How Much More Economic Pain Can Vladimir Putin Take?

he is ok man...doing fine!

Russia is massively shifting its economy away from the west. its a crash program.  they are seeking to make all they need that comes from the west.

Russia needs no forrin investment and the have made a deal with China to back them fully if the need arises.  China has worked it out and set it up and all Russia has to do is call when ready.  but Russia does not want that...and I don't think they will call for it. Putin does not want to be beholden to any nation in that way.

by the end of this year all they needed from the west will be moot.  they will either make it themselves or have alternative suppliers.  and as the alternative international financial instruments come on stream they wont need the western international financial systems.  these will be competing with he west far less Russia needing them.  it is they west that already needs Russia more than Russia needs the west.  Russia wont need them at all

dats a nonsense article anyway. what lifestyle the people have to give up?  the only people who may have to give up anything would the the the 'Russian opposition' which is a fifth column inside Russian.  those are the ones who stole all the wealth when Russian could not help itself under the buffoon traitor Yeltsin..and all their helpers and minions.

the majority of Russians do not have any tremendous lifestyle to give up.  they welcome Putin's inward and self-reliant turn. that is what they wanted all the time..to return to Russian independence and away from the insults of the condescending and  superior americans and western europeans.  the people are happy now hat they can focus on building up Russia for Russia

all this propaganda sh!t about Russian suffering and economic pain.  what in the hell is wrong with self reliance..when in the not to far long run you will do for self all you need.  and you will earn a higher lifestyle than the failing and imprisoned americans in their police state.  that lead article is gitz and jackass.  it is the americans who face doom and gloom not the Russians

the Russians have no central bank bleeding the people to death by debt and no national debt to speak of.  the Russians can sped their own ruble with no debt.  every american dollars spend is by debt to the bankers who have bled america dry and saddled that nation with debt so huge it can never be paid.  the amount of interest americans pay each year on debt servicing is an incredible amount.  some 200+ billions to the bankers.  the Rothschild family are reputed to be worth 400+ trillion dollars..not no 77 billion like Bill Gates.  Forbes are forbidden to count them among the worlds richest...the Warburgs and Rockefellers too.  cant count those guys

man look here! the Russians are in far far far better shape than the Americans and the europeans..all bled dry and saddled with huge debt by the bankers as far as I asses the situation.  the have a problem in that they are not as developed in ares of consumer production as the americans.  and they were tied into the western global financial system which allows them to be sanctioned. 

it will take a bit of time to develop alternatives but not forever. it will take them another year or 2 and they will be free.  and that would be it for the sanctions.  then the sanctions start to work in reverse. in some case they already work in reverse.  what came out today in an announcement from Russian authorities, is that when the sanctions are done only 20 to 30%  at max..of the food market shut off by the west due to Sanctions will be returned. Russian has found other suppliers for 70-80% of its food needs and will stick  with them post sanctions.

so canadian, australian, new zealand, american, polish, french,dutch, italian farmers sleep out period. that's the future for western business in Russian and all in its customs union

ignore the propaganda man.  Russia is not the loser in all of this

correction: it is Russia who banned out the import of european food in retaliation for sanctions. 

it appears now that Russian production has grown to meet an increasing section of their needs the dont need too much imports any more