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I hope it's a sunny day where you are. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:36, October 20, 2023 (EDT)
I hope it's a sunny day where you are. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:36, October 20, 2023 (EDT)
== Now I know why someone wants to be a tyrant and greatly restrict my online reading! It's not ever going to happen! ==
''See also:'' [[Essay: Russian soldier and looter returning to Russia from Ukraine: "Honey, we now have a great luxury. We now have a toilet inside our home!"|Russian soldier and looter returning to Russia from Ukraine: "Honey, we now have a great luxury. We now have a toilet inside our home!"]]
=== Russian soldier and looter returning to Russia from Ukraine: "Honey, we now have a great luxury. We now have a toilet!" ===
On October 20, 2023, ''The Financial Times'', reported:
{{Cquote|The letter of Mergen Mongush from Moscow (“Not the Kremlin line, but an ordinary Russian’s view”, October 7) is very misleading. Most desirable high-end retail products in Russian shops are well beyond the purchasing power of the vast majority of Russians outside of Moscow and St Petersburg, as totalitarian Russia has the highest wealth disparity of any large country. The wealth of Tatarstan, Tyumen and many other areas is funnelled to a small elite of Russians in cities that are not producing this wealth, while these regions remain impoverished.
When, for example, Russian troops invaded at Irpin and Bucha, close to Kyiv, they were shocked to see, in ordinary Ukrainian homes, huge televisions, high-quality washing machines and dryers, computers, internal toilets and other goods that are luxuries for them. So they killed Ukrainian inhabitants, not just to carry out Vladimir Putin’s orders, but to steal their possessions and take them back to Russia.
There are many photographs of Russian military vehicles carrying Ukrainian toilets, washing machines, etc back to Russia — and lots of jokes were made about this, but the failure of Russia to care for most of its own population and instead create huge wealth disparities is a serious matter.
Russia may have greater wealth as a country, but most Ukrainians live better than the average Russian.<ref>[https://archive.md/ILpVs Letter: Russia’s looting soldiers tell real story of its economy], ''Financial Times'', October 20, 2023</ref>}}
[[File:Toilet.jpg|thumbnail|800px|center|''Financial Times'', 2023: "When, for example, Russian troops invaded at Irpin and Bucha, close to Kyiv, they were shocked to see, in ordinary Ukrainian homes, huge televisions, high-quality washing machines and dryers, computers, internal toilets and other goods that are luxuries for them.
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So they killed Ukrainian inhabitants, not just to carry out Vladimir Putin’s orders, but to steal their possessions and take them back to Russia."<ref>[https://archive.md/ILpVs Letter: Russia’s looting soldiers tell real story of its economy], ''Financial Times'', October 20, 2023</ref>]]
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I trust this clarifies matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:38, October 23, 2023 (EDT)
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