for those lazy bums https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/russia-got-richer-even-as-the-war-in-ukraine-raged-on-last-year-while-the-west-shed-trillions-of-dollars-of-wealth/articleshow/102770925.cms

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    They still trade with a lot of countries outside of the west. China and India alone might be enough to explain it.

    Turns out "the international community" isn't just western europe, north america and australia/japan/south korea

    • jackmarxist [any]
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      1 year ago

      The west is still buying Russian stuff via proxy. It only makes it more expensive.

    • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Turns out "the international community" isn't just western europe, north america and australia/japan/south korea

      Well, yeah. I was also wondering why the sudden increase though, but I haven’t seen a chart, or anything.