Empty shelves in Moscow

[BootinUp]

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[dalton99a]

1. Invasions have consequences.

War crimes have consequences.

Keeping a murderous shithead in power for 22 years has consequences.

[Groundhawg]

2. unfortunately you have to make the citizens feel the pain to pressure their government.

[dalton99a]

4. +1. And their pain is nothing compared to the loss and suffering their leader inflicted on Ukraine

for no damn good reason

[Demovictory9]

28. +1

[L. Coyote]

3. Grocery store in Moscow, on the home front another war, panic-buying food:

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[dalton99a]

5. It'll get a bit worse by May Day

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Exposes how hollowed out the economy of Russia really is.

They've been robbed of their national wealth. It's been transferred to the Putin World Crime Organization Group. I want to see Putin's personal wealth get more exposure inside Russia... get the truth broadcast, one encrypted file at a time.

[tblue37]

7. FAFO!

[Chainfire]

8. I bet the Russian people are beginning to wonder why a small special

military action, is causing so much disruption. Perhaps they will wake up and smell, not the flowers, but the rat.

Of course, truth be known, I bet the truth is known by the vast majority.

[L. Coyote]

12. An exponential moment is approaching, where everyone suddenly realizes the emperor is a grifter.

All the publicity surrounding oligarch sanctions and seizures is particularly impressionable, government officials with yachts that nearly fill Red Square. Red Square is 330 meters long. The seized yacht Dilbar is 156m, twice as long as Red Square is wide. Dilbar is the largest yacht in the world by tonnage.

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Alexi Navalny's film "Putin's palace. History of world's largest bribe" passed 100 million views on YouTube.

[Demovictory9]

29. they know. My movers were young guys from Russia living in So Cal. They told me how rich Putin was

from his corruption. Russians know... just some value Russia's place in the world more

[PatSeg]

34. Thanks for the video

[riversedge]

27. It is always the ordinary people who suffer from their leaders ego decisions.

[onetexan]

9. Looks like the shelvea at supermkts across TX during snowmaggeddon last Feb

Damn incompetent abbott & the RW thugs running tx.

[AntiFascist]

10. Reality is dawning on them n/t

[Stuart G]

11. This is the very last thing that Putin imagined...

..He didn't think that there would be consequences this bad. Could cost Mr. Putin more than just this...

[L. Coyote]

14. And Putin didn't plan for this timeline either, he thought the "operation" would be over already.

This could break up the Russian Federation. Will Kamchatka want to become a US state?

[roamer65]

25. Secession and independence from the RF is a way out of the sanctions.

[SoCalDavidS]

13. Pootie Couldn't Care Less Whether Or Not The Russian Population Suffers

He only cares about his Oligarchs, and I imagine they're being well taken care of.

What exactly is the ordinary citizen going to do about it? Vote him out of office?

[Chainfire]

16. All it takes is one pissed off, well placed person, who is willing to sacrifice themselves

to rid the world of this festering pustule. Perhaps the brother or cousin of some trooper sacrificed on Putin's alter. That is the thing that keeps Putin up at night. It must be fun living in a world where you have to wonder that if everyone you see is trying to kill you.

[Mariana]

19. All it takes is one pissed off, well placed person, who is willing to sacrifice themselves.

Yet, most rulers who lead their countries into mass death and destruction don't die that way.

[Stuart G]

17. What about Military Leaders who followed Putin's orders. And What Will They Do?

Those orders have killed far more soldiers than the generals imagined. What will the generals do...

or should is say:...."What will the remaining generals do?"

[iemanja]

15. It looks like the immediate post-Soviet years

which was an extremely difficult time for Russians. People starved, and violence was rampant.

Source: "Citizen Z" on Amazon Prime.

[Igel]

20. Looks like immediate pre-post-Soviet years.

Was there the summer before there was "post-Soviet."

The store I went into to see what they had was pretty bare. They had a block of lard left. Other than that, maybe if you could catch a cockroach and cook it ...

[JHB]

18. Note for Jim Cramer: these are not from the seasonal aisle

[struggle4progress]

21. Oh! it's a lovely war!

How shall we spend the money we earn?
Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war!
Who wouldn't be a soldier, eh?
Oh, it's a shame to take the pay!

[Totally Tunsie]

22. An article in Reuters on 3/17 indicated that multiple cargo ships

from Brazil are headed to Russia carrying sugar.

https://www.reuters.com/business/vessels-head-toward-russia-with-big-sugar-cargoes-store-shelves-empty-2022-03-17/

Sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine have boosted demand for sugar and other food staples there, and store shelves have been emptying due to food hoarding. Yet sanctions may also make it harder for shippers to get paid for their cargoes.

The volume of sugar being shipped is unusually high, traders said, noting Russia tends to import roughly 100,000 tonnes of sugar per year. Russia is not a notable importer or exporter of sugar, but Russians have started to hoard the sweetener.

[BlueIdaho]

23. Give them all the sugar they want.

Deny them protein, vegetables, bread, and fresh fruit. Let them choke on their sugar.

[dalton99a]

24. +1

[L. Coyote]

26. Dumping the depreciating rubles while they can, investing in needed goods while they can.

Given the circumstances, I'd do likewise, buy what I knew could cost a lot more soon. Germany's currency became worthless when they went all Nazi like this.

[BlueIdaho]

30. Would not be surprised if we see

Million ruble notes before this is over.

[Angleae]

31. That gave me a flashback to the $100 trillion dollar bills from Zimbabwe.

[BlueIdaho]

33. Wow! That's never a good sign!

I did not know about those - thanks!

[L. Coyote]

35. You know inflation is bad when

you use the grocery cart to haul in your cash for groceries.

You know your government is failing when the paper cost more than the money being printed.

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[fescuerescue]

32. Well Putin wants to bring back the Soviet Union

Those shelves definitely look like they did under the Soviet Union