Invest in Russia? Bwahahahaha. Did US invest into Russian Public Transit? Into affordable housing? They can’t do it domestically, you think they can improve quality of life abroad?
US “invested” into oligarchs that got rich by buying for dirt cheap public property on money loaned by state that was returned by selling tiny fraction of it for real price.
we’ve spent the last year plus trying to drag that shit out of russia
Depends who “we”. Unless “we” are Finland, “we” happily received stolen money. Putin’s yacht that costs about 8000 his annual official wages(duh, he has wage) was arrested only after war started. Do you really think nobody questioned that? When person who questioned that was poisoned, US did nothing.
Half of them are service or retail and did not produce anything domestically, another half that did invest invested mostly into Putin’s oligarchs. Also first link for some reason mentions FIFA and Olympic Comittie, why? They don’t give money.
The country that industrialized under Stalin at a breakneck pace, and then underwent a massive post-war building program for housing (commie-blocks, which are actually quite good for what they were meant to achieve) now can’t handle building affordable housing?
Invest in Russia? Bwahahahaha. Did US invest into Russian Public Transit? Into affordable housing? They can’t do it domestically, you think they can improve quality of life abroad?
US “invested” into oligarchs that got rich by buying for dirt cheap public property on money loaned by state that was returned by selling tiny fraction of it for real price.
Depends who “we”. Unless “we” are Finland, “we” happily received stolen money. Putin’s yacht that costs about 8000 his annual official wages(duh, he has wage) was arrested only after war started. Do you really think nobody questioned that? When person who questioned that was poisoned, US did nothing.
So your premise is there was no western investment at all?
REALLY?
How fucking dumb are you? Why would there be a divest-russia movement after they invaded Ukraine if no one had business in russia? https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-1000-companies-have-curtailed-operations-russia-some-remain https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/economy-and-ecology/a-reality-check-on-divestment-from-russia-6531/ https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-invasion-companies.html https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-companies-sanctions-713eea2e1de70afc977e2b855212bfe7
start citing facts or I’m just going to block your ignorant ass.
Half of them are service or retail and did not produce anything domestically, another half that did invest invested mostly into Putin’s oligarchs. Also first link for some reason mentions FIFA and Olympic Comittie, why? They don’t give money.
The country that industrialized under Stalin at a breakneck pace, and then underwent a massive post-war building program for housing (commie-blocks, which are actually quite good for what they were meant to achieve) now can’t handle building affordable housing?