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In reply to the discussion: Russia default imminent! [View all]Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Who's gonna pay the rent at Trump Tower?
The Republican family-values role model and ripoff artiste is about to get stiffed, reamed, and re-evaluated.

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Yeah, oil sales will help but I doubt it will fully compensate for the effects of default.
honest.abe
Mar 2022
#45
I thought China was also looking at some large defaults on some of it's state-controlled enterprises
erronis
Mar 2022
#49
Amazing how swiftly a nation without hard currency can be brought to its knees...ooops.
Alexander Of Assyria
Mar 2022
#4
The Russian lawyer who's butt the Repubes shamelessly smooch could come up short
Achilleaze
Mar 2022
#12
That always works too. Soldiers with no pay and no food always fight hard
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 2022
#31
Nah. Putin will double their pay. Still worth around $10/month. Better spend it soon, comrades!
erronis
Mar 2022
#53
Intelligence today said pootie still had 95% of its military might to throw at Ukraine
PortTack
Mar 2022
#18
I did read Russia has very little international debt. Now how much is very little? Don't know
PortTack
Mar 2022
#25
Thinking more in terms of the unprovoked slaughter that is taking place in a peaceful country.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#66