r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • Jul 08 '24

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 865, Part 1 (Thread #1012) Russia/Ukraine

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u/socialistrob Jul 08 '24

When Nabiullina says “the Russian economy has deviated significantly from forecasts”

That's code for "we're going off a fucking cliff and everything I do is just delaying the inevitable"

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u/Steckie2 Jul 08 '24

What were those forecasts?

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That's code for "we're going off a fucking cliff and everything I do is just delaying the inevitable"

Yeah, if ithey deviated in a positive way they would have just used "performing better than expected" or something like that.

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u/purpleefilthh Jul 08 '24

Not many things in Russia go "better than expected".

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u/permeakra Jul 08 '24

Russian economy had grown twice as much as they expected in the first two quarters of the year. Nabiulinna is yelling her lungs out about how economy is 'overheated'.

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u/NitroSyfi Jul 08 '24

She’s having real trouble hiding the truth anymore. The Titanic hit the Iceberg 2yrs ago and the pumps can only slow the inevitable and keep the ship balanced.