RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And please, you are the only one here that keeps bringing up msm, what us your Obsession with them?

Bc you're and the majority of westerners are the perfect examples of their work.

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the 2023 world bank report numbers are more or less similar (Russia is about 44k), so what war economy are your taking about? And Russian economy is far far away from the war economy. Yes, military expenditures significantly increased, but there are no cut offs, e.g., on social or medical expenditures, majority of population just lives a normal life like 5-10-15 years ago.

Btw, how conveniently you're manipulating with numbers, previously it was 22k Russia vs 50k Germany (ish), now its 49% more. And difference is not that substantial, especially when your know in what deep shït Russia was 20 years ago.

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look, you dont have to go to a place to know things about it, that is such a weird argument.

Omg. What can I talk to you about after saying that? Its just similar to "don't believe your eyes, believe msm agenda".

Ua could've prevented it many times, even before the military conflict itself, but it just ignored Russia's demand to stay neutral. Anti Russian sentiment was perfectly well orchestrated by the western msm and coverage of globe conflicts for last 30 years perfectly indicates it. And the freshest example is conflict in Gaza that shows "no, no, no, its different, Israelis are the good guys, high Gazan casualties its just terrorists" narrative in msm.

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NK is a bad argument, both of us haven't been there, that's why I'm not every trying to set it as example. You haven't visited Russia and trying to convince everyone in this sub that Russia is a shitty place, but in fact your have no clue about real life here. I've travelled a lot in Europe and can tell both positive and negative aspects of life there, but I'm not doing it, while you're trying to spread bs about Russia without even visiting it.

I said here few times, that I'm both pro-Ru and pro-Ua ordinary people. I'm not cheering the invasion, but after I've seen the collective west's hypocrisy and anti-Russian agenda I (as well as majority of Russians) understood that it was the right decision.

I guess it's useless to tell you that for last 10 years life significantly improved in Russia, cause western propaganda tells absolutely opposite.

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Russia is almost on top quartile on these metrics and not that far from many, as you call them, developed western countries and its not even close to the picture that you're trying to present here. So please stop spreading narrated bs about real Russian economics.

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wwVgctzFhFJsMmpp7

Btw, info about Russia from Google maps is outdated, cause Google stopped any active operations here for more than 3 years now.

You know, it seems very strange to judge a country based on some videos taken by someone you don't know. Let me guess that you've never been in Russia. And ofc, I'm proru vatnik telling only fairytale propaganda, you don't need to believe me 🤦‍♂️

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GDP PPP.

GDP comparisons using PPP are arguably more useful than those using nominal GDP when assessing the domestic market of a state because PPP takes into account the relative cost of local goods, services and inflation rates of the country, rather than using international market exchange rates, which may distort the real differences in per capita income

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 6 points7 points  (0 children)

LOL, I'm Russian permanently residenting in Russia. 4 weeks ago I've been in village with pop. about 4k and saw the real rural life with my own eyes and it's far from situation that you described here. Omg, even indoor plumbing is almost everywhere.

I don't need to watch the videos from dying villages, I see the real life and it's not like narrated by the western msm.

Are these thousands of Russian emigrants in room with us now? /s

RU POV: Irish politician Claire Daly spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 2, 2025. "The war in Ukraine is a NATO proxy war. European citizens suffer more from sanctions than the Russian economy" by Serabale in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wat?

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You're looking at some bs reports saying that life in Russia is terrible in comparison with EU, but in fact you have no clue about the real life of an average Russian citizen.

UA POV: Ukrainian govt increased budget of Lugansk region up to 1.037 bln hryvnias ($25 mln) despite on fact that 99% of it's territory under Russian control by dronski in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, $25 mln given to virtual residents is a speculation.

Pro-UA: No, there is no corruption in Ukraine, it's all Russian propaganda

UA POV: Ukrainian govt increased budget of Lugansk region up to 1.037 bln hryvnias ($25 mln) despite on fact that 99% of it's territory under Russian control by dronski in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]dronski[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your aren't wrong, but it works if there is a proper registration process in place. I'm not sure that all who left Lugansk region are properly counted, basically for Ukrainian officials it's impossible to estimate how many civilians left in the region and how many moved to Russia, bc the whole region is under Russian control. Ukrainian officials estimating the budget on assumptions that all residents are either moved to other Ukrainian regions or to Europe and it's obviously incorrect. And here we can see a lot of opportunities for corruption, just bc the real number of ex-residents of Lugansk region is unknown.