When traditionally neutral outlet The Economist says Russia is the economic loser in this, you know it’s bad for Russia.
It’s a good writeup (as one would expect) but Ukraine isn’t in a great spot – the reason they’re better off than Russia is because Russia is a complete clusterfuck.
It’s not, but the stuff that they talk about the super smart things Ukrainians are doing to retool their economy during the war is really amazing.
I’m rooting for Ukraine but with donvict taking office it’s not looking great. I’m fully expecting all US support to be cut off as soon as he can manage it (just like his puppet master Putin has ordered), and unless one of the EU countries steps in to fill that gap it’s going to get rough over there. Well, rougher. I’m afraid Ukraine might actually be forced into accepting a surrender condition that lets Russia retain all the land they’ve taken, although that could be partially mitigated by Ukraine being let into NATO. On the other hand I’m not sure how much ability Trump will have to block Ukraine’s NATO membership but if he has any ability to do so at all I expect him to do just that.
Well while they’re every large, they’re essentially eating into their reserves all the time. So they can amass more things than Ukraine… for now. At the cost of any possible future for Russia basically.
Russia will be fixing this clusterfuck of their economy for decades after Putin drops, even if it was just of old age.
The Economist isn’t neutral. Quite the opposite: they pride themselves on being opinionated. They might seem neutral only because those opinions regularly cross the traditional US left/right divide (e.g., they were one of the mainstream news outlets talking about Biden’s diminishing faculties long before his meltdown).
Their op ed section, yes. Their news and investigative articles, no. They are well-known for their factual reporting that tends to be free from bias.
Most major media outlets have op ed sections. That really is not what people are talking about when they call a news source a neutral outlet.
The Economist mixes snarky comments and snippets of opinion into their coverage to a much greater extent than other media outlets. Their “opinion” pieces (leaders) are sometimes just a truncated version of the longer “news” article later in the issue.
Not saying it’s a bad thing; they’re pretty open about it and that’s how they’ve always been.
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I did my part! Bought a wool sweater from Ukraine as a present for my wife.
Meanwhile they are getting fucked in the actual war.
No they aren’t.
I don’t know how they can claim Ukraine is winning when they’re being supported heavily by foreign aid.
Guess you forget that Russia uses Iranian drones, North Korean troops and Chinese microcircuits and other elements in order to build missiles
Is any of that foreign aid or are the Russians purchasing equipment and manpower?
