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It looks like China will not be engaging in gunboat diplomacy in the 21st century. And given the expense of navies and China's rapidly deteriorating economics, what navy China does have will be an albatross across its neck. See: [[Essay: It's time to be very bearish about China's long-term economy]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:08, October 5, 2024 (EDT)
It looks like China will not be engaging in gunboat diplomacy in the 21st century. And given the expense of navies and China's rapidly deteriorating economics, what navy China does have will be an albatross across its neck. See: [[Essay: It's time to be very bearish about China's long-term economy]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:08, October 5, 2024 (EDT)
== ButterGate ==
[[File:Butter.jpg|thumbnail|center|400px|I used to be more interested in Russia, but the [https://www.newsweek.com/russians-resort-stealing-butter-amid-shortages-1976575 ButterGate] scandal put a damper on that.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia's war economy is well balanced to supply both guns and butter, but the price of butter itself is now soaring as surging inflation distorts parts of the economy. The price of a block of butter has risen by 25.7 per cent since December, according to the state statistics service.
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'The Armageddon with butter is escalating,' Russian economists claim on Telegram.
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See: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-wartime-economy-butter-price-inflation-1.7371742 Butter prices soar in Russia amid surging inflation in war economy], CBC News, November 2, 2024 and [https://www.newsweek.com/russians-resort-stealing-butter-amid-shortages-1976575 Russians Resort to Stealing Butter Amid Shortages], ''Newsweek'', October 29, 2024 ]]
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It's too bad that Russia is not a more efficient and functional entity like the U.S. Navy. Please see: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/will-russia-become-failed-state-is.html Will Russia become a failed state within 10 years? Is Russia currently a failed state? Will Russia eventually become a failed state?]
The Russian mercenary Georgy Zakrevsky said "Our Black Sea fleet is being pushed out. It’s being pushed out as if we were not a great power with a great fleet, but some third-rate country."[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4839613-another-russian-mercenary-leader-has-turned-against-putin/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:23, November 5, 2024 (EST)