Deceptichum@quokk.auM to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agoRussia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine warwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkRussia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine warwww.theguardian.comDeceptichum@quokk.auM to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
Rouble hit 110 against the dollar after US introduced sanctions against Gazprombank, Russia’s third-largest bank
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·1 month agoLet’s say it how it is: it doesn’t matter if: Russia wins the war Russian citizens don’t feel the pain The West just continues treating Ukraine as a drone testing area Trump stops helping Ukraine Nearly a third of Russia’s 2024 budget has been allocated to military spending, the highest level since the cold war. While all of NATO’s military spending wobbles around 2% like there isn’t a war going on.
minus-squareBatrickPateman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoDon’t think just looking at the regular yearly budget covers everything spent in the context of that war (e.g. Germany’s special budget, EU-level spendings, etc.), but I agree there should be (even) more.
Let’s say it how it is: it doesn’t matter if:
While all of NATO’s military spending wobbles around 2% like there isn’t a war going on.
Don’t think just looking at the regular yearly budget covers everything spent in the context of that war (e.g. Germany’s special budget, EU-level spendings, etc.), but I agree there should be (even) more.