Oil and gas account for 70% of Russia's exports. If that doesn't make it a fucking gas station then I do not know what would.
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Oil and gas account for 70% of Russia's exports. If that doesn't make it a fucking gas station then I do not know what would.
Australia has been described as a big hole in the ground. But we do well from it.
Oil and gas was 15% of Russia's GDP in the 90's. It's around 7% or something now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
I'll provide proofs when you do
I guess Russia is supposed to apologize for making the best of their opportunities. It took Apple till 2015 to beat Gazprom for the most profitable quarter. Not bad for some Commi throwbacksQuote:
Originally Posted by sabang
Apple dethrones Gazprom for the most profitable corporate quarter in the history of mankind - PhoneArena
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Originally Posted by Backspin
Very nice! Now search deeper and see how Putin fucked it up once again.
Google Pavel Durov :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Backspin
Very nice! And Putin once again fucked it up!
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Did you ever wonder why all the young Russian entrepreneurs want to leave russia?
Now just imagine Gazprom would have been managed by U.K. or Netherlands. Think you can follow?Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
Does Shell ring a bell! :rolleyes:
Every Russian would be driving a Mercedes by now. :)
Putin has failed and the numbers proof it. Of course Russia is better off then 25 years ago, but so are most countries in this world.Quote:
Originally Posted by sabang
Is Putin dangerous? Yes, mostly to his own people.. like all Russian dictators.
-Russians don't receive their hard earned social security when they decide to live in another country. The money stays in Russia.
-If a Russian decides to give up his Russian citizenship he will loose ALL his social security.
It has always been a bitch being a Russian.
Who cares if it was sold to a US company ? It was still built in Russia. And it also proves that the company had value.Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
And......... It also proves that Putin did NOT fuck it up. He did not get in the way of the sale or try and control it or anything. Like the US and China do
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Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
Show me some numbers that prove Putin failed. Some tangible economic data that proves he failed.
Russia has more foreign exchange reserves than India (a billion + people) and more gold reserves than China (a billion+ people) which puts it 5th place respectively. Now tell me what place Russia should be in.
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I hate it when open source gets bought out. There should be a law against it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
Why do you bother trying to be part of a discussion?Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
Number 3!Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
I have 3x Caviar lids in my kitchen made in U.S.S.R
That's the only thing I have made in Russia aheeem... U.S.S.R. :rofl:
Number 144,5 million
Russian citizens that want to leave their country (not including Backspin) :rofl:
Once again, I tried to keep it simple for you.
I'm just checking in.
Is Putin dangerous? Absolutely not imho. Back to page one.
But you're not Syrian, Georgian, Ukranian, a journalist or an opposition politician.Quote:
Originally Posted by russellsimpson
Actually, as per official (US) sources it was 52%, but perhaps it has changed since 21. January?Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
What a luck that we have here experts who can feed us with figures and knowledge..
That's why his approval is so high that no other world power leader ever had reached - and despite the generous help of his "friends" (those world power leaders) ...Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
Wasn't it a favorite slogan of your compatriots after certain events at Stalingrad some 80 years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
We have missed to be informed what was this year at (virtual) Davos. Even the deafening silence of RFE, RFA, perhaps because the leadership was fully exchanged?
From some we have learned something, but mostly something was lost in translation. Even in The Moscow Times report...
Herewith a full transcript of the speech of dangerous Mr. Putin:
Сессия онлайн-форума <<Давосская повестка дня 2021>> • Президент России
And here some excerpts saying something else than our experts on China and Russia :
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Globalization and domestic growth have led to strong recovery in developing countries, lifting more than a billion people out of poverty. So, if we take the level of income at 5 , $ 5 per person per day (in purchasing power parity), then, according to World Bank estimates that in China, for example, the number of people with lower incomes decreased from 1.1 billion in 1990 to less than 300 million in recent years. This is definitely China's success. And in Russia from 64 million people in 1999 to about 5 million at present. And we believe that this is also a movement forward in our country in the most important direction, by the way.
But what about the developed economies, where the level of average wealth is much higher? Paradoxical as it may sound, but the problems of stratification here, in developed countries, turned out to be even deeper. Thus, according to the World Bank, if 3.6 million people lived in the United States of America with an income of less than $ 5.5 per day, for example, in 2000, then in 2016 there were already 5.6 million people.
During the same period, globalization led to a significant increase in the profits of large transnational, primarily American and European, companies.
By the way, in terms of citizens, the developed economies of Europe have the same tendency as in the States.
But again, if we talk about the profit of companies, who got the income? The answer is known, it is obvious - to one percent of the population.
What happened in the lives of other people? Over the past 30 years, in a number of developed countries, incomes of more than half of citizens in real terms have stagnated and did not grow. But the cost of education and healthcare services has increased. And do you know how much? Three times.
That is, millions of people, even in rich countries, have ceased to see the prospect of increasing their income. At the same time, they face problems, how to keep themselves and their parents healthy, how to provide quality education for children.
A huge mass of people is also accumulating, who, in fact, turn out to be unclaimed. Thus, according to the International Labor Organization, in 2019, 21 percent, or 267 million young people in the world did not study anywhere and did not work anywhere. And even among working people (here is an interesting indicator, interesting figures), even among working people, 30 percent live with an income below 3.2 US dollars per day at purchasing power parity.
Such distortions in global socio-economic development were a direct result of the policies pursued in the 1980s, and often carried out in a vulgar and dogmatic manner. This policy was based on the so-called Washington Consensus. With its unwritten rules, prioritizing private debt-led growth in an environment of deregulation and low taxes on the rich and corporations.
As I said, the coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated these problems. Last year, the decline in the global economy was the largest since the Second World War. By July, the labor market losses were equivalent to almost 500 million jobs. Yes, by the end of the year, half of them were restored. But still, this is almost 250 million lost jobs. This is a large and very alarming figure. In the first nine months of last year alone, the loss of labor income worldwide amounted to $ 3.5 trillion. And this figure continues to grow. This means that social tension in society is also growing.
He is a moron and uncapable of knowing better.Quote:
Originally Posted by panama hat
That's the problem with Russian people, they never learn. They like to be beaten, kicked, pissed on and treated like subhumans. Must be in their genes or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Stalin’s Approval Rating Among Russians Hits Record High – Poll - The Moscow TimesQuote:
A record 70 percent of Russians approve of Soviet leader Josef StalinÂ’s role in Russian history, according to a poll published by the independent Levada Center pollster on Tuesday.
If Hitler where Russian he would have a 99.9 approval :rofl:
It was before, it is now, and it will always be a bitch being a Russian. (see above)Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Speaking of knowledge, where is all that money going to? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
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In 2019 Russia’s Natural Resources and Environment Ministry estimated the value of natural resources to $844 billion or 60% of the country's GDP.
Why don't you shut the fuck up ? You know oil and gas are 2 different things right ? The oil part is smaller than the gas part.Quote:
Originally Posted by panama hat
All the fucking numbers that get trotted out are either percent of exports or percent of nominal GDP which amounts to the same thing.
The real number is percent of PPP GDP. Not any of that other shit.
I am still fucking looking for the number but total hydrocarbons as percent of PPP GDP was around 40% in the 1990's and it has fallen since. To somewhere around 20% or less.
Oil and gas do not come even fucking close to 70% of total PPP GDP. Not even in the 90's when it was higher than it is nowQuote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
Wikipedia
In 2005, Russia ranked among the leading world producers or was a significant producer of a vast range of mineral commodities,including aluminum, arsenic, cement, copper, magnesium compounds and metals, nitrogen, palladium, silicon, nickel and vanadium.[1]
In 2005, the Russian economy benefited significantly from high oil, gas, and metal prices. Oil revenues accounted for about 14% of the GDP.
The value of mineral exports to the Russian economy has been increasing in recent years; and, in 2005, the minerals sector accounted for more than 70% of the value of exports. Mineral fuels were by far the leading category of exports in terms of value
70% of *exports* are metal and mineral commodities.
But John McCain probably logged into Wikipedia one day and misinterpreted a stat and assumed gas is 70% of GDP. Then he went on TV and said Russia is a gas station pretending to be a country. And that's what everyone believes
I most often agree with your comments Harry. This time , not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Putin is not blameless for the pain, suffering and death in these countries you cite but neither is Hillary Clinton nor, by extension, Barack Obama. I found it pitiful how these folks, especially Clinton, acted during the so-called Arab Spring or whatever the hell it was called.
When the Soviet Union fell it was most unfortunate that the Americans in particular saw it somehow as a great victory. It was also seriously a very poor move to rush to bring many of the former Warsaw pact nations into NATO. This was Russia's Near-Abroad. So a very serious threat. This is why imo when Putin came along and started to restore dignity in the country he was welcomed. And still is. Sure Navalny can bring a few tens of thousands of folks out onto the streets but in a nation of 140 million it doesn't mean a whole lot. The fact that the west continues to desire a clear win over Russia is pitiful. We are going to have to change our mindset in the west.
Zero sum thinking has to change and it has to change yesterday.
Nah, you have missed most everything that doesn't come from PravdaQuote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Well done, Skidmark - hence the words o&g. Not og . . . you're not THAT dense, are you . . . oh, you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
Yes, it's be a good idea to talk about numbers when you have the numbers instead of AGAIN looking like an idiot. Are you actually saying what you mean to be saying this time, cretin? Or will you backtrack and say you were thinking of something different but meant something else again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
You're in your 30s, ffs, do learn to discuss like an adult
Big bad Vlad, will not be Had
This irks uncle Sam, a Tad
Using nationalistic chest beating to allow a populist to rape a country of its wealth has long since worn out its welcome. Why do you think he has to rig every election nowadays; beat jail or kill anyone who opposes him; and attacks any form of public protest (and even that is wearing thin as we can see)?Quote:
Originally Posted by russellsimpson
The Russian treasury has never been more flush with cash. Nearly the lowest debt in the G20Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Then just imagine how much there could have been in it if Vlad hadn't siphoned off a lot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
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Originally Posted by Backspin
The mind boggles . . . add billions and billions . . . and the 'low' debt . . . of course, there are no social services, it's a third-world society/countryQuote:
Originally Posted by lom
Is He really the richest man in the Universe?
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Originally Posted by sabang
Even with the Panama papers and changing the banking laws in Switzerland. They still cant find his alleged billions. He is probably right in that Clinton Romney range. 250 million dollars tops
Have you ever looked in the mirror and asked yourself: "Why am I so God damned stupid!".Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
Putin needs idiots like you. This way the distribution of national wealth will always be a one way street.Quote:
Natural resources used by the economy of Russia account for 95.7% of national wealth.
You boast about Russia's gold reserves?! How stupid can anyone be to make such a idiotic comparison. Russia sits on a gold mine and still other countries (like Germany) have more gold. I can keep on comparing for ever, but you are too dumb to understand anything.
I don't need to play any number games because any imbecile who has passed grade 5 knows that Russia is the "richest and poorest country in the world".
Thanks to idiots like you (must be your russian genes :rolleyes:) Russia will never get up on its feet.
Natural Resources, Economy of Russia
Natural Resources of Russia
Natural resources potential of Russia is over 20% of the world’s reserves. This fact places Russia on a special place among industrialized countries. Natural resources used by the economy of Russia account for 95.7% of national wealth. There are large deposits of fuel and energy resources: oil, natural gas, coal and uranium ore.
Russia is ranked first in the world by gas reserves (32% of world’s reserves, 30% of world production), the second in oil production (10% share of world production), the third - in coal reserves (22 coal basins, 115 fields, including those in European Russia - about 15.6% in Siberia - 66.8% in the Far East - 12.9%, in the Urals - 4.3%). In terms of reserves of iron ores Russia takes the first place, in tin – the second, lead - the third. Russia also occupies a leading position in the world in wood provision.
In 2005 Russia was the richest country in gold reserves.
In Russia there are five major oil and gas provinces located in European part of the country and in Western Siberia in 10 regions and 11 provinces and republics: West Siberian, Volga-Urals, Timan-Pechora, the North Caucasus and the Caspian Sea area.
In addition, metal ores are mined on the country’s territory ores: iron, nickel, copper, aluminum, tin, polymetals, chromium, tungsten, gold, and silver. There is a great variety of non-metallic ores: phosphates, apatites, talc, asbestos, mica, potash and salt, diamonds, amber, precious and semiprecious stones. Very common are construction materials: sand, clay, limestone, marble, granite and other materials.
Russia Natural Resources
I doubt he is far off it, since he's had his grubby hands on the russky bank accounts for nigh on two decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by sabang
He sure made all of his cronies rich. Not one of the Russian oligarchs is a legitimate businessman. The lot of them are crooks who got rich plundering the wealth of the USSR.
Sergey GalitskyQuote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
A truck driver, banker, and sailor
By 1994, the 27-year-old Galitsky had already worked as a mover and a bank employee. He then took out a loan with his partners, and launched a wholesale perfume and cosmetics business, Transasia. The company grew quickly and in 1995 received the exclusive rights to distribute Procter & Gamble products in southern Russia. However, P&G required a separate company to sell P&G brands. Galitsky’s partners used Transasia for this while Galitsky created a new company, Tander, which would eventually become Magnit.\
Retired sailor Vladimir Gordeichuk, who would rise to become the second in command at Magnit, began working at Tander as a truck driver. He joined the company as a driver in 1996, and then was given a local sales position, rising to become head of sales. Three years later, he was an executive director. Galitsky came up with the ideas, and Gordeichuk executed them. But Gordeichuk was also interested in philosophy: “I could be at work until 11pm, then get up at 4am, begin to read Hegel or Nietzsche, then go back to the office and at 9am call a team meeting for a group discussion. I tried to systematize things by employing a philosophical approach,” he said.
By 2005, Magnit, which was run out of the southern Russian city of Krasnodar (where Galitsky lives), had become (Rus) the country’s largest retailer by number of stores, but it was barely visible in Moscow and St Petersburg, where Magnit’s main rival, Pyaterochka, was expanding aggressively. “I don’t care where I make my rubles,” Galitsky said at the time.
From a managerial point of view, Magnit resembled an army and all decisions were taken at the highest level. During its period of rapid growth, this helped Magnit to open stores quickly: the company would just find a retail space of about 350 square meters, put up a cheap sign, paint the walls, and the store would open. No one could compete with them in terms of speed, recalled Ilya Yakubson, the former CEO of DIXY, another major Russian retailer.
Much of Magnit’s optimization was linked to technological innovation. The company built an IT system that automatically created orders for products in its distribution centers. Thanks to this technology, Magnit became one of only two Russian companies to be named (Rus) three times to Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies.
During all these years, there was something new every day, Galitsky recalled in his conversation with The Bell. “It was an unbelievable time, when you go to bed only in order to make the morning come sooner,” he said. “I didn’t eat breakfast at home at the weekend once during those 24 years.”
Exactly ! Only the dumb ass Russians are too stupid to lay a pipeline. It took a little country like Switzerland to lay North Stream II.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backspin
Why have the Russians not done it themselves from the beginning? Suka!
Why can't the Russians finish it (over a year now) after the Swiss have left? Svolach!
Yes you are right, getting natural resources out of the ground ain't easy. The Russians are failing every day :smileylaughing:
One barrel is spilled , one barrel for Putin, one barrel for Ivan Oilnotanov :rolleyes:, and a few drops for Babushka, and if Babushka dares to protest she gets locked up.
Pesonally I'm just hoping the rumours of Putin's Parkinsons are true. It would a fitting punishment.
Pesonally, I think it's a dream of Western powers...It's so tiring to invent new and new stories about poisoning, meddling, trillions, palaces, you name it...Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda