jew president.

    What did Russia need throw-away machines for? You've got Komatsu, Caterpiller, Volvo, etc...and a bunch of off-brands.....and coming up last is Case. If Case was a 'country', it would be 'ukraine'.
     
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    From your Link
    Sounds like Paradise compared to the US.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/hunger/

    I realize 400 thousand is nothing in comparison to 48 million ..not even 1% - but suggesting we go back to the Stalin-Lenin "Glory Days" on this basis .. not sure that is such a good idea .. ?!
     
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    Have to agree that Propaganda is a plague these days .. and your posts no exception.
    RT is not immune from the propaganda plague but is not near as bad as Fox - CNN - MSNBC.
     
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    When the vodka runs out, there will be another revolution in Russia, but this time there will be nothing to redistribute.
     
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    It can if you want to compare it to the economies of other countries. When compared to the 50 US states, Russia would only rank in fifth place and not very far above sixth place. When compared to other countries it ranks in 11th place.

    Must be some crazy example of Russian economics. Lack of government revenue doesn't indicate a healthy economy. If people don't pay taxes then it indicates nothing at all about the economy.

    i believe it may have the third most powerful military but certainly not more powerful than either the US or China.
     
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    So...they're exporting wheat while their people are starving?
     
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    The North Koreans pay Kim to work in Russia. They consider it a dream job compared to China.

    How about posting a picture so we can see what you look like?

    According to a Hague ruling, people have a right to their own self determination. Do the Ukrainian people want to be under criminal oligarchs and their paid Nazi thugs? I don't think so!


     
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    Well according to Kiev the Russians are starving?


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    That's not what the article says. It's a UNICEF report based on Russian statistics.
     
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    This is why Putin invests so heavily in disinformation. It's better for him to subvert a foreign country than invade it outright, or at least to subvert it sufficiently before invading it outright so that it is stupidly and wrongly welcomed as liberation from a non-existent threat. However, it took decades of this crap for Crimea and Donbas to fall, and people are increasingly wise to it now, so I don't see the rest of Ukraine being tricked the way Crimea, Donbas and you have been.
     
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    Purchasing Power Parity means, that if an American makes $100 and buy an item for $100, and a Russian makes 100 Rubles and buys the same item for 100 Rubles, their purchasing power parity is the same, even if the Ruble has only 1/3 the value of the dollar. So you can't measure Russia's economy by the American dollar.

    Russia is an economy within itself since it doesn't buy anything from other nations. Russia is totally self sufficient - even in food, with the exception of some milk products that it still buys from Finland. When Putin stopped all imports from the EU because of the sanctions, they did suffer a shortage for a while. It took about 3 years to build up their own industries. I remember Putin buying special cattle from Argentina that could withstand the cold winters.

    Of course the Russians pay taxes, but the rate is very low compared to us. Rather than raising the rate, Putin asks the oligarchs, that is the ones who didn't run to London to avoid paying taxes, to cover many of the government projects. That way the average person wouldn't be burdened with a higher tax rate. But like us and all the Latin nations, there is an underground economy.

    In contrast, the wealthy in the US rather than avoiding taxes, have legalized tax evasion by putting in a million and one tax loopholes. As an example, a member of my family had all his kids in top private schools, owned 2 homes in the most expensive areas in the US, and didn't pay a cent in taxes.

    The charitable foundations of people like Soros, Clinton, Gates etc., are means for billionaires to escape inheritance taxes. So when Soros' Open Society Foundation supports NGO's for regime changes in other countries for his one world order, or liberal and radical organizations in the US, he's indirectly doing it with our money.

    Russia has had the second most powerful military in the world for quite a few years now, and much of its technology is superior to ours. China in turn has stolen quite a bit of our technology, so it might be catching up - especially with ships in the Pacific to defend itself from an American blockade.

    Russia in contrast, concentrates on that which is essential for its own defense in Eastern Europe, Black Sea, Arctic, etc. with its jets, tanks, subs, missile defense systems, etc
     
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    Please give us the actual UNICEF report, because everything I link to, just keeps going back to the same site telling us about the report, but never giving us the report.



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    No jealousy....just hilarious....little $hitnugget Kremlin pimp will probably be carried out on a stretcher unless one or more of his oligarch buddies decide to pull a Ceaucescu on him,:))

    Russia has been run by Jews from way back in the day.....Lenin, Beria,Kaganovitch, Felix, even that Georgian peasant Koba had a few drops probably....LOL.

    I would hazard a guess Putinka has a few drops of Yiddish if one really delves into his history.

    Nothing wrong with Case , JD, I have both, and there's tons in Ukraine and Moskolia.....but I do remember these "Belarus" brands of machinery.....cheap crap ,torch $hit welds, something that's slapped together in a cheap millwrights shop.LOL.
     
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    Russia's imports totaled $238 Billion in 2019, the latest figure I could find quickly. That is much more than nothing.
     
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    WTH ?

    I'm wise to your game.

    Others have tried to entice me to visit Russia...
    no doubt Putin has a gulag [or worse] waiting for me.

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    But they gotz a new super duper sonic jet fighter....

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    let the peasants eat exhaust fumes....

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    gosh almightey... this thread title was 'on verge of starvation' and now it comes to 'actually starving' huh.

    why not make it 'everyone dead' for that matter and close the topic?

    or why not google the place to see its ok.
     
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    that can't be true for the country now dies of starvation they say.
     
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    You have some paranoia there. You're really overestimating yourself. I said it because of your racist remarks. Since you're so critical of non Aryans, I took it you were some kind of Marilyn Monroe.



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    You can google it on your browser. "Unicef Report: "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021," July 2021. The statistics are on page 153. But the statistics are not that remarkable. The number of people in the Russian Federation in "Moderately or Severely Food Insecure People category in the 2014-2016 period was 11.9 million. In the 2018-2020 period, the number fell to 8.8 million. That compares to Ukraine with 8.9 million in the 2014-2016 period and 8.7 million in the 2018-2020 period. This compare to the USA, which had 33.6 million in the 2014-2016 period and 26.5 million in the 2018-2020 period. Of course the population sizes are different. The percentages for the 2018-2020 period are: Ukraine = 2%; Russia = 0.6%; USA = 0.8%. The article referencing the report seems to be a pro-Ukrainian media source, so if I'm reading it right and my math is correct, I'd have to chalk it up as propaganda. Technically, the headline is correct, but comparatively it's irrelevant.
     
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