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Thomas Hurt

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2. Does Putin care?

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Feb 21, 2022, 01:33 PM

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Russian stock market in free fall! [View all] cilla4progress Feb 2022 OP

I didn't know they had one. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1

Good q. Guess so. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #3

thanks llashram Feb 2022 #33

This 2nd gen half Ukrainian American says thanks for this!... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #43

Cool. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #44

+1 n/t Slammer Feb 2022 #54

Yes, oligarchies have stock markets Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #45

Yes, but only about 10 people have stocks, Putin and 9 others...Only kidding Escurumbele Feb 2022 #48

Does Putin care? Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #2

I think not. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #4

No. He and his boys are positioned for profiteering off of the small domestic investors. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #53

Wow, Putin had the Russian Stock Market pushed out of a fifth floor window! sop Feb 2022 #5

! Hortensis Feb 2022 #8

Totally DUzy worthy! Brother Buzz Feb 2022 #13

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2022 #14

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! zuul Feb 2022 #20

I think you're right. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #21

Perfect! PatSeg Feb 2022 #35

During his speech and meeting, down 12%. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #29

Vlad the Defenestrater OMGWTF Feb 2022 #30

Good one... Escurumbele Feb 2022 #49

The Russian market was down 10.5% today. former9thward Feb 2022 #6

Russia's economy is a gas station alittlelark Feb 2022 #9

Isn't US more oil-independent cilla4progress Feb 2022 #12

Yes. former9thward Feb 2022 #16

U.S. Imports of Crude Oil 1973 - Present (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Celerity Feb 2022 #17

Chart: L. Coyote Feb 2022 #34

The stock market's in a free fall? Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #7

Have you checked your 401Я lately? (nt) Pinback Feb 2022 #25

Russian investors are saying "Let's Go Rasputin!" . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #27

First clear sign that Vlad's overplayed his hand. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #10

Go Capitalists! Do what you do best MaryMagdaline Feb 2022 #11

The oligarchs in Russia will not be happy with where Putin has put them. fierywoman Feb 2022 #15

Counting on this. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #18

May they continue to be unhappy. crickets Feb 2022 #23

They are making billions off the high oil prices. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #31

Would not be surprised if he and multigraincracker Feb 2022 #36

There is something very wrong with plutocrats using Russia's military to raise crude price 50% L. Coyote Feb 2022 #39

Surprised the Dow isn't tanking. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #19

Markets are not open today for the holiday. Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #22

ARGH! That's right. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #41

S&P 500 closed Friday down 9.3% from its all-time high, close to a correction progree Feb 2022 #26

Now is the time for a war on the Rouble. roamer65 Feb 2022 #24

Was Putin involved so he could make a killing? LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #28

Isn't that the purpose of all this insanity? bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #32

Capitalism isn't meant for everyone. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #37

Maybe the oligarchs will rebel against Pooty Poot Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #38

Their currency will also take a big hit, Russians will see some serious inlation. nt yaesu Feb 2022 #40

unfortunately... so are US markets. WarGamer Feb 2022 #42

U.S. markets are closed for the President's Day holiday BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #46

markets Slammer Feb 2022 #47

This is why we need to enforce the Magnitsky sanctions against the Russian oligarchs FakeNoose Feb 2022 #50

Just imagine if we stopped our dependency on oil, that would bring Russia down without firing a Escurumbele Feb 2022 #51

Alcohol NQAS Feb 2022 #52

Didn't Russia 'annex' Belarus or the Crimea in 2008? Texin Feb 2022 #55

Who's it hurting? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Surely not insulated Putin. nt live love laugh Feb 2022 #56