I will just comment a bit on this article someone posted here.
"A Uniqlo store in Moscow this month. Sanctions have hit consumers who are used to getting imported products."
Oh dear. A Japanese clothes store which outsources production to places like China, Bangladesh, or Indonesia, won't sell to the Russian market anymore. Perhaps some business person needs to cut the middle man.
"Both figures were the highest recorded since the survey by Russia’s Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy began in 2015."
Gaidar. Right. Do you know who Gaidar was? He was the guy who told the Russian civilian aircraft industry that Russia did not need their products and could just import aircraft instead. Gaidar was one of the main people responsible for "shock therapy" economic policies in Russia in the 1990s during Yeltsin when Russia's average life expectancy dropped by over 10 years.
"Parts of Russia’s auto industry are shutting down for lack of foreign parts. The country’s flagship homemade passenger jet gets its engine and other key parts from overseas suppliers. Foreign pet food and medication have disappeared from store shelves."
Yes the foreign owned auto industry operating in Russia largely relied on import of foreign parts. The Chinese factories in Russia are continuing to operate however. And as those European, South Korean, auto companies leave the Chinese will take their place. And the Europeans, South Koreans will never get back. And guess what. Steel price up 3x. Russia is #3 world steel exporter with almost same exports as Japan. Aluminium price also up. And Steel and Aluminium production is energy intensive and needs either coal or electricity. You already had glass factories closing in Germany before the war started because of high energy prices.
As for foreign pet food. Yeah it is a disaster. For foreign pet food makers I guess. When I was a kid we gave food scraps to pets.
As for medications all the medicine producers and medical equipment providers said they would not leave the Russian market. If the medicine producers left the market most of the active ingredients are manufactured in China and India anyway. And Russia does have a medical equipment industry. It is tiny but all they need is room in the market to expand. A lot of the technology is similar to the technology used to make security devices like airport x-ray scanners and Russia makes those internally.
"A planned version of the plane made almost entirely of domestic parts won’t enter mass production until 2024, officials have said."
Yeah it is a disaster. Russia won't be able to mass purchase new airplanes for like two years and Europe and the US will lose one of the few aviation markets not affected by COVID-19. At the same time aluminium, titanium, and aviation fuel price goes up. Also they will lose access to Russian airspace. Want to travel from Europe to Japan or China? Want to travel from the US to India? Look at a map and see which route you would take.
"French aerospace firm Safran SA —which produces the jet’s engines, landing gear and engine covers—said it would stop all activities in Russia because of Western sanctions."
Safran makes half the engine. And Russia has the PD-8 engine in the test stand right now which replaces that with Russian components.
Just like Russian officials said it might impact production for 2 or maybe 3 years. And yes. I am pretty sure Russia can't manufacture an engine cover.
lol. Keep feeding masses with lies and they become even ok with nuclear war. MADDESS.
