I think it’s more of the fact that interest rates are in the 20s%. It would be irresponsible to burden government paying back alone at those rates given the imploding economy.
Says the country that has a navy that is afraid to go near Ukraine (who doesn’t really have a navy) because their ships keep getting sunk.
As long as they are engaged in serious make believe, maybe he should say, “We should have an air defense that works.”
I noticed that drones are also attacking the area called ‘New Moscow’ - which I understand is a high-end neighborhood where elites live.
I think that photograph of three dudes and a machine gun on the back of a truck trying to protect the Kremlin from drone attacks is one of the most damning photographs of Putin‘s inability to protect Russia that you could have created. Russia as Somalia.
It’s just an iconic image of failure and incompetence.
if I recall, the massive deforestation of the island means they will have a shit ton of mudslides - and communities will be cut off from each other and from aid workers