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I want Russia to be so badly damaged economically by this misguided invasion that it will not be in a position to start any more wars against its neighbours for a very long time. IMO after a month of war Putin should have accepted that the planned Blitzkrieg had failed and it was time to...

Yes. I thought there was an oil pipeline. I have no idea which companies' oil is pumped down the pipeline or how much.

Just read more of the press release. My error to just cite the 'bullet point'. My mistake for not reading more carefully.

As I said before, I was passing on what it said in the UK government press release. If you don't like the words they chose to use, be aware that I did not write them. If I missed something in the release, my apologies.

Ukraine has shifted from restricting military action purely within its borders to fighting Russia in Russia. It seems to be having some success. Even the government had to admit that fuel shortages existed after Trump referred to them. To continue this war - which is Putin's intention - Russia...

Indeed, I would prefer the UK not to supply states which look like they are heading for despotism. Indeed 5.4 billion GBP does not look very, very expensive. Personally it does not matter much to me what the aircraft, weapons and spares , upgrades of used Typhoons , training cost. Not to...

What is says in the UK government press release £8 billion deal struck with Türkiye for first new orders for UK Typhoons since 2017, as the Prime Minister visits Ankara for the first time. I don't have an axe to grind. I just reported what I read. I bear in mind that the bigger the number, the...

The price mentioned in the UK government press release was 8 billion GBP. At the moment 1 GBP = 1.317 USD.

I read in the UK government press release below that the 20 new Typhoons will cost 8 billion GBP with weapons and support. Very, very expensive IMO. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/20000-uk-jobs-secured-as-turkiye-buys-20-typhoon-jets-in-biggest-fighter-jet-deal-in-a-generation

Reports at the moment suggest that China and India have paused importing Russian crude. I think that probably means they have paused making new contracts although Bloomberg reports that a tanker bound for India with a cargo of Russian crude turned round and went back to the Baltic, If...

Russian progress on the ground... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c620765wlxgo Russian economy regression... https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-industrial-titans-furlough-workers-its-war-economy-stalls-2025-10-09/...

I think the US will need to provide Russia with funding if it wants the war to last a lot longer. Like you I came to the conclusion that Biden, after all the talk of helping Ukraine to expel the Russian invaders, did not actually want that to happen. Russia would bleed itself dry if the war...

I don't suggest that Russia will collapse into many nations. I have never thought or suggested that. I point out that government revenue - which already does not cover budgeted spending for 2025 - will be further reduced by the Rosneft and Lukoil sanctions. At best government revenue will be...

Spain has ordered more A400M than it wants, hasn't it? Could Turkiye take over slots?

They could probably have defeated Ukraine in a week or two had the Russian army been the army it was reputed to be.

Who is dreaming? The good news for Russia's economy: inflation fell from 8.2% to 8.0% in September 2025. The bad news for Russia's economy: I think that all other indicators will have been negative. The new bad news this month: the sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's biggest exporters...

Not such a bad choice to get out of a bad situation? I have no idea if it includes authority to integrate Turkish weapons . Does anybody know? Expensive, certainly but weren't new F-16's going to be expensive, too?

https://www.ft.com/content/774be10a-e53e-4f48-ac92-33ac99109e44 I think that the sanctions imposed on itself and Rosneft will cost Lukoil many, many billions. From November dealing with Lukoil or Lukoil subsidiaries risks attracting secondary sanctions from the US. What can Ukoil do except sell...

IMF estimates 2025 Russian GDP will be around 2.5 trillion USD. It is currently estimated that Russian GDP growth in 2025 will be <1%. Russian crude production is currently around 10 million barrels a day. @ an estimated average sales price of around 60 USD a barrel in 2025 (my guess), crude...

I think that events even before the invasion cast doubt on NATO membership being a guarantee of security to members. Didn't one US president say that if members did not 'pay their way' the US would not come to their aid if it was needed? To me it would be better for Ukraine to join an EU that...