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Originally Posted by
Hubcapped
I keep seeing lots of speculation elsewhere about rumblings inside Russia. People there are coming to grips with the hard truth that they have gained a little territory at a cost that will be paid for many generations. If the wheels finally come off the Russian economy, watch out.
Bingo. Enough articles about there about the increased difficulties the Russian economy is facing. The flipside is we've heard these warnings for years. But the reality was the Russian economy shrugged the difficulties off for the couple of years but the current difficulties might be signaling the start of bigger problems.