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A Very Brief History of the USSR’s Economy and the Value of the Ruble

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A Very Brief History of the USSR’s Economy and the Value of the Ruble

On the 24th of February 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian military was to conduct a ‘special military operation’ in the Donbass region in Ukraine, bordering Russia. Effectively, war had been declared on Ukraine, following decades of regional tension between the two nations, and broader geopolitical factors

The left’s failure of Ukraine

The left’s failure of Ukraine

When Vladimir Putin decided to violate international law and invade a sovereign democratic country a few months back, you could expect a few things. You could expect President Obama to enact sanctions on the Russian president and his cronies, and you could also expect the American right to label Obama