Putin calls the U.S. a Parasite on the world

[Schadenfroh]

Says the man who helped the overlords of The Soviet Union suck the life out of Eastern Europe...

 

[Atreus21]

Given the same opportunity I'm sure more than a few of our Polioticians would be just like him.

No disagreement there. But he's a d-bag nonetheless.

 

[Macamus Prime]

When the might begins to crumble, they indeed become parisites.

 

[dainthomas]

Do the sheep have a choice?

Not in New Zealand.

 

[LegendKiller]

Says the guy whose country defaulted on their debt, devalued their currency in 1998 then further devalued it drastically in 2008 leading to inflation of over 10%. Further, the same guy's own currency is pegged to a basket of the USD and Euro.

Who, exactly, is the leech? Allowing your currency to be pegged to another currency allows you to avoid having to appreciate/depreciate your currency, thus making your goods' prices move in lock-step with the other currency. Thus, if you want your goods to be cheaper, you just devalue your currency to a fixed peg and then flood your competitor's/peg's market with cheap goods.

Leech indeed.

 

[gevorg]

...Further, the same guy's own currency is pegged to a basket of the USD and Euro.

Who, exactly, is the leech? Allowing your currency to be pegged to another currency allows you to avoid having to appreciate/depreciate your currency, thus making your goods' prices move in lock-step with the other currency. Thus, if you want your goods to be cheaper, you just devalue your currency to a fixed peg and then flood your competitor's/peg's market with cheap goods.

Leech indeed.

You've mistaken Russia for China.

 

[ayabe]

If I'm not mistaken, doesn't Russia owe us money from back in the Yeltsin days? Or was it one of those "Israeli loans" which is really a gift?

Were it not for oil prices Russia would be as broke as a joke, which is yet another reason why we need to get moving on alternative sources

 

[LegendKiller]

You've mistaken Russia for China.

So russia didn't default in 1998, devalue the currency and keep it pegged to a basket?

Nice revisionist history.

 

[zinfamous]

lolrussia

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I often pick Spetznaz when I play COD.

 

[davmat787]

Once a KGB man, always an FSB man.