Arguably the current BJP prime minister is falling into that category
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Oh, I didn't expect that too soon. But since some countries are very brave to arrest Russian gold reserves, they will pay for Russian gas only in rubles from April as per today Kremlin decree.
Good luck to buyers: they will have to find enough rubles on the market and not to fall into American sanctions at the same time by the way. All contracts must be done in full, but payment only in rubles by currency stock exchange rate.
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I do not know about The Guardian, but prices in our local Auchan, where I usually shop, have already skyrocketed. For example, dorado fish, which my partner and I love very much and regularly buy, cost 499 rubles per kilogram in February. Last Sunday, when we were there, the price was already 1059 rubles per kilogram. More than twice! And this fish does not come from Europe, but from Turkey, which is still loyal to Putin to some extent. And this situation has developed for all types of goods, not only imported but domestic as well. Even Russian vodka have added 50-70 rubles in price!
Today ruble got stronger from 105 in 1 USD to 90. Wait a little bit.
Start of selling gas for rubles will have quite strong impact on everything, including sanctions and prices. And we still have here 0.5 USD per litter of gasoline and extremally cheap taxi like 8-10 USD for 1 hour ride :)
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Wall Street Journal reporting that NATO estimates 40,000 Russian soldiers are off the battlefield now.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/rus...vAeD?mod=e2twp
Russia hasn't even take any of the 10 major cities in Ukraine yet....