You were really struggling in your last response, I knew I had you! A passive aggressive stock response, delicious.

And my whole point, from the very start, that you were replying to was that it’s a tiny percentage of the overall energy mix

You would still be incorrect, almost 50% of electricity generation in the EU was from renewables. In China this figure was somewhere between 35-42%. Sort out your own house before you go knocking other people’s.

if Europe was actually serious about clean energy then it would be a lot higher

Imagine pontificating about what others do about clean energy while standing on a mountain of coal. China is the most polluting country in the world by about 3x the country in second place (USA) in terms of CO2 emissions. You dirty boys can sort your own polluted country before lecturing us in the EU you massive hypocrite. You are like a drug addict telling me to go easy on the sugar. I’ll take my advice from someone with a shred of credibility, you talk to me about dignity? Please! Also you telling me in your last comment that we can’t tell the Chinese what to do while you are telling us that we need to buy more solar panels from you, do you not understand what hypocrisy means?

Imagine being such an ignoramus to think that’s what China produces

The world was fine before China joined the WTO and we will be fine if we were to stop trading with them, China on the other hand certainly needs our money to sustain its economic growth. If growth stops in China the whole pyramid scheme collapses, China can’t afford to fight both the USA and the EU in a trade war, not with China’s massive and potentially crippling debt problem. Maybe if China didn’t do so many state subsidies they wouldn’t be in so much debt?

I don’t get how you think Trump is “running circles” around the EU, there is no evidence of this here. The EU has finally faced up to its position in the USA - EU alliance and has made promising steps to secure sovereignty while keeping trade with the USA going and money coming in. Is China somehow winning with a 30% drop in year on year trade and falling with it’s former biggest customer.

It’s not a false equivalence dummy. It’s the exact same thing. The fact that you’re trying to paint it as such is hilarious. You got caught lying loser.

I’m not sure if you are lying or just don’t understand that 70 year lease on every piece of land that is worthless at the end is the same as the government in Ireland doing a compulsory purchase order paying fair market value for your property if the land is needed for critical infrastructure. This is absolutely a false equivalency, only a lack of education would make someone think they were in any way similar.

You’re like a housecat that thinks that it owns the house.

And you guys in China got a sniff of money and now think you are royalty. There is nothing unique about the Chinese economy and now that China isn’t as cheap any more there is no incentive to buy from them any more. We will move the manufacturing of our cheap polluting plastic crap to Africa or India and if they get delusions of grandeur we can move it again.

Feel free to provide articles that anything changed. And here’s a more recent article for you to cope over

First you give me out of date articlesthat support the view of your echo chamber and now you present me with this unrelated crap. Big whoop, China is now liked more than the genocide supporting imperial scum Americans. Congratulations on winning the tallest dwarf competition! America does all of that bad stuff and China is still hated as much as America. You have literally presented me with an article about how hated both China and the USA are, congratulations.

We all know why the world dislikes China too, we haven’t forgotten China’s own ongoing genocide against its Uyghur people. All of China’s neighbours dislike China as a result of their squeaky voiced sabre rattling around the South China sea while building their little loser islands that nobody else acknowledges. Both China and the USA suck ass.

My whole point was that the EU buys plenty of solar and wind off China, you are making a show of yourself now looking for holes to pick in the argument that you already lost. You think I am lying by omission, I think you are moving the goalposts after losing the argument.

LMAO that’s not how it works Einstein. The idiots in EU can do idiot things inside the EU. They don’t get to tell Chinese people how to live.

I’m glad you find it funny but this is exactly how it works Einstein. The EU found China was subsidising it’s auto industry so they tariffed the Chinese auto makers that broke EU rules. It is not telling Chinese people how to live, live however you want but if you want to sell to us, which they clearly do they have to obey our rules. What do you even mean this is not how it works, this is what is happening right now, doesn’t matter if you believe it or not, lol.

But yes, you can certainly cut yourself off from the biggest industrial economy in the world and see how that works out for you.

This is grand, we will just buy our cheap plastic crap elsewhere, lol. We should have cut China off the minute they spat in our faces by supporting Russia, Chinese support is the only reason Russia is still in this war.

Oh man, wait till you learn about eminent domain.

You accuse me of lying by omission, I will raise you with a false equivalency. Compulsory purchase orders value property at current rates favourable to the land owner. Not the same thing as the Chinese government owning the land under you and being able to low ball your short remaining lease or not renewing your ground lease. My wife’s uncle had his house and garden bought by government CPO for £15 million in the 1990s, not a bad deal of you can get it.

You then give me a selection of 3-4 year old news articles about the Russian war as if we live in a vacuum and they are still relevant. Nothing changes more quickly than people’s opinions, your out of date articles are useless here buddy and don’t disprove the official voting record. If they make you feel better in your feelings go on ahead and keep reading your old articles.

The 996 work practices do still continue and are just an extreme example of how terrible working conditions are across China. I would much rather work less hours for more money in better conditions that are available in the EU as the bare minimum by law. This goes to the quality of life issue, Europeans have more time off work to spend with family and friends.

The purchasing powers of the Chinese people are increasing year on year (as are European who started at a much higher level but obviously can not increase at the same rate.) but the problem with China is that they are likely as a population to get old before they get rich. China faces demographic collapse over the next 50 years due to the disastrous one child policy. Demographics is destiny.

unless you believe healthcare, education and paid leave are treated the same uniformly. Not every country in the EU is like Sweden or Germany.

Some countries like Sweden offer their citizens extraordinary social benefits so it would be unfair to compare them to most countries. My point is that the EU minimum worker protections are orders of magnitude above anything in China. The EU does a much better job protecting the dignity of its work force than the “people’s party” in power in China.

You could even get 100% of your panels, it’s what total percentage of energy production that amounts to overall that matters.

Come on buddy, my 5 year old could formulate a better sentence than this. I can’t even make out what you are trying to say with your nonsensical drivel.

Absolutely incredible that needs to be spelled out for you. Let me try using an example that somebody with your mental prowess might be able to comprehend

Then you have the cheek to follow up your poor English with insults of my intelligence. The hypocrisy is hilarious.

but that’s still only 1% of your total power generation mix.

Do you ever get tired of being wrong, maybe try a bit of research before you open your mouth. Almost 50% of EU electricity generation in 2024 was from renewables.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250702-1

Last I checked, China isn’t part of the EU.

Never said it was Einstein,

if they want to sell to the EU the rules apply and China is relying heavily on increasing EU trade now that the USA has tariffs on China.

You sure love providing sources for your claims. That’s what makes them so believable.

The only source you provided was a 4 year old article from a rag of tabloid, “Business Insider”, as if that held any weight or credibility. I do not count that as a particularly reliable source.

https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/02/23/europes-wealth-divide-mapped-where-are-adults-richest-and-poorest

This article uses stats from UBS global wealth report 2025.

Chinese people’s high relative wealth is due to high property ownership rates in the country, about 90%. The people in China only actually own the buildingz the government owns all the land, leasing it out for 70 years at a time with no guarantee of renewal. In Ireland I own my house and the ground under it until I sell it.

When the whole world is your enemy, maybe you’re the problem

Incorrect again my friend, the UN votes on the Russian war proves this. Not even China votes to support Russia, they typically abstain like the cowards they are.

Smug eurotrash deserve everything that’s coming to you.

There is is, the chip on your shoulder, lol. Have a great day buddy.

You’re very misinformed on worker rights on China

Am I now? I don’t think so, next you will tell me that 996 isn’t a thing?

Europe isn’t consistent in worker rights internally

You tell me that I am misinformed about Chinese worker rights and you go and drop this gem straight after. It’s like you didn’t even know that there are EU worker rights that apply consistently across the whole EU. The basic rights in the EU are far higher than anything in China.

like when you made the brilliant decision not to invest in solar and wind from China.

Starting off your response with false information from your previous comment that I already disproved is an interesting choice mate. Over 50% of China’s solar and wind exports go to the EU and the EU sources 98% of its solar panels from China. Doesn’t fit your world view though does it?

And you keep using this word, illegal, I don’t think it means what you think it means.

Illegal state aid, as in state aid that is against EU laws, keep up buddy, not that complicated!

China is absolutely dependent on energy imports. One business insider article from 2022 that compares China to Europe, including regions like Turkey that are not in the EU. The Chinese median wealth is close to the lower end of EU countries like Poland and Romania and nowhere close to the higher end which are 10-15 times higher than China. You’re a great man for the misinformation, nice try though!

The world is a very different place now to 5 years ago. China has shown by backing Russia in the war against Ukraine that they are an enemy to the EU. Expect more trade walls to go up between EU/USA and China as we divert our trade away from China over the next few decades. China shouldn’t have bitten the hand that feeds it, the rabid wolf warriors need to sit down.

EU is not really an export power in any meaningful sense

Are you sure buddy? The only powers who can compete with the EU by value are China and the USA. Come correct if you are going to bother at all.

Every block is free to run their internal economy as they see fit but every other block is also free to set rules on what it determines to be illegal state aid. Sticking to the example of cars but this is also true for other Chinese industries, the whole point of the Chinese illegal state aid is to corner the international manufacturing market degrading competitors manufacturing ability before then increasing the price to profitable levels.

Europe does not need to emulate China because China is not winning in any meaningful sense against Europe. China points to its impressive year on year GDP increases without acknowledging the low levels it started at. EU GDP per capita is still 3-4 times Chinese so even at their rapid rates of growth they will not come anywhere near EU levels in our lifetimes. This is before we even consider the difference in quality of life, Chinese workers regularly doing 996 schedules with the EU having a 40 hour workweek. The EU also has a better social safety net of unemployment, pension benefits, medical, worker legal protections, food safety, I could go on all day here.

The EU dependency on Russia for energy could have been described as stupid, the current dependency on the USA is a direct result of this previous bad decision and will not be rectified overnight.

he EU kept paying lip service to the idea of going green, but refused to invest into stuff like wind and solar because it came from China.

What are you on about, the EU has purchased more than 50% of China’s exports of solar panels and wind turbines , with 98% of the EUs solar panel imports coming from China. When you need to make stuff up to back up your point it’s probably not a very good one.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its 5th year with Russian army just a few KM from where they started in 2022. It is pretty clear that Russia has already failed in Ukraine.

Now Russia has started calling in universities to start forcing the bottom 2% of college students to sign up for the army as drone operators in a sure sign that Russia is struggling to get the required numbers to sign up to die for mother Russia.

Russia has been on the back foot and losing territory for 2 months now, I would be surprised to see Russia come back from this shift in momentum now. I think the Iran war will not be a big enough distraction to steady the ship for Russia.

It is more than “racism and notions of white supremacy”, EU and China are both exporting and manufacturing powers. China recently moved into exporting the high value manufacturing products like cars which are a large part of the EUs economy making both blocks rivals.

The Chinese government is using state subsidies to tip the balance further in the favour of Chinese manufacturers. This is just one example from one industry, this pattern is repeated by China across the board. The government is well within its rights to do this but the EU is equally well within its rights to protect its own economy from a form of trade war. It is incredibly reductive to just play the racism card while ignoring the real issues.

Does this link work for anyone? Little bit of research suggests that “swentr” is a domain Russian state propaganda is using to get around sanctions on RT and Sputnik.

I swear Russian propaganda was much better earlier in the war. I wonder are they running out of time, money or people because this is just weak.

This dude gets all his information from conspiracy theory channels on telegram like a true intellectual.

Can’t believe I’m getting shade from the dude who can’t even read the contradictions he wrote himself. Your argument style seems to involve attempting to insult your way out of the corners you back yourself into.

It was not, because the proxy war is going so great that there’s no unanimous agreement on funding it anymore.

It was agreed back in February, that Orban fella who previously agreed to the deal in December is now backing out and attempting to veto the deal. Luckily Orban is a lame duck, he will be gone on April 12th where he is predicted to lose the election by double digit points. So long to the fat Russian stooge.

The only thing shrinking here is your peanut sized brain.

Live in denial all you want but it is clear that there are two economies at the moment in Russia, the war economy and the civilian one. The civilian economy is currently being cannibalised to support the war economy. Sky high interest rates and persistent inflation have lead to businesses in Russia closing at an ever increasing rate.

https://www.reuters.com/business/russia-many-restaurants-cafes-close-consumption-stalls-amid-major-slowdown-2026-02-19/

Less than 8% of the overall economy but keep on braying.

As you keep on ignoring all of the manpower committed to the war effort and hundreds of billions in equity given to the MIC. Even without that, 8% of GDP is absolutely significant. Keep huffing that copium, makes everything better I suppose.

It really is laughable how Europe managed to destroy itself in a war with Russia once again.

The same Europe that is yet to lose a man is somehow destroyed. Most of Europe has genuinely forgot the war is even happening. I haven’t heard it mentioned in years, people in Europe really don’t give a shit about the war any more and certainly haven’t noticed Europe “destroying itself”. Hilarious hyperbole.

You should let Ukrainians know ASAP, seems like you have a better understanding of the war than they do

The Telegraph is a right wing tabloid, they have consistently backed the Russian viewpoint in this war and have zero credibility. The article is also behind a pay wall, I am not going out of my way to read this article that I am sure you have not even read.

Ah yes, the guy who thinks that war of attrition is about territory is now lecturing on the distinction between WW1 and WW2.

If all else fails pull out a straw man eh buddy, much easier to fight than a real opponent. I just pointed out that Ukraine took back 10% of Russia’s 2025 gains in the last month. You then screamed that it was a war of attrition that I didn’t understand and that somehow losing territory is good for Russia? We’ve all been watching Russian soldiers being blown to bits in large groups for the last month. The only country attriting it’s troops en masse is Russia. This fundamental intellectual dishonesty is why Russia are going to lose this war. They can’t even be honest with themselves.

Also, love how you’re dumb enough to think your oligarch owned media isn’t propaganda bud.

I literally say “mainstream media is brain rot” where you yourself quoted me directly below where you say this statement. Your reading comprehension is so bad I’m sure they have a category in the Special Olympics for people like you.

Ah yes, that’s why the EU is now struggling to approve another 90 billion for the proxy war.

But that was approved.

Show me a single fox article I linked lying little shit.

Whoosh! This one obviously went right over your head. It’s a term of phrase for people who get all their news from mainstream media, usually older people.

that Russian industry has actually been growing to fill the niches left by western companies leaving.

Russian industry outside of the mitary industrial estate complex is shrinking. Russia has not miraculously created a successful perfect “juche” economy in 4 years, they have just become dependent on China for all the things they used to buy from Europe, USA and the allies sanctioning Russia. Have a look at North Korea for Russia’s future.

What I actually said was that military spending in Russia accounts for a small part of the overall economy

40% of all government spending on the military + the $100s of billions in loans to defence contractors from commercial banks + all of the able bodied men committed is not a small part of the economy by any description.

Wars of attrition aren’t about taking ground, but clearly you lack cognitive capacity to get that through that thick skull of yours

Laughable that Russia, the supposed second military in the world ended up in such a war on their border with Ukraine.

Russian goal is the destruction of the AFU,

No shit, you should give Russian command a call, they could really use you!

and as the site linked which actually explains its methodology shows, that goal is progressing steadily.

We can all find articles that fit our own confirmation bias.

Once the AFU collapses, Russia can take any and all territory it wants

There is no sign of this happening though. If anything Russian lines are looking pretty shakey at the minute.

Just as it happened during WW2 when the front was static for whole four years and then the Soviet army marched on Berlin in months

This war is nothing like WW2 though, it is much closer to ww1. The major difference between them and now is the drones and Ukraine’s drone game is currently better.

You really must have a fetish for public humiliation

I really don’t think anyone gives a shit to be reading all of the shite we just wrote, just us two idiots.

I showed you articles from mainstream financial publications. You dismiss them without addressing anything they say, and then in the next breath tell me that Russian economy is collapsing because some telegram channel told you so.

Mainstream financial publications like the cccp owned Global Times News. That’s state propaganda bud, sure you guys can’t even tell the difference. All of the financial information I gave you, like Russia’s M2 situation are from respected economic information aggregators, the Russian telegram channels just tell me how badly Russia is currently doing on the front line. You seem to be getting confused.

Literally every article in mainstream western media says that

This is likely your problem, the mainstream media is brain rot, nobody reads it anymore which is why they are not doing well financially. I also dislike when people use “literally” when it is not appropriate in the sentence. It makes me feel like I’m talking to a poorly educated teenager.

The only reason Ukraine is able to keep fighting is because NATO is pouring hundreds of billions of resources taken from its own people into it every single year. That’s why the standard of living in the west is now collapsing

Financing Ukraine in this war is a drop in the economic bucket, remember the EU economy is 10 times the size of the Russian one. If it is hurting the EU imagine what it’s doing to Russia. There are other reasons for the sluggish EU growth but this is not the forum for that.

Again, mainstream western media disagrees with your delusions.

Again with your mainstream media, you need to get off Fox news grandpa and get with the 21st century.

That’s money coming from the pockets of mouth breathers such as yourself.

I will pay it happily if it keeps the Russian hordes in Mordor. On a more positive note I have found my European holidays more enjoyable for the same reason.

The first of the linked sites you posted, ukrainewarlosses.org was interesting, it seems very similar to the more official .com version but when I looked into it’s ownership I could not find it, seems very sketchy. You should be more careful about the sources you chose to post, unverified slop like this site makes you look like a bad actor.

You then seem to think that Russia won’t collapse because America spends more money than Russia on defence. I fail to see the logic here, you promised to explain it to me using smaller words. It appears to me that you do t understand the fundamental differences in the size and scale of the US economy and the benefits of possessing the world reserve currency. The USA are also only spending about 3% of GDP on this war compared with Russia’s 8%. ( This is discounting the credit Russian banks have extended to the military industrial complex on the orders of Putin as an “off books” method to finance the war.)

It’s called trade, but I guess it’s difficult for somebody living in a vassal state to understand how trade between two countries works without one being taken advantage of.

China is by far the bigger player in Sino-Russian relations. Russia is also in a desperate starting position of having no other option when trading due to the richer half of the world sanctioning and not wanting to do business with them. If you do not believe that China will take advantage of this situation you are hopelessly naïve. Check out how the negotiations are going over the pipeline going to China, not good for Russia. In economics, in order to achieve the best price it is always favourable to have many customers competing for your product, not one big customer who can dictate terms to you.

Go read up what a war of attrition is so you don’t keep making a clown of yourself.

Ah so a war of attrition is one where Russia struggles to take ground against their much smaller neighbor for 4 years while their economy goes down the toilet. I was such a fool, I get it now!

This is just yet another Russian excuse for failure. I used to think that an economic path to victory was Ukraine’s only hope but watching them absolutely batter Russia the last few months I’m starting to think Ukraine can beat Russia back to their borders. Ukrainians have a much better and more modern army structure, Ukrainian NCOs can make decisions on the field where the Russian soldiers stand around in large groups like idiots waiting for orders and get cancelled in big groups. Russia is finding it harder to keep what is happening on the front lines a secret so they are running out of voluntary sign up meat.

Why do European regimes ban Russian media and want to personally identify you all online? This doesn’t sound like something the winning side

Russian media ban is because RT is just a propaganda network, why would Europe let Russia beam propaganda in when fighting a proxy war, this is a no brainer and Russia does the exact same thing. You then accuse Europe of wanting to personally identify everyone online, a small group tried and it got voted down and looks unlikely to have a hope of passing. In the meantime we have Russia forcing it’s citizens to use Russia Max government app for all payments and communication, messing up the army who use signal and telegram but are now throttled. You can see your projection from the moon dude!

This doesn’t sound like something the winning side would be doing

I know right? This is why Russia is doing it and Ukraine is not, your words homie. I do love our little chats.

Off to your safe space!

Absolutely hilarious how you continue to claim this even after I’ve already linked you a bunch of articles showing that industry in the EU is collapsing

You show me some doomer articles from right wing press like they are a slam dunk while I base my figures on actual GDP figures and statistics based on the EUs and Russia’s published financial reports. These two things are not the same, I have not seen any real evidence of EU industry collapsing, you are just a massive drama queen who believes every article they read.

Russia has also not replaced EU companies with domestic industry, they have switched to Chinese products further increasing their dependency on China.

NATO is increasing its weapon output but we are not under pressure to do so as we are not at war. Russia meanwhile drives ladas to the front line with no care for protecting their troops while Ukraine uses MRAPS. For all of Russia’s supposed increase in production it is not evident on the front lines. More Russian fluff and lies.

Russia is very obviously not dependent on China the way you are dependent on the US because Russia produces its own necessities such as food and energy

Russia’s dependency on China is existential, for the war effort and Putin regime anyway. If China withdrew support tomorrow, the Russian war effort would collapse. Russia is not an industrial or manufacturing power and could in no way support their war effort without China. Food and energy are not the only things an army needs.

That’s cute, now compare that with the US.

Always with the whataboutery with you guys isn’t it.

Meanwhile, in the real world

Further emphasising Russia’s dependence on China and vassal status.

I get my information from mainstream western media which, if you actually follow it, clearly explains that Russia is steadily making progress in Ukraine,

This explains why you think the way you do. If that is where you get your information you are weeks behind and are likely unaware of Ukraine’s recent improvements in drone range and tactics that are destroying Russian logistics. Ukraine are the ones taking land now as Russia attempts to recruit more Kenyan mercenaries. Why does the Russian regime keep on turning off the internet in Moscow? This doesn’t sound like something the winning side would be doing. Putin seems worried…

You keep on being delusional until reality hits you in the face.

Could say the same to you as Russia’s front lines collapse. Putin’s response is to shut off the internet, brave.

Don’t reply or I’ll have to block you if you annoy me more

I do what I want, you’ll tell me nothing. You Russia boys are a bunch of soft snowflakes. If you don’t want this conversation to continue all you have to do is not respond. Don’t give me cowardly meek threats, block away and protect your safe space if you need to, I don’t care.

What you clearly seem to be missing is that the quality of the economy that matters. In Russia, the economy consists of actual industry and material production.

Tripping over your own shoe laces right out of the fat once again, impressive. The EU has a much larger and more diverse manufacturing sector both in raw size and as a percentage of GDP. Remember the EU economy is 10 times the size of Russia’s, the EUs manufacturing output alone is larger than the Russian economy. Russia’s manufacturing sector has increased since the war, this is largely military industrial output. Russian manufacturing has also faced a severe manpower shortage lately for some reason. Russia is a resource mining and export economy, a “gas station” if you will.

And the fact that Russian industrial output is outpacing all of NATO says all we need to know here.

I am sure you mean military industrial output because overall industrial output we have seen is not bigger. Have you ever thought that maybe Russias military industrial output is bigger because they are at war and NATO are not? Are you actually for real?

Trade numbers with India and China has naturally gone up as Russia is a commodity exporter and their previous largest customers don’t want to do business any more so Russia has picked the next best option.

Hilarious of you to clutch your pearls after outright dismissing western media showing how European economies are collapsing as fear mongering.

What you call pearl clutching I call reality. It is a fact that Russia is not releasing all of their financial information, this is not a secret. Since 2022, Russia has systematically restricted access to key statistics, removing over 168 tables from statistical yearbooks and halting updates to over 115 indicators on the EMISS system. Hidden data includes detailed household incomes, budgetary expenditures, state salaries, and trade figures, aiming to conceal the war’s true economic impact.

I have not seen any evidence of “European economies collapsing”. Many would say they have weathered the storm of losing the untrustworthy supplier they developed an overdependence on quite well.

RAND consistently represents the US government motivations dronie

No, it is a right wing think tank that is famous for being consistently incorrect from its mistakes in getting America to go to war in Vietnam and then to prolong it all the way up to the Iraq war. Rand represents the view points of its biggest doners and no credible person should take them seriously due to their track record. Look it up for yourself dronie.

LMAO this is what we call projection because it’s precisely what’s happening to Europe right now.

Not projection, you are correct about European position under the USA and it has been this way since WW2. Russia used to be sovereign, it is no longer, now it is completely dependent on China the way Europe is on the USA. How does it feel to be the proxy?

. Russia can do the exact same type of money printing the west does. They simply haven’t had a reason to do that so far. Nobody with a working brain anticipates any Russian default

There is a difference between borrowing on the bond market and printing money. Your response makes it sound like you don’t understand this. You also don’t seem to be aware that the Russian money machine has been going brrrr since COVID,they have been printing money like crazy! https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/money-supply-m2

Russia has been trying and failing to raise money on the bond markets since the war started, still no takers because everybody believes Russia will default like they always do. This is not secret information, it has been widely reported on.

And they’re constantly proven to be wrong, but hey why look at what’s actually happening in the war when you can just cherry pick information that feeds into your delusions right?

The milibloggers getting info from the front lines? Individuals have been wrong, but when they are all talking about front line collapse, inability to counter drones and lack of communications all at once you should start to believe. Where do you get your information from? I would love to know what source you have more reliable than the Russian milibloggers.

Stay smug little fash, life’s about to get real hard for you and I’m here for it.

Somehow I doubt it. I love in Ireland, we are cool here. My biggest problem at the moment is that I have to wait 6 weeks for my new giant sliding doors to be imported from Barcelona. First world problems, I know. I appreciate your sympathy but you should really spend it on someone more deserving.

Your graph is deceiving because it starts at 20 and not 0 on the y axis. It shows a very modest increase in wage, there are much better charts out there that plot wage growth Vs productivity growth. This makes the theft all the more obvious.

You guys normally have a bit more fight in you, not used to you just laying down like this. I’m sure the long war has taken a toll on you and like the Russian soldiers on the front line you have decided to just give up.

I actually think Russia is close to the end. They have been getting meeker and meeker lately with their statements and the 2 week long mobile internet blackout in Moscow has been suspicious to say the least…