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Ralphie Bruber

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Damage to the Russian economy is catastrophic… Putin is in bad shape


… no matter what happens. Oligarchs fall in line because they’ve become billionaires under Putin. Once the money train stops and western assets are seized it’s every grifter for himself.

On a slightly related topic, Open Secrets calculates that Russia has spent $164,597,221 on American lobbying since 2016, the year it became clear that Russia was interfering in our elections.




(In response to this post by JeffGerardi)

Link: Open Secrets


Posted: 02/28/2022 at 8:48PM


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