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2 hours ago, Moses said:

 

For most countries in world (3/4) Russia is Heaven.

 

That's said reality of our world , the same way like for remote Issan farmer Bangkok is.

 

Next step is to make sure Russia will be heaven to Russians themselves  

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2 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

How?

On that note Russia doesn't seem to be receiving many migrants from any African country(even though Russia is "heaven").

 

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It would be interesting to overlay this with the number if emmigrants from Russia. In the USA I recently read that more than 50,000 Russians (mainly younger men trying to get out of Russia's war) applied for asylum in 2023. Europe (mainly France and Germany) reported similar asylum requests.    

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Russia is great country with great culture and a lot of fresh air but it's heavy hand of state which makes those people wishing to live somewhere else. Putin had best chance to make country catching with prosperous West and fast rising East Asia.

Instead he wasted his opportunities on chasing imperial dreams from bygone era dragging whole country down. President of one of most powerful countries of the world  now is happy if invited for visit some bloodstained operetta countries like North Korea.   

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On 6/27/2024 at 2:02 AM, Moses said:

Isn't this a racist remark?

Everybody but you understood that he was commenting that the Soviet Union left a bunch of mostly loser countries, mostly run by despots, whose citizens want to leave. The exceptions, of course, are the countries which embraced free elections and joined the west (i.e. the Baltic nations). The only reason Russia isn't also a completely impoverished, loser country is because what you dig out of the ground. Nobody wants to buy anything Russians actually manufacture. People only buy Russian raw materials (of which, thankfully for them, they have plenty). 

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1 hour ago, unicorn said:

Everybody but you understood that he was commenting that the Soviet Union left a bunch of mostly loser countries, mostly run by despots, whose citizens want to leave. The exceptions, of course, are the countries which embraced free elections and joined the west (i.e. the Baltic nations). The only reason Russia isn't also a completely impoverished, loser country is because what you dig out of the ground. Nobody wants to buy anything Russians actually manufacture. People only buy Russian raw materials (of which, thankfully for them, they have plenty). 

They do have a lot to dig, and/or pump, but their pollution issues are very serious

Posted
1 hour ago, unicorn said:

Nobody wants to buy anything Russians actually manufacture.

Yes-yes... exactly by this reason West made already 14-th pack of sanction, because "nobody wants to buy" :)))))))

14 packs of sanctions still can't stop World to buy in Russia...

Posted
7 hours ago, Moses said:

Yes-yes... exactly by this reason West made already 14-th pack of sanction, because "nobody wants to buy" :)))))))

14 packs of sanctions still can't stop World to buy in Russia...

wouldn't be nicer to live in a country not subject to sanctions ? and whose citizens can say freely that president stays too long or is unfit for the office? And war can be called 'war' , not 'special military operation?"

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10 hours ago, Moses said:

Yes-yes... exactly by this reason West made already 14-th pack of sanction, because "nobody wants to buy" :)))))))...

I didn't say nobody wants to buy anything that comes out of Russia. I said that Russians don't actually manufacture much of value. What I said was that the vast majority of what Russia sells is simply stuff they dig out of the ground. Russia is blessed with an abundance of natural resources (oil, gas, minerals, gems, timber, etc.), but goods which actually require the skill or intelligence of Russians to build are not among Russia's important exports. Russians have a lot of natural resources (including a large population), but skill and intelligence aren't among the Russians' resources. 

These are Russia's main exports:

# Export product Value ($)
1 Crude Petroleum 121,443
2 Refined Petroleum 66,887
3 Unspecified commodities 55,265
4 Coal 15,987
5 Petroleum Gas 9,501
6 Wheat 6,399
7 Semi-Finished Iron 6,090
8 Gold 5,740
9 Platinum 5,121
10 Raw Aluminium 4,640
11 Sawn Wood 4,506
12 Oils 4,458
13 Copper 4,137
14 Diamonds 3,768
15 Chemical Fertilizers (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) 3,165
16 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 2,896
17 Frozen Fish 2,497
18 Hot-Rolled Iron 2,462
19 Gas Turbines 2,352
20 Potassic Fertilizers 2,337

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Russia

Of these, only ONE, gas turbines, is it something Russians actually manufacture themselves, coming in at a low 19th. For 13 years, I had a boyfriend who used to be Russian (born there). As I recall telling him, there are two words to describe a talented and/or intelligent Russian: formerly Russian. He hasn't stepped foot on Russian soil in almost 2 decades and has no desire to do so again. Our neighbors across the street at the time also used to be Russian, and only visited Russia once in 4 decades--during the World Cup. They don't miss it either. 

Posted
5 hours ago, unicorn said:

Of these, only ONE, gas turbines, is it something Russians actually manufacture themselves

You forgot tens of nuclear reactors what Russia build up around the globe, rocket engines what even US buys, titanium parts for Airbus and Boeing what are excluded from sanctions because no aircraft with fly without, enriched uranium that manufactured on Russian machines and equipment- there are no such machines in US - US expect to have that technology to 2027-2028 for to stop to buy in Russia, and many other things what are excluded from sanctions because nobody else may make that.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, Moses said:

You forgot tens of nuclear reactors what Russia build up around the globe...

There was nothing for me to forget. I was just quoting hard, factual statistics. Nor did I forget matryoshka dolls. I didn't say there wasn't anything Russians make, obviously. What cannot be denied is that the country survives almost entirely on its ability to sell its raw materials. And it's "You forgot that tens of nuclear reactors THAT Russia has built...". (or WHICH)

Matryoshka 30 pcs, 18” Wooden Nesting Doll, Best Gift, Ukrainian Folk  Ornament

Posted
6 hours ago, unicorn said:

THAT

6 hours ago, unicorn said:

or WHICH

Thank you for lesson. I'll pay back by small lesson of Russian handwriting. Here is "the bears deprived the chinchillas of their lilies, the chinchillas deprived the bear of their cones":

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