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→Reuters: Russia lost 3.3 Trillion Rubles in just the First Half of this Year in the Form of Reduced Oil Revenues
:I just don't have time to go into the exchange rates and the expansion of [[BRICS]] in response to bs Reuters headline. And you, Mr. Geopolitical, expert should be well enough informed with enough brains to figure that out for yourself. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 08:49, August 25, 2023 (EDT)
:I just don't have time to go into the exchange rates and the expansion of [[BRICS]] in response to bs Reuters headline. And you, Mr. Geopolitical, expert should be well enough informed with enough brains to figure that out for yourself. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 08:49, August 25, 2023 (EDT)
::Russian funds a LOT of its war effort through the sales of Russian oil and gas. So if its oil and gas revenues have decreased by half in 2023 that is significant. Deny this fact and lose all credibility.
::And on top of this, China buys a significant portion of Russia's oil/gas and China is experiencing more and more economic difficulties. See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fJSS4_lTqA China is in a heap of economic trouble, says Michelle Caruso-Cabrera] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdhz-VRRB_8 Why China Is on the Brink of Its Biggest Crisis in Decades] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kquW7xzJGGY The Four Big Structural Forces Holding Back China's Economy]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:00, August 25, 2023 (EDT)