I don't know if i sound offending, it's quite the opposite. ("man, now i'm defending?" wtf)and of course, this remark doesn’t refer to you).
I don't know if i sound offending, it's quite the opposite. ("man, now i'm defending?" wtf)and of course, this remark doesn’t refer to you).
I think that this has to go deeper. While west wooed that USSR stagnated and backward etc, was building carriers, cruisers, nuclear subs, a fully blown space program, numerous nuclear stations etc etc etc. USSR died because of hyperproductivity. Soviet people went also lazy and "goofy" but there are western documentaries claiming thats soviets had better sex also. lol Population was booming even after the great hit it took during WW2 so maybe they were right. East German's most enjoyed activity was to run to the nature naked and party any moment they could haha. I remember them coming here in Greece tooAdding to this the Kosygin pro-market reforms just added fuel to the fire. Now imagine an economy that, while capable of producing surplus value, cannot store it due to the prohibition of private property or storage of value. What does it do then? It reinvests it into the economy itself. And that didn’t please some people, they wanted to dip their whole hand into the jar of honey. In my view, institutionalization and the lack of motivation and imagination were the essential causes of the USSR’s decline. It’s understandable, things can’t go perfectly the first time.
LOL What?Due to the gasoline shortages all across the country, Russia has relinquished import levies on gasoline. Pretty good job by the Ukrainians in turning Russia into a gasoline importer. Slava Ukraine!
HSR will not help when population grows East of Ural or South in mountains and shortages supposed to be filled by EuroAsian Union/ Central Asia integration. What actually happening is that after spending several days in Tajikistan Putin almost immediately call Central Asian again. Presumption is that any agreements done about further integration and labor movements he discuss with some one who he didnot took them to show them in public as they will be responsible to put these things in action.It just means more Russian crude oil will flood the international market.
I doubt there will be much need for actual gasoline imports since the Russian government announced they will be blending fuel to make gasoline and diesel.
In the longer term Rosatom is building two gigafabs to make lithium-ion batteries. Russia is going to start making EVs. That will cut down gasoline demand eventually.
Russia is also building an HSR line between Moscow and St. Petersburg which should further reduce aviation and car fuel demand.
October 9, 202517:05
Putin proposed merging transport corridors between Russia and Central Asia.
All transport corridors and logistics projects in Russia and Central Asia could be integrated into a single system, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated.
According to the head of state, a unified system with modern electronic and transport services will improve the effectiveness of cooperation in the region.
The key task now is to develop North-South and East-West routes, as well as to build new transcontinental corridors, the president added.
On October 8, Putin in Tajikistan on a state visit."Later, all these and other Eurasian logistics projects could be combined into a single network with modern electronic and transport services," said at the Russia-Central Asia summit.