Russian economy: safe haven or oil bubble?

[alemanloco1]

OIL BUBBLE!

[borncode1]

Экономика США умер, и идет к краху экономики России до сих пор не начинает укрепляться, как у нас имеются большие запасы нефти и газа, нефти! Американцы тратят большие деньги на бесполезные войны теперь можно только плакать и стуча головой об стену

[Playboysmurf1]

Russian people still have not leveraged themselves against the equity in their homes and many people don't have credit card debit. As Russians have the opportunity to borrow against their homes to create businesses, Americans already have borrowed against their homes to spend on disposable consumer items, and now the US people have to pay off that debit or simply manage it.

[tacotony24]

Russia = 3rd world economy

[darthvader5300]

@tacotony24 3rd world economy? You Americans do not have a Uralmash which is Russia's factories of factories. You do not manufacture (60%) most of your consumer and industrial consumables and durables. Russia did the right thing to insource domestically all forms of manufacturing businesses using it's oil money and natural gas money. Our real high-technology is reserved only for our military, we could have used it to make high-tech products but it will reveal military technological secrets.

[mayabelldotcom]

This economist talking is an idiot. He uses a lot of fancy words but the statements he makes mean nothing. The interviewer make a good point; only oil & no manufacturing & production, is not a good economy. But energy & weaponry with controlled masses is their ideal economy based on it's weaponry & uneducated or unemployed masses ready to fight in case somebody opposes them. What USA & Russia really live by is brut force to protect them from being retaliated against as they loot other countries.

[ericssson]

Russia has the world's most fraudulent economy

[jamesskull2000]

russia economy is dying lol

[tallsamogitian]

watch - Money & Politics: BP Withdraws Last Of Its Staff From Russia

[tallsamogitian]

watch-Inside Business: TNK-BP Chief Quits Russia

[tallsamogitian]

yeah! bring your money to russia and then putin will cick you out. and keep the money. :)

[Ericosproduction]

Every countries economy have fallen a bit.

[jeffoh1990]

I heard Russia is expected to go Bankrupt by Summer...

[ursucarnivor]

you heard wrong

[OutdoorsBlackMan]

What I have heard is that the common-folk of Russia hold a tradition of local farming and small businesses. Regardless of the country's international "economic" strength, the people thrive on their own basically.

Food consumption comparison

US- "Do I want Mcdonalds or Wendy's?"

Russia-"What will I cook today? Maybe mom around the block made her special stew today!"

I think that's funny.

[daejinko100]

The standard of living in Russia is not as great as that of the US.

[Shortlie2342]

i know. yet many Russians say they are going to make it out alive from the recession as the US collapses. lol it seems to be the other way around.

[sergeidenisenko]

Yep, States are stable, my mate, with its 12,250,000,000,000 external debt and public debt close to one of Nicaragua!

[AtilladHun]

International Herald Tribune Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:30 AM PST

Moscow appeared to be moving toward a managed devaluation, as Russia's oil-fueled economy battles with collapsing energy prices and massive outflows of money from the country, putting the currency under intense pressure.

[AlmightyBrazil]

let`s go BRICs! Let TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

Brazil!!!!! haaaaaa!!!!!!!!

[deni1985]

The more and more I learn about Russian History, and read up on Current Events in Russia, the more ashamed I am of having Russian blood!

I also never understood how white slave owners could control so many black slaves. The black slaves outnumbered them like 10-1.

This is happening in Russia right now, except the slaves outnumber their masters like Million to one.

Country is a joke. I'm sad :(

[starnautical]

Cause, you a right.Cept, what the sham is, goes like this:Bush is bad guy to Russians but not to Putin and Ruling Class.The russian people start to catch on then Putin has America engage in threatening military action, say USA missile shield in Poland and Putin does the same by shaking the sabre in South America.

In that way the unpatriotic Ruling class controls the peasantry. It's simple and effective. By creating artificial crises they control you.

You know I speak the truth don't you.

[starnautical]

Russia Today is jut a propaganda apparatus of the Ruling class. It hypes the "crisis,"

of the day. It's psychological warfare against all of us. The name of the game is control. And this one way how the few control the many.

[GermaineIlya]

name a major media source which doesn't have an agenda

[CaseRed0605]

You do speak the truth and are 100% correct.

[deni1985]

Russia isn't ruled by Russians. Until Russia is ruled by it's "OWN" people, it will never be a safehaven for anything! How the people can stand by and watch it's land and wealth be stripped apart and moved over the border is a shame. U.S. is a more stable country but how long that will last? Obligations are like 70 Trillion (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Nation Debt). Who is going to pay this off? I'm unemployed.

Fun times ahead! I think WW3 will come in our lifetime.

[isurfu2ube]

@deni1985 True that I'm unemployed too! U.S economy is going to shit

[lbornov2]

Yes - Russian ecnomy is in shit, and will be for quite a while to come. But so far, it has had little impact on everyday life. Inflation is high is always - fuck! :(

[TbilisiNewYork]

IDIOT, it's not about inflation or economy, it is all about your greedy Mother F----r Putin and his basters Lavrov and Cockroach medved. now you hate gruzins, i wonder why, do you have an answer? or do you have a reason? or you want to tell me you like so much osetians or abkhazs that you start hating georgians all of a sudden?

[lbornov2]

Do I like Osetians or Abhaz? No, I don't. But I don't hate them, because they don't come as poor migrant workers who cannot speak the language, who have crime rate almost 4 times above crime rate of Slavs. That is why...

It is like "nigger" in USA, and gypsie in Bulgarija.

[mattnemski]

How can you say Russia might become a safe haven? Russia is eternally doomed to fail, because of the government's mentality. The world doesn't trust the Russians and never will. They used their oil riches to bully neighbouring countries. Europe and Asia will become the new economic powers. Much safer for foreign investors.

Russia should never be allowed to be a powerful country they don't know how to use power properly, much like the U.S.

[TbilisiNewYork]

i wonder why russia created this English speaking broadcast?

[geobrklyn]

to lie to the whole world my friend,oil is below 70 dollars this is the bigining of the end for russia,hopefully it will keep falling,rusebs deda getirebat trakshi :)

[TbilisiNewYork]

i hope oil goes down, and i don't care if american economy goes with it, it's OK, i rather suffer hear to see russia go down in drain. chven patara didebul sakartvelos gaumarjos!!!

[gabriellaavet]

You are sick!!

[lbornov2]

Реально скажу, если увижу еще одну чурку на улице Нижнего Новгорода... убью нах. Все вы, грузины, чеченцы, и т.д. - дегенераты!

[lbornov2]

Блять как в сталинские чурки заебали.

Я сильно надеюсь что в Москве скины будут ваших чурок-чёрножопых-гастербайтеро­в пиздить на улицах. Так вам и надо... нехуй рожаться чёрными и наглыми как вы и есть

[Monzie77]

The bubble is bursting... and Russia thought they could keep all that oil and become a "rich" country. All they want is to become like the west. The only problem is: they never will be. You can't change what Russia has become over the centuries: a place populated by the scum of the planet. I hope your pathetic country dies a slow death... Russians = scum of the earth.

[Gnubnub]

The biggest bubble I see bursting right now is the US lending to people who can't pay. While Russia made it's mistake quite some time ago, the US made its mistake very recently as Russia will be seen as an alternative, I doubt the bubble will be bursting worse than anywhere else.

[geobrklyn]

russia will never be alternative,even if dollars falls little more,US economy will still be stable,cheaper dollar will give ameriacn companies a chance to sell thair products at compatative prices around the world for example:airlines use to buy Airbus planes becasue it was cheaper then Boeing but now it's the other way around,russia does not produce anything and if it produces its not good quality and not relible,but of course russia will blame everithing on USA AND GEORGIA,russia is finished

[Gnubnub]

Yes America does make nice things, but Americans are not exactly seen in a good light right now. I would rather buy from Russia any day. Good luck to America if they think that domination and oil poaching is their right.

[CaseRed0605]

You're kidding me right? You'd rather buy from the Russian market than the American market? Even with the American downturn their market is still about 50 times as stable as the Russian market. The Russians don't even have a market without natural resource exports.

[Gnubnub]

You are looking at it from a businessmans perspective. I am talking only about a being at ease morally with the decisions one has made. If two equivalent opportunities come my way there may just be a point subtracted if one of them is American.

[polygamous1]

YES us ecomony based on lies n deception IS collapsing because of the international bankers that have robbed the usa since the creation of the private federal reserve americans even pay their taxes to the private federal reserve TOTAL MADNESS

[Slava001]

Why am I fucked? The way to make money in share trading is to buy shares cheaply and then later sell them at expensive price. To large corporations such times are a field day out. In UK there is a similar situation with economy but less extreme. And still would Lloyds TSB have been able to buy HBOS if economy was strong and shares were expensive??? Lloyds TSB can see beyond media speculation and panic of current economy. The same situation is in Russia with current economy.

[Slava001]

So how can rubles inflation be at 11% if it is rising in value against the dollar which has 3% inflation??? To rise in value ruble must have inflation lower than the dollar. This means that either rubles inflation is lower than 3% or dollars inflation is higher than 11%. I totally agree with you that Russia is allot more risky to invest than the US but so far for the past 5 years the gamble for investors has paid off. If you want to earn money invest in Russia, if you want to save, invest in US

[bacaca88]

Russian economy is totally fucked. Nobody investing here and oil prices falling. Russia known as most corrupt place in world - official now. Only companies/investors willing to take very high-risk will invest. Big problems ahead for Russia.

[Slava001]

bacaca88 Any rich person has had to take a risk in life and gamble with money in order to become rich.

[bacaca88]

OK, so you are fucked but accept this. At least you are honest unlike American fools.

[Slava001]

How can US dollar inflation be at 3% and rubble at 11% while exchange rate stays the same for the past 5 years? Im not arguing that Russias economy is bigger than the US economy and that it is better but what Iam saying is that for inventors Russian market and economy gives a bigger return of profits. US experienced that economic growth in the first part of 20th century and now Russia has a smaller version of it.

[mrkv39]

the exchange rate didn't stay constant for the last 5 years. Rubble has been rising in value vs. dollar. Also, you have to look at returns vs. risk. The fact that Russia is getting much higher returns, means that investors require these returns to compensate them for higher risk of Russia. As a matter of fact, despite high domestic returns, RUssia recently started a fund to invest in US and Western European markets.

[Slava001]

Russian economy is also based on exports especially gas/oil so the inflation factor is not as big as it may sound in effecting economic growth. If we were to add up US inflation plus economic growth/decline then it would stand somewhere around -14% but that is not true and it is around -2%. The same is for Russia it is wrong to have 7% minus 11% inflation and therefore -4%. Of cource by wealth US is far ahead of Russia but buy growth Russia is currently just behind India and China

[mrkv39]

inflation in the US is less than 3%. Also, I am not sure where you got your negative 3% for US GDP, but the latest 2Q08 data shows +1.9% of GDP growth in the US. THis is still less than Russia, but again when you compare REAL numbers, it becomes very comparable. Besides, S.Ossettia events caused a massive outflow of foreign funds from Russia, to a pont where Russia had to waste its own surplus fund to prop up the rubble and now they are thinking of wasting more money on the stock market.

[Slava001]

That would be true if not to consider two factors. 1 95% of peoples wealth is stored in euro/dollar/ British pound rather than rubbles. 2 Look at the exchange rate between US dollar and Russian rubble for the past 5 years and you will see that either US dollar is in a really big shit for the past 5 years or rubble is doing really well.

[mrkv39]

the original point was that US was growing at -2% and Russia at +7%. My point is that REAL growth rate is negative for both countries. Now, I agree that holding foreign currencies somewhat reduces the negative impact of inflation, but that doesn't change the fact tha both US and Russian economies face their own challanges. Just because $ fell vs rubble, doesn't mean it's a bad thing. US economy now is being supported by exports due to the cheap dollar.

[Slava001]

No inflation is around 11% but then banks on deposit pay around 12-14%. Without oil/gas growth is about 1-2% but considering increasing natural resources exports growth is around 7% and it has been around 7% for the past 4-5 years. Just look at the house price increase in Russia especially Moscow for the past 5 years.

[mrkv39]

Ok, I actually had to look up facts for this. So 7%-8% was GDP growth in 2007 and is expected to be in 2008. However, inflation increased to above 10% in the second half of 2007 and is expected to reamin in 2008. So REAL GDP growth projected for 2008 would be -2-3%.

[2002rune]

According to CIA World Factbook, real GDP growth for Russia for 2007 was at 8.1%. Remember that GDP PPP for Russia is severely undervalued compared to nominal GDP just like China's, because both countries try to keep their currencies lower compared to US dollar by buying up the dollars. Keep in mind that nominal GDP is measured in US dollars not rubles or yuan.

[mrkv39]

2002rune, you are right. 8% is real GDP. You are right about yuan/rubble. China is strict in keeping yuan fixed against the dollar because of their massive export market into the US. But Russia is letting rubble float a lot more. However, after S.Ossettia they were forced to support their currency. However, if you think about it, by keeping the exchange rate very low, they are artificially fueling their export business, which is one of the reasons for high GDP growth rate....

[Slava001]

From the average Joe perspective salaries have increased by about 15% above inflation and average Joe is far better of than 5 years ago. You get your information from some media but I know the general public because I meet them. People are far better of and in general the general wealth of the population is increasing by quite allot. 5 years ago Russia was not the main Europe car market, now it is what does show huge wealth increase in general population

[mrkv39]

no one is saying that average Joe is worse off - the point is that the real growth is not 7% per year but more like 2-3%. I think inflation is over 5% now.

[Slava001]

Inflation is high but then banks on deposit are still able to give a return of a higher percent. This means that if you are getting as a client plus 2% above inflation it means that banks are getting net profits from money about 3% above inflation. But before net there is also gross where at least 2% is spent and therefore goes unnoticed. So to add all factors up in general there is 7% profit above inflation. In western banks deposit is not ever higher then inflation.

[Holso5]

are you trying to look at inflation from an overall GDP perspective or from a regular citizen's perspective? The fact that banks pay above inflation rate, does not change the fact that REAL GDP is well under 5%. From a average Joe perspective, sure his savings might be prserved but what about his other wealth? he still has to spend more money of food, clothing, electronics, etc. Inflation still destroyes his wealth.

[Slava001]

There are so many comments about war, military, soviet union, nukes and loads of other irrelevant stuff. Businesses are only interested in economic growth. US -2%, Russia 7% thats all is needed to know

[mrkv39]

also slava, you have to consider not just the growth rate but also inflation. If you adjust for inflation, Russia is not growing nearly as fast as you think.

[doomkrakin]

Russia aint shit, bleh bleh talk. Always wanting to be on the world stage, its old go away.

[georgianborat]

BYE BYE RUSSIAN BARBARIANS for good! You have showed that you are cavemen. You belong where you live your filthy heads sticking out from tank holes. You WILL NEVER RECLAIM GEORGIA! We'll now embrace NATO! Russia is alone and pleading Asian Nations for help as I've read today's news. Only countries that may support you are shitholes like Venezuella and Iran! That's about it. And your economy will crash soon, you'll be brought to your knees as it was done during Yeltsin. RUSSIA WILL BE DESTROYED!

[mrkv39]

what's ironic is that Russia today invest a lot more money in the US, than US invests in Russia. And Russia gets 4% return in the US vs. ~13% in Russia. So how come Russia prefers US for investments?

[wildchildplasma]

Russia invest in the US lot becuase of the market benefits it gets and for political reasons to show it is willing to be a good freind given a good enviroment where russia is fairly treated also.

[mrkv39]

so it seems that Russian actions (investment in the US) and words - on this program which is controlled by the russian government clash.....

[Slava001]

Its a secret weapon. If Russia is to withdraw all money from US in one day it would be fatal to US economy. Saudis have done the same

[mrkv39]

Slava, first of all it will not be fatal for US economy - russia is not significant enough for that. Second of all, it will be also fatal for Russia/Saudi/Chinese economies. Not much of a weapon....

[Slava001]

How would exchanging dollar into Euro be fatal???? If Russia/Saudi/China were to exchange dollar into euro it would be fatal to US because other countries also would follow in a domino effect and would cause the dollar to crash

[mrkv39]

Russia/SA/China invested billions of their dollars in US debt. If they stop supporting that market by exchanging into euro instead of dollar, it will crash and wipe out their investment. It would be suicidal.

[Slava001]

It wouldnt be suicidal because the money would be transferred into Euro zone markets which will actually benefit from crash in US. It would be fatal for investors who will be the last to withdraw from US market in the domino effect but for the main investors Russia/SA/China it would be fine. What will happen to the world after that is a different matter.

[mrkv39]

you think that euro zone exists in a vacuum? This is not politics, its economics. It's not one against the other - its one depending on the other. When US economy suffers, Chinese, Russian, European all of world's economies will suffer as well. US is slowing down and you just watch how European economies will go in a recession as well. The same is true about China, when China slows down, US and Russia will suffer.

[Slava001]

Im not saying that Euro zone is not connected to US market. In fact probably all the economies will crash including the Russian market but what I am saying is that its similar to nuclear missiles just in economical terms. If US with other investors was to withdraw all investments from Russian market it would also crash. This is why money is stored in foreign markets so that politicians will think twice before acting.

[mihail2000]

THEY NEVER WERE A SUPERPOWER

[wildchildplasma]

Russian Rockets are still marked as some of the best ever made, Same with their bombs, Software and electronic technologies ect.

Russia are a force to be recconed with today not just yesterday.

Why don't you look from time to time at who made and makes what very little of it say made in the US. That means there are a lot of clever well abled people and groups in all sorts of places including Russia.

[mihail2000]

HIGH TECH SHIT

[mihail2000]

THEY DON`T BUILT CARS,ELECTRONICS

[wildchildplasma]

Yes Russia are developing More Electronic technologies again.One thing to note is that a lot of electronic technologies are modled for the software and Russia has indeed contributed well in the software community but yes also Russia does produce electronics although almost everything consumer beased seems to be made in China at the moment.

[mihail2000]

I LOVE RUSSIA`S MUD HIGHWAYS

[VivaMydick]

you should sell your overvalued real estate in russia and buy severely undervalued while you still can , you will make a fortune 5 yrs from now you will say : I wish I listened to this guy VivaMyDick :) where Dick is just a name like Dick Chenney :)

[VivaMydick]

ration of US RE value to GDP is 2/13 trillion Russian GDP is 1.7 trillion while russian total RE worth now almost 2.5 trillion it shows how severely US RE is undervalued!!!

In order to catch up US RE must grow 10 times !!!!

[vladimirstanislav]

daza3413 LOL ur so stupid if u think fighter jets and even aircraft carrier counts in big boys war LMAO...Read this moron! in BIG BOYS war NUKE rules! ICBM with nuclear war heads is the real weapon baby! Just imagine if Russia lunch 100 ICBM to US targets ur damn lucky if u can intercept half LOL...now what well u guys do with the other 50? u do the math! Russia nukes US then US nukes Russia both country turns to ash China is happy LOL....and by the way Russia has more than 100 Nukes...hehehe

[daza3413]

ok, im not from the USA, and having more that 100 nukes is not amazing, the UK has more that 400 nukes, and were not talking about a nuclear war here, you would have to be a reard to start a nuclear war-its jjust slaughtering civilians which can never be justified, the only country stupid enough to ever have dropped a nuke was the USA on Japan. That nuke didnt need to be dropped

[iwatchmassvideo]

Wtf are you smoking? Even Japanese realize the bomb needed to be dropped. THE ESTIMATED COST for invading Japanese islands was 2.5 MILLION.. not thousands, 2.5 MILLION casualties compared to... roughly 500,000 total because of the two bombs. The Japanese we're dug in and prepared to fight to the death, they've shown that in many pacific islands we fought in. Not only that, we told the Japanese to surrender or suffer ultimate destruction, they did not listen. It DEFINITLY needed to be dropped.

[kuyum213]

daza3413 seems to know very little about the topic and is not quite able to analyse things which is no surprise to me as this is actually what get from that part of the world in bulk. It is called stupidity mixed with arrogance. Education would probably be the answer to it providing the guy is not crippled genetically which seems to be the fact unfortynately. Poor bugger

[daza3413]

Russia military is outdated aswell, their su-35's (their fighters) cannot at all match todays western fighters like the Typhoon, F-22, Rafale, Gripen, F-35 etc. and they still have gaps in their radar system and since air dominance is the thing that wins wars today, the west has an advantage over any other country

[bittemeinrammstein]

LMFAO XD only until you wake up buddy XD

Russian military is the most advanced and powerful in the world! get your stupid fucking fat head out of the 90's ass dipshit XD

[RealQi]

But you see..the way Russia handled their problems lead to the comeback of russian ppl that left after the soviet union for america or other countries.

The government isn't just "You have to do that and dont ask questions!"...the ppl love their government now...They love putin they love everything what he does...You know that no one wanted Putin after Jelsin? Know why? They had no trust!! They were angry...but now=> everyone accepts Medwedew...everyone is happy..

[modelmark]

if the ppl loved what Putin was doing with their money, he would not need to tax them for it. They would give it voluntarily. Since tax is a payment under threat of jail and violence, I would argue the ppl do not like what Putin does with their money.

Logically, the ppl apparently do not want to spend their money on sub marines. So their 'hapiness' with their ruler must be propaganda. I mean just logically...

[RealQi]

Then the argument you're bringing would also fit in the whole world..."Why does he use our money for military equipment?"

You're right but thats not only in Russia....

[modelmark]

I totally agree with you. It fits my country even more than yours, since my freaking politicians steal my money when I earn it, when I save it and when I spend it, plus that instead of catching criminals they specialized in parking/speeding tickets, the roads are filled with traffic jams, the hospitals have waiting lists and they run up an enormous debt for the unborn children. There is one thing in which they failed: to make me worship them, someone who points a gun at me, ain't no friend

[peryskop247]

peak oil

[jackzaf]

Russia? hahahaha

[hazukisan7]

Russia The great will rise again

with india and china they will be the most powerfull ally of countries -- Russia economy will do great because oil is high and wen russia takes the oil from the north sea it will be even beter RUSSIA INDIA CHINA for the WIN

[lyden2006]

Not if America and World War 3 has anything to say about it.

I don't support that view but that seems to be the way it is.

[killokone]

fuck america u guys gonna get killed in world war 3 no one like u nato is over the euro hate u canada will soon hate u too

[lyden2006]

Well leave that for history to be the judge of, unfortunately.

[BanjoNaps]

The USA doesn't have much oil left. Their will be no fighting in the US that doesn't involve US affairs. Their is nothing to fight for, oil wise. We'll freak out about agriculture and ethnic tensions instead. World Wars are only possible with cheep energy. Those days are gone. Look at Iraq, oil production is 50% of what it was. Oil has no future! Get out of oil! It sounds crazy, but.. get out. Oh, and I guess it could come down to nukes. Lets hope not, nobody wins. What ever win means.

[sovietamerican2]

well usa and EU are in near collapse, thats what happens when you have war against terror, war drains your economy. usa cant afford another war at this point...russia can.

[lizza141]

Russia can't afford shit. They were once wealthy but because of their stupidity they lost it all. They will never see those days again.

[deathcrow75]

haha Russia is the 5th richest country in the world :D, get a life maybe try attending school, that is if you have the capability to learn, i mean your just spreading complete bs hoping that you are actually right, your funny

[daza3413]

India wont join with russia or china, India works very closely with The British. Russia will not rise again, its a matter of numbers, people ar fleeing from Russia, their population in 2030 will be down by 20%-that rate will cause an economic collapse.

china and India are getting more foreign investors, but not russia. Nobody likes/respects russia anymore

[sovietamerican2]

daza i disagree, those are opinions not facts.

[daza3413]

its a mix of opinions and facts, Russia's population is falling quickly, and the USA and the EU are not near collapse at all, its just a slow down, people said we were in collapse in the 90's but we didnt collapse and now isnt as bad as the 90's. and the war on terror is costing a lot but its not draining the west at all, besides were pulling out of iraq and afganistan soon so its not really a problem. and Russia isnt a superpower or even a great power anymore and thats that, end of

[deathcrow75]

well not really, the US has to relay on immigrants st their population goes up, although, due to economic problems, some cities had less immigrants than others causing the population in those cities to drop, and the economy is getting worse, which, at this rate will slow down and eventually lower the US population

[iwatchmassvideo]

The U.S. population is kinda capped off. I'm glad for that though, we're not overcrowded but we are at a sustainable level. We can feed our own people not like China,Japan,India who have way too many kids.

[wildchildplasma]

Its takes time but there are solutions which can solve the food problems the some chinese, Japanese and Indians have.

What is wrong is that the western media is trying to push agendas by proclaiming crises.

China infact has only stopped recieving food aid for 5 years now so it needs more time to get the market right there and India needs space and the right involvement to get their food market on the right track but i hate this word can't or unable.

Progress takes time.

[iwatchmassvideo]

Come on, those regions of the world has been overpopulated, in poverty, and starving for a very long time. Hell look at African Nations, birthplace of the world, and still they can't get their shit together. Some people are just stupid. I know China is improving but till they get their people to around 700,000,000 or lower, they'll continue to starve.

[wildchildplasma]

If they hold there Population where it is there are manys things they can virtically farm to supplement their diets like Algae oil for food.

Rice could be virtically farmed. Chickens and others also. o and mushrooms. China do have the ability to do such things.

[iwatchmassvideo]

Everyone is going to be losing population in the next 70 years. Europe will be 49% European!!!!! Wtf, it's literally become Eurabia. China is in for it because their boy-to-girl ratio is like 50:1 and same with India's. Russia is being invaded by foreingors, so is Europe, AND america. Keep them out!

[HerrMoppel]

People in Russia and Poland have much in common: beauty women, generosity, big slavic soul, attitude to life and so on. I hope, one day the politicians will stop stiring up national hatred.

[Filippopolak]

I Like Russia!But I'm From Poland

Slavic Brothers 4 Ever

[RealQi]

My polish "friends" in germany say "Poland hates Russia"

Is that true?

[Filippopolak]

no...that isn't true...

Poles hates germany but likes russia

[skyraptor]

What about MOSKALS? KATSAPS?!?! That's how you call us :/ and now we will have to point our nukes at you since you are building american missiles

[RealQi]

Well I'm Russian and I dont hate noone.

I just dont like the western media.

It is a big lie!

No one talks about our SU37 that is the best airfighter in the whole world.

Or the Typhoon (Submarine) that can carry 24 intercontinental missiles.We can fucking swim near the coast of California and throw 24 rockets wherever we like to.

[Skoda130]

If they can pay the soldiers wage's that is..

[modelmark]

Do you expect a lot of benefit when your government threatens with violence? Since the use of violence always spreads, your government will steal more and more of your money to build these weapons (by taxes, paid by you under the threat of violence) and confiscate more and more companies.

Your government (like any government) only talks about evil foreigners to increase their grip on their own population.

[RealQi]

I expect that America won't think they are the strongest anymore. It isn't important that we threat with violence..it is important that we COULD if we get provoced to much.

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