Russia Ukraine war, page-224218

probably has been mentioned elsewhere .. but with all those SANCTIONS SANCTIONS SANCTIONS .. lol lol russia is now the 4th largest economy (by ppp) in the world ..

Russia overtakes Japan to become the fourth largest economy in the world in PPP terms

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/russia-overtakes-japan-to-become-the-fourth-largest-economy-in-the-world-in-ppp-terms/ar-BB1nCnto

it is the economy stupid.. it is easy to understand why st poots got such a high vote in the recent elections .. what an incredible leader .. guides russia from the disaster of the break up of the soviet union, and now guides russia to navigate all the sanctions blah blah blah ..

anyway, UK are having elections .. and this is how their economy is performing

April's output data showed services only increased by 0.2%, production decreased by 0.9% as did construction by 1.4%.

and it looks like sunak is offering tax cuts by cutting payments to the unemployed .. but unemployment is increasing

He added that his government would pay for lower taxes by diminishing welfare payments to working-age recipients, even though official data recently showed a jump in UK unemployment.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-economy-stagnates-mere-weeks-before-july-4-elections

sounds like a winning strategy to watso .. especially when combined with more money for guns and a few extra pound for ukraine

On Tuesday, Sunak also announced £500 million additional funding for Ukraine's war effort against Russia.

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/522421/Multimedia.aspx

one thing for sure, is that the west have been blessed with incompetence