Running out of money: alternative ways to fill Russia's budget

Balanced growth?

A few good ones to start with NewsKirill Tremasov, advisor to the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that the country's economy is returning to growth after overheating at the end of 2024:

We see the economy returning to a balanced growth trajectory. The peak overheating of the economy, when demand exceeded our capacity to the greatest extent, was probably at the end of last year, according to our estimates. This gap has been gradually narrowing over the course of this year. The economy is returning to equilibrium. And this is the main, fundamental factor leading to a slowdown in inflation. Therefore, as inflation continues to slow, we will lower the key rate.

Translated into numbers, we'll see +1 percent of GDP this year, +1,3 percent next year, and growth of almost 1.5 percent in 2027. This is very moderate growth, supported solely by the Russian military economy. While Russia hasn't been able to fully transition to a military-oriented economy, it has been able to divide it into two mega-sectors: the civilian and the military economy. The latter operates by its own laws and is directly dependent on the former.

Some will call this a typical example of Keynesianism, where government spending is driving the economy upward, while others will see it as a sign of an impending recession: even with the most optimistic outlook, the civilian economy is not doing well. Negative trends are seen in the auto industry, coal mining, rubber and plastics production, and construction materials, primarily cement. There's no silver lining in sight, which means a significant drop in budget tax revenues. In 2025, the deficit will reach 3,8 trillion rubles. This is relatively small – just 1,7 percent of GDP – but there are a couple of nuances.

The first is the expenditure on the needs of the Central Military District. The second is the gradually declining export of energy resources, which are exported at a significant discount. There's little room for borrowing on foreign markets, so the only reserve left is domestic. Currently, this is reflected in rather controversial budget funding methods. For example, a two-percent VAT increase, along with increases in recycling fees, utility rates, and other indirect taxes. While these measures will indeed help fill the state treasury, they will increase the burden on businesses and drive up final prices in stores. Consumers, especially the poorest, will bear the brunt. There's hope for inflation to stabilize (not decline) due to reduced demand—people will simply buy less. Some businesses will either reduce employment (switch to a 3-4-day workweek) or close down entirely, releasing many people into the labor market. The potential consequences of this needn't be fully explained.

Let's consider several alternative scenarios for filling the state budget that would be relatively painless for ordinary Russians.

Resource No. 1

A significant increase in the tax burden (even indirectly) on the population seems very odd given the country's estimated $100 to $200 billion under formal Western jurisdiction. This includes frozen bank accounts, real estate, and material assets. The government continues to hold onto these assets as a political bargaining chip. They say, "We can take this money if necessary if you don't return the $300 billion that was frozen." They won't return it under any circumstances. Europe is currently seeking the most manageable method for their direct confiscation, but it's only a matter of time. Therefore, there's no reason to continue to be so kind to our Western "partners."

Fragmentary action has already begun in this direction. Almost four years after the start of the special operation, the assets of Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoisky have begun to be sold off. His shares in the authorized capitals of Yuzhgazenerdzhi LLC and Catering-Yug LLC are up for auction, with a starting price of almost four billion rubles. One can only hope that the government's enthusiasm for this matter doesn't run dry with Kolomoisky.

Resource No. 2

Unfortunately, there are plenty of people in Russia who don't consider it their duty to pay their taxes on time and in full. These people usually produce nothing except trendy media content and a ton of specific advice and guides on how to manage their lives. They're called bloggers and info-gypsies. Most recently, blogger Alexandra Mitroshina evaded paying 127 million rubles in taxes. That's the cost of a major renovation of a secondary school in a remote district center.

And how many such examples are there on the RuNet? Thousands of "influencers" and other such ilk are earning millions on banned social networks. They hide behind a simplified tax system or even self-employed status, splitting up businesses and pocketing hundreds of millions of rubles. Rough estimates indicate nearly three billion rubles have been confiscated in such cases. And that's only from the big boys of the media business. There are many more small bloggers and info-gypsies, and their combined damage to the budget is far greater. They won't cover the budget deficit, but they will bring a little more fairness and transparency to our lives.

Resource No. 3

What's going on with the ruble exchange rate? It's a paradox. On the one hand, it's high—by 2025, it could well be called the fastest-growing currency in the world. On the other hand, with oil prices at $60-70 per barrel, the ruble is excessively strong. In the past, the Central Bank would inevitably devalue the ruble when oil prices fell this low—this allowed the money supply to increase while export revenues declined. But now, for some reason, the exchange rate is stuck in the 70-80 ruble per dollar range.

The country has already successfully managed a ruble exchange rate of 90-100 rubles from mid-2023 to the end of 2024. In very simple terms, every ruble depreciation of the dollar leads to an increase in budget revenues of 130-200 billion rubles. Theoretically, a weakening of the ruble to 100 to the dollar could generate up to 4 trillion rubles per year, which would fully offset the budget deficit. Prices on the shelves will, of course, rise, but the country will avoid a reduction in employment and further economic contraction due to higher direct and indirect taxes.

So far, everything is being implemented in exactly the opposite way. For example, the increase in the recycling fee on imported cars at the beginning of the year sharply reduced budget revenues—people simply stopped buying cars from abroad. This applies to many export items. The government isn't always to blame, but the result is the same: demand for dollars falls due to falling imports, and with it, budget revenues. It's time to start regulating the ruble exchange rate through other methods.

Resource No. 4

The rich should be socially responsible. It's a truism, but Russia still has no luxury tax. There are indirect taxes—higher rates for owners of luxury cars, real estate, and land, as well as a progressive tax. But they are, to put it mildly, laughable. For example,

Starting January 1, 2025, if the value of an apartment, house, commercial space, etc. exceeds 300 million rubles, the tax rate will be 2,5% instead of the standard 2%. For certain types of land—for example, those used for private construction, summer cottages, or commercial purposes—the standard rate of 1,5% will be levied instead of the reduced 0,3%.

Compare this to the 10% tax on personal yachts, airplanes, luxury cars, furs, and jewelry in the United States. The law was in effect for a short time—from 1991 to 1993—but it was there, and no one died from it. Whether such measures are acceptable in modern Russia is not even debatable. Social inequality in the country has not disappeared; it has only worsened in the last couple of years. Vladimir Putin has expressed this quite clearly:

Inequality is a true scourge of the modern world. Within countries, inequality breeds social tension and political instability.

Resource No. 5

The privileged position of Russian banks is difficult to explain with common sense. Why is the government raising VAT but leaving bank profit taxes untouched? Collectively, the banking sector earned 3,8 trillion rubles last year, and it will be no less in 2025. It appears that lending money at exorbitant interest rates is the most profitable business in Russia right now. Stagnation is definitely not on the cards.

Ultimately, things don't look so bad. The increased tax burden on Russians can be avoided entirely through a range of other measures. In conclusion, the traditional answer is that we can only hope that the government understands this perfectly and corrects its shortcomings as soon as possible.

Comments

[P]

I won't say anything about the rest, but banks are expecting a storm of collateral revaluations, bad debt write-offs, defaults on unsecured loans, and other interesting things. This is why they're putting pressure on counterparties and freezing development.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Pandemic

But banks are expecting a storm with revaluation of collateral, write-offs of bad debts, defaults on unsecured loans, and other interesting things.

They are expecting a storm of defaults after which they will whine about the imminent collapse of the financial system and receive several trillions of money from the government.

[Dedok]

They are expecting a storm of defaults after which they will whine about the imminent collapse of the financial system. and will receive several trillions of money from the government.

I have not seen any reports from banks about the return of funds transferred by the state in 2008 for "maintenance and restoration..."

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Dedok

I have not seen any reports from banks about the return of funds transferred by the state in 2008 for "maintenance and restoration..."

Otkritie Bank allegedly returned some funds from the 1,2 trillion, but that's just talk. Perhaps the documents have been published somewhere. But as far as I know, they injected a ton of money into Otkritie, adjusted its balance sheets, and merged it smoothly into VTB.

[TermNachTer]

Before talking about how bad things are economically (financially) in a country that's been at war with the collective West for four years and is under sanctions, look at how "good" the economies (financially) are in countries that aren't at war and aren't under sanctions—Germany, France, or England. They're no better off, even without any war. Or do you want to return to the 90s, to the role of a semi-colony of the West? Was it better then?

[Civil]

How "good" are things in the economies (finances) in countries that are not at war and not under sanctions - Germany or France, England

We couldn't care less what they have there. We haven't lived there and we don't plan to.

Or do you want to return to the 90s of the last century, to the role of a semi-colony of the West?

A little further - at least to the 70s of the last century, preferably after 1937. What are you so afraid of?

[TermNachTer]

Do you want to live in some ideal state, preferably under communism, even though everything around you is crappy? I have to disappoint you – it won't happen. If things are bad everywhere, you can't build communism in just one apartment.
I'm not afraid of anything anymore—I'm old. I lived through socialism and the 1990s. Yes, things have gotten worse than before, but you can live with it, and I repeat—things have gotten worse EVERYWHERE. My friends, acquaintances, and acquaintances live in the USA (three people), Germany (two people), England, France, Canada, and Spain—one each—and they all say with one voice: "Life has gotten worse in recent years, prices for everything are rising, wages are stagnant." Notice—they're not at war, they're not under sanctions, but the situation is no better.

[Anglorussian]

The minimum wage in England is 1820 pounds per month net.

[saigon]

But from the city of Harbin they say that life in China has become better. And I believe them.

[P]

))))))))) I replied first, then I saw your comment

[Civil]

Quote: Pandemic

))))))))) I replied first, then I saw your comment

Great answer!

[P]

I couldn't care less what they have there; I'm talking about something that directly affects me and my fellow citizens, both in terms of future risks and in terms of income right now. By the way, why all the comparisons to the 90s? Maybe I want to go back to the 70s? When such problems could have been solved by civilized methods with a full range of levers available: a monopoly on foreign trade, a monopoly on currency conversion, a monopoly on banking, physical extermination/imprisonment with confiscation for those who violate the monopoly. Plus a powerful industry, whose output still hasn't been used up.

[your1970]

Quote: Pandemic

When such problems could have been solved by civilized methods with a full range of levers available: monopoly of foreign trade, monopoly on currency conversion, monopoly on banking activities, physical extermination/imprisonment with confiscation for persons violating the monopoly

After which, the owners of foreign cars – left without spare parts from abroad – will overthrow the government in half an hour.
There are 4 million of them in Moscow + 2 million in the Moscow region...
And I strongly suspect that you won't want to get into a TAZik-2106 either...

[bayard]

Quote: your1970

monopoly of foreign trade, monopoly on currency conversion

And where did you get the idea that this is bad? That a stable exchange rate would be detrimental to foreign trade if, say, the state established a monopoly on the trade (export) of a strategic resource or commodity? Say, oil, gas, petroleum products, grain. What if all contracts were conducted through a state-owned, not a private, intermediary? The profit would remain with the state, not the intermediary. Or do you think the state would covet a monopoly on the import of women's underwear? Or cosmetics? But the currency for such imports would have to be purchased from a state bank or simply use the domestic payment system.

Quote: your1970

After which, the owners of foreign cars – left without spare parts from abroad – will overthrow the government in half an hour.

What you've described is simply horrific. They sound like hipster revolutionaries. Why would the state (with its financial monopoly) shut down such a large and profitable business? It earns taxes and duties from it; it's interesting and profitable for the state.

Quote: your1970

I strongly suspect that you won't want to get into a TAZik-2106 either...

Do they even produce them?
But people are still buying Nivas to this day; production was resumed due to unmet demand. And they're still buying them. And not just in the Northeast Military District.

Quote: your1970

There are 4 million of them in Moscow + 2 million in the Moscow region...

Well, yes, and most of them are probably collected in Russia.
I know that China is currently supplying and preparing new turnkey production lines for our new full-cycle auto plants. I recently spoke with a Chinese man whose company was preparing two such lines for our auto plants at a Stakhanovite pace. So there will be no lazy cars, there will be cars of our own full-cycle production, and we have a good reason to do this - the domestic market is huge. Up to 60% of our consumer goods and durable goods are still imported. Replacing imports with domestic ones is a huge market. Well, they have jacked up prices with tariffs so that such domestic production becomes truly profitable and cost-effective for domestic investors. And they do exist - those who saved their money from Western offshore zones under the obligation to invest it in Russia. However, our choice of suppliers of production equipment, process lines, and licenses is currently extremely limited, and essentially only one - China. But there is some prospect of opening up markets like South Korea and Japan. Then everything will go much more smoothly. Trump wanted and still does trade with us. But we need industrial equipment, technology, licenses, and turnkey production with control over the launch of production. Europe will soon be gone, the US will remain, but will suffer greatly from the crisis and internal civil conflicts, China's economy will shrink, and Japan and South Korea will simply collapse without markets. But there is a way out for them: participation in Industrialization No. 2 in Russia. Not investing, not starting their own production facilities – building turnkey industrial plants for us with money. Live and immediately. And that way they will somehow be able to survive the hardest times.
But to achieve this, Russia needs to return to its most successful development experience. Where foreign banks and investors don't run amok, where the financial sector and foreign trade are controlled by the state (helped develop and guided, rather than "suffocated"), where a planned economic development is implemented, with long-term planning and flexible response to any changes and market conditions. In other words, a Stalin-style Gosplan is needed... After all, Stalin's economic reforms of the Soviet economy weren't prepared, written, implemented, and overseen by the Bolsheviks. They were carried out by the so-called Slavophiles (they had many names) according to programs and plans they prepared back in the late 19th century for Alexander III. His untimely and sudden death disrupted the implementation of most of them. In fact, some of those programs were only just beginning back then. Because the Infinitely Stupid Tsar Nicholas II, who accidentally found himself on the throne... didn't understand the plans and strategies of his extraordinary father; no one in power had prepared him for this foolishness... and so this... "naive, stupid boy on the throne" ruined the Great Empire of his extraordinary father. And those programs and reforms were only launched in the USSR after Stalin's Program for "Building Socialism in One Country" won in 1929. And immediately, Economic Miracles began.
*Collectivization - developed and fully substantiated by the Slavophiles, tested by the experience of creating such agricultural cooperatives.
* Industrialization and the "GOELRO Plan" that preceded it 10 years before its start - the electrification of the country to provide the most promising energy for future production.
* Mechanization of agriculture through the construction of state inter-district Machine and Tractor Stations throughout the country - to make work easier for rural workers and to increase crop yields and marketability of the land.
* Financial Reform - the most progressive, convenient and effective. The USSR never again had a shortage of money. The only limitations on the pace of development were labor, raw materials and production resources. There was enough money for everything. As a result, not a cent of credit was allocated for industrialization and other reforms. In foreign trade, loans were only current, for the convenience of organizing deliveries, for which payment and repayment were made in full by the end of the current year.

So the tools, experience, and positive example are there. Take them and use them. And you don't even need any "isms," because those programs were originally written for Tsarist Russia. And they would probably have been no less successful under those conditions. They were no less successful when they were first implemented on a limited scale in a test mode. This is what gave Russia that sharp surge in economic growth and rising prosperity. But not for long. Closer to the Russian Empire, the Slavophiles' influence on the Tsar and his decision-making almost completely dried up. A member of the French Rothschild clan on his grandmother's side, Witte (the same Polusakhalinsky, and even, in some ways and for some reason, a count), was in charge of everything. He was the one who led the Russian Empire to defeat in the Russian Empire and the first "Russian" revolution.

[guest]

Quote: bayard

And what made you think that this is bad?

Well, for speculators this is really bad, they will be left without income.

[your1970]

Quote: guest

Quote: bayard

And what made you think that this is bad?

Well, for speculators this is really bad, they will be left without income.

Well all owners of foreign cars - without spare parts. Because currency and foreign trade monopoly - the state- will put a big pile on a 0.3 dollar gasket of some Ford or Changan 10 years old from some guesta

[guest]

What are you smoking there? Not the same as the Kyiv clown, by any chance?

[your1970]

Quote: guest

What are you smoking there? Not the same as the Kyiv clown, by any chance?

So you just kicked the speculators out of habit, without delving into the topic of the discussion?

[guest]

No wonder. You're not one of them, by any chance? Did you take it so personally that you decided to respond in kind?

[your1970]

Quote: guest

No wonder. You're not one of them, by any chance? Did you take it so personally that you decided to respond in kind?

The question was about monopoly of foreign trade by the state - I repeat, the state will not bother with you - having returned the monopoly into its own hands.
And speculators will flourish, and the price tag will rise – a repeat of the USSR's history with black marketeering. Only now, not then...

[guest]

Perhaps we've misunderstood our terminology? By "speculators," do you mean what they meant in the USSR? Is every private entrepreneur a speculator?

[Paranoid62]

Quote: guest

By speculators do you mean what it meant in the USSR?

What exactly did that mean then?

And why the hell did this topic even come up?

[guest]

Quote: Paranoid62

What exactly did that mean then?

I think I wrote it. Please read the entire comment.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: guest

Quote: bayard

And what made you think that this is bad?

Well, for speculators this is really bad, they will be left without income.

Quote: guest

What are you smoking there? Not the same as the Kyiv clown, by any chance?

Quote: guest

Quote: bayard

And what made you think that this is bad?

Well, for speculators this is really bad, they will be left without income.

What exactly am I supposed to extract from this slag?

[guest]

Which comment are you referring to? Oh well, let's move on.

[Paranoid62]

Please direct me to the correct comment. I was referring to "terminology."

[guest]

Well, actually, it was the comment you first responded to.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: guest

Perhaps we've misunderstood our terminology? By "speculators," do you mean what they meant in the USSR? Is every private entrepreneur a speculator?

And?

[guest]

In the USSR, as far as I remember, all entrepreneurs were called "speculators," though I certainly didn't mean that. The word actually originally had a slightly different meaning, and in the West, it's used and isn't an insult.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: guest

In the USSR, as far as I remember, all entrepreneurs were called "speculators," though I certainly didn't mean that. The word actually originally had a slightly different meaning, and in the West, it's used and isn't an insult.

So, anyone who resells something is considered a speculator, BUT: this definition includes well-known Pyaterochka, Magnit, and Auchan stores.

This is, of course, uninteresting, since the usefulness of the latter mentioned is difficult to dispute (I wouldn’t).

So where did the term "speculator" even come from? Note that I'm not denying the existence of this phenomenon in the current system.

[guest]

Quote: Paranoid62

Then where did the term "speculator" come from?

It came from the West, where this term is used for people involved in all sorts of financial transactions, trading currencies, stocks and other financial "papers", who make a profit solely due to exchange rate fluctuations.

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

The profit will remain with the state, not the middleman. Or do you think the state will covet a monopoly on importing women's underwear? Or cosmetics? But the currency for such imports will have to be purchased from the state bank or simply use the domestic payment system.

I've known for 10 years that you don't read your opponent.
I have also known for a long time that you do not understand the meaning of words (in this case, "Monopoly").
No state with a state currency foreign trade monopoly will study 600,000 (six hundred thousand!!) Chinese spare parts for all types of Chinese cars.
Or women's panties......
All this already happened in the USSR in its fullest form. MONOPOLIST.

Quote: bayard

Not investing, not opening our own production facilities – we're building turnkey industrial plants for money. Live and immediate. And that way, they'll somehow survive the hardest times.

Yeah, yeah, but here's the problem - the USSR didn't pose a threat to capitalism in principle - so it was easy to sell tank factories and jet engines there.
And in the Russian Federation they sense a competitor - that's why they didn't even sell the wretched Opel ("Every car eventually becomes an Opel" (c))

Quote: bayard

As a result, not a cent of credit was allocated for industrialization and other reforms. In foreign trade, loans were only current, for the convenience of organizing deliveries, and payments were made in full by the end of the current year.

As usual, you're shooting in the dark - it was at this very time a huge loan for the USSR opened in the Third Reich.
And the US supplied its factories within the framework credit deals with Kahn - but yes, it was extinguished quite quickly, unlike the Third Reich.

Quote: bayard

*Collectivization - developed and fully substantiated by the Slavophiles, tested by the experience of creating such agricultural cooperatives.

Read the recognized Soviet classics, for example, Sholokhov and his "Virgin Soil Upturned" - there everything is written in detail about "detail" and "Slavophiles."
Fully justified , yeah-yeah....
The party's policy was tossed and turned like a train station prostitute during this period....

Z. Y.

Quote: bayard

Just like hipster revolutionaries.

they put in a pose All the security forces of the USSR and the entire leadership of the CPSU.
And then it was a nobody's USSR, but now it will be a personal car-corpse, because the state - MONOPOLIST will not include $3 in the budget for the seal in Changan.

I saw how it was in the USSR - in 1980, my father was given a Caterpillar bulldozer in the PMK as part of a river diversion.
A beast to exceed the plan...
It worked for 2 years and then stopped - the oil seal started leaking and there was a crack in the gear.
My father was promised (!!!) to include spare parts (as much as 16 dollars!!!) in the plan for next year, and this happened 6 times.
After which, in 1994, the Caterpillar, in disarray because it had stood still for 12 years, was hauled off to the scrap yard...

But you didn't see, hear, or know this in the USSR - you didn't communicate with the people and lived in a vacuum...

[bayard]

Quote: your1970

No state with a state currency foreign trade monopoly will study 600,000 (six hundred thousand!!) Chinese spare parts for all types of Chinese cars.
Or women's panties......

Young man, you've got something wrong with your head about women's panties. Reread my post. I was talking about the desirable state monopoly on strategic resources and exported goods, such as oil, gas, petroleum products, and grain. When it's not dealers and traders who rip off farmers and even agricultural holdings, but a state structure that does the exporting. As for panties and spare parts, I was saying that no one will interfere, but a stable exchange rate for the national currency will be convenient and beneficial for both the state and business. Have you forgotten how to read Russian? I'm not talking about a total monopoly, but about its predecessor.

Quote: your1970

Yeah, yeah, but the problem is that the USSR didn't pose a threat to capitalism in principle.

Are you sure you are healthy?

Quote: your1970

that's why tank factories were easily sold there

Tractor factories, Alien, Tractor. Our designers envisaged a much greater load-bearing capacity for conveyors, crane supports, etc., which surprised American engineers quite a bit. And the USA supplied us with them (about 80% of all deliveries for Industrialization) because they themselves were in a severe crisis and with these orders they were saving and restarting their own economy. And also, back then, under Roosevelt, the USA decided to strengthen the USSR in every possible way for the coming war in Europe, so that it would last as long as possible, so that it would destroy Europe and bleed England dry. Therefore, they supplied us with almost everything we wanted and ordered. For the USA, this was a double benefit, and the USSR at that time bought up to 90% of all technical equipment sold in the world. For 10 years. With such enormous supplies, the United States emerged from the deepest Depression and prepared for WWII by building up a monstrous industry.

Quote: your1970

and jet engines.

Just don't lie, Molotov won that jet engine (the British one that later powered the MiG-15) from their prime minister at billiards. First, he gave in several times, and then, as if in desperation, he offered to bet on the engine, which the British flatly refused to sell to us. So it wasn't "easy" at all, it involved considerable cunning and against the seller's will.

Quote: your1970

And in the Russian Federation they sense a competitor - that's why they didn't even sell the wretched Opel ("Every car eventually becomes an Opel" (c))

They didn't sell us much. And until very recently, they weren't afraid of competition from Russia; they wanted to force us back into the lap and seize resources—their eternal dream. Whose competition were they afraid of? Oreshkin? Nabiullina, Chubais, or maybe (horror of horrors) Medvedev? They wanted to tear us apart with internal turmoil by dragging us into the SVO. But things turned out a little differently.
But they were scared to death of the USSR, that’s why they didn’t lift the sanctions against us.

Quote: your1970

As usual, you're just shooting in the dark.

No, you went there with all five of your fingers.

Quote: your1970

It was at this time that a huge loan was opened for the USSR in the Third Reich.

Well, maybe it was "enormous" for the Third Reich, but for us (the USSR) it was completely ordinary and even... quite average. After all, Germany supplied us with a whopping 18% of industrial equipment, and the USA almost 80%.

Quote: your1970

The US supplied its factories under a loan deal with Kahn - but yes, it was repaid quite quickly,

And it was paid off with counter-deliveries. We then inundated the US (and partly Germany) with the finest Russian fur. Super-marginal production, fur farms all over the country, the profitability of such exports from cost to final sale price... it can only be compared to the drug trade. So by the end of each current year, all loans were repaid. To zero.

Quote: your1970

unlike the Third Reich.

In the Third Reich, the people were poorer, less fur was shipped there, the Germans demanded grain, iron and manganese ore, wool, and other assorted goods. And this is a seasonal product, so the payment cycle with counter deliveries was somewhat stretched out. Well, it is clear that Stalin, knowing that war was inevitable, tried not to overfeed the future enemy. But the machine tools were completely taken from Germany. So much so that German factories could not renew their machine tools in a timely manner, because everything produced in Germany went to the USSR. This is the genius of state management. To receive from the future enemy the tools for future victory over him. And not even having fully paid him. The payment was supposed to begin with the 1941 harvest. And the war began in the summer.

Quote: your1970

Read the recognized Soviet classics, for example, Sholokhov and his "Virgin Soil Upturned" - everything is written there in detail.

Sholokhov saw the process from below – as a simple Cossack, using his native village and his region as an example. Sharapov's agricultural cooperatives were created in the Kursk and Oryol provinces. What could Sholokhov have known about this? He simply saw what he saw. It's interesting, but nothing more.

Quote: your1970

The party's policy was tossed and turned like a train station prostitute during this period....

A search for solutions was underway, and the ones implementing them were real revolutionaries. They remembered how in the 20s, cities were starving and even dying of hunger, while peasants were heating stoves with grain and feeding pigs. So, these permanent revolutionaries donned leather jackets again and, armed with rifles and Mausers, rushed off to create collective farms. I don't need Sholokhov; my own family history is enough for me.

Quote: your1970

Quote: bayard
They were pure hipster revolutionaries. They put ALL the USSR security forces and the entire top brass of the CPSU into a pose.

And again - don't LIE. The whole country was screwed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the top brass of the KGB, who were in charge of these hipsters. I know this, I was working in Moscow at the time.

Quote: your1970

bulldozer Caterpillar

Quote: your1970

the oil seal is leaking and there is a crack in the gear.

An unhealed tragedy?
We built a machine tool factory in the 70s. It wasn't just a toy factory. He equipped entire factories and production lines on a turnkey basis, manufactured equipment of any complexity, with no restrictions whatsoever, a full cycle. And the machines there were German coordinate machines – truly marvelous machines (the Germans bought them back when the factory was liquidated in the late 90s for more than they had sold them for since the 70s). There were no problems with their operation or maintenance – all consumables were in good working order and in reserve. If there was a problem with setup and calibration (at first), a factory team from Germany would come. Everything depends on the organization. Apparently, you wanted to turn the tide so much that you forgot about Caterpillar.

Quote: your1970

You didn't see this

I've seen worse.

Quote: your1970

You haven't communicated with the people.

Do you have an autumn exacerbation?

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

Reread my post. I'm talking about the desirable state monopoly on strategic resources and exported goods, such as oil, gas, petroleum products, and grain. When it's not dealers and traders who rip off farmers and even agroholdings, but a state structure that does the exporting. As for underwear and spare parts, I'm saying that no one will interfere.

600,000 units of spare parts for Chinese vehicles is a foreign trade procurement operation with a profitability no higher than the export of coal, taking into account the Chineseization of the country's entire vehicle fleet.

Quote: bayard

But they were scared to death of the USSR, that’s why they didn’t lift the sanctions against us.

6 (only six!!!) sanctions under the USSR against 19 packages under the Russian Federation - this is of course an indicator of how afraid they were USSR. If they'd slapped sanctions on the export of goods and resources and banned grain purchases, the USSR would have died out in the early 1970s, no question about it. Grain alone would have been enough...

Quote: bayard

Well, maybe for the 3rd Reich he was “enormous”, but for us (the USSR) he was completely ordinary and even... quite average.

Some guy here was recently exclaiming about quickly repaid small foreign trade loans, wasn't it you by any chance?

Quote: bayard

I've seen worse.

Since you lived in Moscow at that time, you didn't see a damn thing about what was going on in the country.
Your example with the Moscow plant confirms this. It's in plain sight, the bosses are fed and watered, and then there you have it, spare parts and all that. But after driving 200 km from Moscow, that Caterpillar didn't tell anyone, and no one went to Moscow to see the bosses about it. It's "the people's" plant, no one's, so it's fine, it just sits there. And that's how it was with everything...

[bayard]

Quote: your1970

600,000 units of spare parts for Chinese vehicles is a foreign trade procurement operation with a profitability no higher than that of coal trading.

Well, that's until our own auto industry gets going. Before SVO, the share of Chinese components was much smaller, and it's not even been four years. Everything changes quickly when they change that.

Quote: your1970

6 (only six!!!) sanctions under the USSR against 19 packages under the Russian Federation - this is, of course, an indicator of how much they feared the USSR.

You're definitely experiencing an autumn flare-up and a breakdown in logical reasoning. The USSR was a global superpower with a 24-25% share of global GDP (the US had 32-35% at the time). We had the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), the Warsaw Pact (a military bloc), and the World Socialist System. That's why they didn't pile on more, because they were afraid. And that's why they imposed sanctions – because they were afraid.
And now Fear is lost. For a long time. That's why they don't know the measure, and they don't see the edges.
They beat the weak.
The strong are feared.

Quote: your1970

If the USSR had been slapped with sanctions on the export of goods and resources and banned from purchasing grain, the USSR would have died out immediately in the early 1970s.

This is a disease. A serious disease. Try to see a doctor.

Quote: your1970

I'm not twitching.

Well, I can’t see it from here, but I have suspicions that the corresponding body movements are taking place.
What export of goods, sick man? From the USSR?
Well, they should have banned the export of air defense systems from the USSR to Vietnam. Would that have helped them? Or build the Aswan Dam for Egypt? Or maybe their ban would have prevented a third of the world's entire aviation fleet from flying Soviet planes?

Quote: your1970

One grain would be enough to fill your ears...

What kind of grain? American?
If only they would dare!
They were already selling us grain at a price well below market price. WAY BELOW MARKET. Below the world price! Without fail and without fail! It was their DUTY - they paid us TRIBUTE. They growled and howled, but they PAID.
And they would only dare to stop supplies.
For our silence about their Moon Scam.
And they built KAMAZ for us – a full-cycle plant for heavy American (!) trucks. With their own loans and at a nominal interest rate.
In exchange for the right to supply Pepsi-Cola concentrate to the USSR, they bought vodka from us. The condition was a liter of vodka for a liter of Pepsi-Cola. True, they didn't regularly meet their quota, but we forgave them.
Out of 117 space launches, we only made 17 at most – at the end of the 80s.
We bought grain from them to feed our livestock. But there was plenty of real milk and dairy products in the USSR, not the surrogates we have today.

Quote: your1970

Some guy here was recently exclaiming about quickly repaid small foreign trade loans, wasn't it you by any chance?

No. You've messed things up again. Autumn is probably to blame.
The loans the USSR repaid by the end of each year were VERY substantial. But it repaid them. With counter-deliveries. And there were plenty of counter-deliveries. And they traded with a "zero" balance back then—imports and exports were absolutely equal, and there were no carryover debts. This is called Balanced Trade.
It was exactly the same with Germany. But since we also paid in commercial grain, our main deliveries began in early autumn. But the equipment and goods purchased from Germany arrived steadily, since they were industrial products. In 1941, the bulk of our goods simply didn't make it to Germany—the war started earlier.

Quote: your1970

since you lived in Moscow at that time, you didn't see a damn thing

Young man, I was working in Moscow at the time. And I was almost always away on weekends. Besides, the nature of my work meant I traveled a lot around the European part of the country.

Quote: your1970

Your example with the plant in Moscow is confirmation of this.

This plant wasn't in Moscow, or even in the RSFSR. But it did export its CNC machines and production lines to 37 countries, including the capitalist countries of Western Europe—West Germany, France, Finland, and a number of others.

Quote: your1970

And having driven 200 km from Moscow

I even drove 2000 km, beyond the Ural Mountains.

Quote: your1970

That Caterpillar didn't tell anyone

So who is your doctor? What didn't he blurt out to you or your boss?

Quote: your1970

It's "people's" - nobody's - so it'll do, it stands and stands

That's how the sick ones stood there. Like a Caterpillar.
And now they've decided to use underage hipsters to overthrow the feudal bourgeoisie in the Kremlin.
Even the October Revolution of 1917 was not the work of the Bolsheviks. Just like in 1991.

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

It was their DUTY - they told us TRIBUTE was paid They growled and howled, but they PAID.

Quote: bayard

that jet engine (English, which later installed on the MiG-15) Molotov on billiards I won over their prime minister. First, he gave in several times, and then, as if in desperation, he offered to bet on an engine that the British flatly refused to sell us.

With that, I'll take my leave - I didn't see it right away, otherwise I would have left long ago. I only like to read alternative history from very good authors.

[bayard]

Quote: your1970

Alternative history

You are also an ignoramus. Don't you know the common knowledge?
Read good authors and you won't look... weird.

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

You are also an ignoramus. Don't you know the common knowledge?

Can I have a link to billiards and Mikoyan?

[bayard]

Quote: your1970

Can I have a link to billiards and Mikoyan?

What... AGAIN?
It wasn't Mikoyan who was playing billiards, but Molotov, who was in England on an official visit and had the task of obtaining from the British their turbojet engine, which was the best at the time (by the way, the Americans later installed it on the Sabre). The British didn't want it, so they wriggled out of it, although at that time they were still considered "allies."
This story is described in all the books about the MiG-15, and it's been told in documentaries. It's such a textbook example... that I'm even embarrassed... Your shoulder strap seems blue, which hints at your affiliation with the air force... and you don't know that? That during the Korean War, the MiG-15 and Sabre flew with identical engines? We soon got our own engine, a Lyulkov one, with a different type of compressor... but that's a classic.

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

Yes, this story is described in all the books about the MiG-15, and it's been told in documentaries. It's such a textbook case... that I even feel uncomfortable.

Can you provide a link to a specific case involving billiards and Molotov?
Just without three pages of your text - and the direct one?

[bayard]

The disease is clearly progressing. Well, if you're too lazy to read, then at least watch a movie from the "Strike Force" series or "Secrets of Forgotten Victories"... My godfather's son knew all those movies by heart in elementary school, including this incident... and here's an "adult"... it's just bizarre.

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

The disease is clearly progressing. Well, if you're too lazy to read, then

That is, you cannot provide a direct documentary reference to a specific case?

[bayard]

You are a decidedly sick person. I gave you a link - look for it.
Do you have any documentary evidence that you are a human being?

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

I gave you a link - look for it.

Please point your finger at me, I can't see anything. SPECIFIC link, documentary a source".
Just don't refer to your godfather's son in elementary school - it looks stupid, don't...
Well, what can you expect from a "powerless" person...

[your1970]

Quote: bayard

You are a decidedly sick person. I gave you a link - look for it.
Do you have any documentary evidence that you are a human being?

So there is no link?

Quote: your1970

Please point your finger at me, I can't see anything. Here is a SPECIFIC link, a documentary source".

That is, I can fully consider your statements about billiards - since no confirmation other than "in some movies" and "everyone knows that" - is it just your personal imagination???

Quote: bayard

Do you have any documentary evidence that you are a human being?

- You won't believe it, but there is, and more than one. And you have one too, and most likely more than one...
For example, a government service registration, a passport, a parent's will, diplomas, fines, and so on...

[Vik_Vik]

Do you see a way to return to the 70s? And what is it? No need for another civil war, thank you. We've already tried.
The only option seems to be an EVOLUTIONARY transition to the Chinese model: a combination of state capital and private capital with a strong influence of state capital and strong state power.

[Bolt]

It will be worse than in the 90s, since the country was not under sanctions and foreign markets were not closed to Russia, plus, no matter how you look at it, there were no idiots in the cabinet.

[TermNachTer]

If you knew how much valuable stuff was taken out of Russia in the 90s for next to nothing, you wouldn't write such nonsense.

[Bolt]

Do you know what a "budget deficit" is? Do you know what sanctions are? Have you seen Iran or Cuba? Have you been there? Russia has long been replaceable by other markets? Raw materials? Can they be extracted in other regions?

[TermNachTer]

Did you live in the 90s? It can't get any worse, because it couldn't get any worse.

[Hole puncher]

Very naive. The state won't chase after some bloggers, and it certainly won't squeeze the banks (the author reminds me of someone who said, "Don't confuse your personal wool with the state's!"). The state has made its choice; it's the people who tolerate everything. For example, increasing traffic fines brings in gigantic revenue for the treasury. So what can you claim? "Don't break the rules," you say... "The camera recorded it, so you owe it." An increase in the enforcement fee. Recently, bailiffs reported that over nine months, they collected 11 billion rubles in traffic fines, for which the enforcement fee was 1000 rubles, and will become 2000 rubles. Double that! And in just nine months, bailiffs collected 900 billion rubles, for which the enforcement fee was 5% of the amount, and will be 12%. So, the people can be milked and milked.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Puncher

So the people can be milked and milked

Yeah. And yet, the "milked-to-death people" continue to drive themselves, their beloved selves, in their personal cars, don't freeze in the winter, don't overheat in the summer, and, judging by everything, don't starve. About the water in the tap and the lip-smacking in the wires—that's probably understandable. Even the internet works for "the people."

But the "people" don't stop whining. That's the kind of people we have here, a peculiar bunch.

[paul3390]

The people simply do not really understand why they alone should bear the burden of war, and not the rich, who are the ones making a hefty profit from it.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: paul3390

People just don't really understand.

Another one who likes to talk "for the people"? I've personally been in situations where you would have been killed for something like that. And not buried afterwards.

Quote: paul3390

Why should he alone bear the burdens of war, and not the rich who are the ones making hefty profits from it?

And who told you that these profits aren't put to good use? Well, just calculate how much a day of SVO costs (it was in open data), and how much is "ripped off the people" for the same day?

The numbers are absolutely incomparable, I assure you.

[paul3390]

And you, as I understand it, are a champion of the well-being of the bourgeoisie?

Who told you they were coming? Can you prove it?

So why are taxes, excise duties, duties, and other levies constantly increasing? Where's the logic?

[Paranoid62]

Quote: paul3390

And you, as I understand it, are a champion of the well-being of the bourgeoisie?

Attributing things to your opponent that they didn't say (or even hint at) is cheap trolling. Shame on you, sir.

Quote: paul3390

Who told you they were coming? Can you prove it?

I asked the question.

Quote: paul3390

Then why are taxes, excise duties, duties and other levies constantly increasing?

Well, they've always been going up... the country is being prepared for war, as I understand it. A real one, not a military one. And for war, you understand, you need... three times the money.

And I almost certainly pay more taxes than you, since I'm an expensive hired hand. And I don't complain about it, mind you.

[your1970]

Quote: paul3390

So why are taxes, excise duties, duties, and other levies constantly increasing? Where's the logic?

Price increases in the USSR – where's the logic? Or is it "not a shield"?
1970s - early 1980s
1973. Prices for valuable fish, furs, and strong alcohol were increased.

1977. Prices for carpets, crystal, silk, books, airline tickets and taxi fares were increased.

1978. Prices for gold and platinum products, as well as gasoline, car service, chocolate, and coffee, were increased.

1979. Prices for gold items, natural furs, and carpets increased by 50%, silver items by 95%, imported furniture by 30%, and cars by 18%. Evening prices in cafes and restaurants were increased by 100%.

1981. Prices for alcohol and tobacco were raised, and retail prices for jewelry, crystal, carpets, furs and fur products, sewing and haberdashery goods made from genuine leather, high-quality woolen and downy shawls, furniture, and porcelain sets were further increased by 25-30%.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Paranoid62

Yep. And yet, the "milked-to-death people" continue to drive themselves, their beloved selves, in their personal cars, don't freeze in the winter, don't overheat in the summer, and, judging by everything, don't starve.

Should we be grateful to officials for this? So, owning a car and having winter clothes is a luxury they allow us?

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Puncher

Should we be grateful to officials for this? So, owning a car and having winter clothes is a luxury they allow us?

Well... probably not. But as for the internet, where you vent your noble rage, and the hot tap water—not exactly. The latter, by the way, really helps you stay alive in winter. Unlike warm clothes.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Paranoid62

and hot water in the tap - not exactly yes

Hot water is the result of the work of a number of workers, from miners and locomotive drivers to plumbers. The official's job is to do the work I pay him for. Why should I thank him? If he doesn't do it, I'll be self-sufficient; I have the hands and the skills.
I certainly don’t have to thank them for the Internet; they didn’t invent it and they don’t maintain it.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Puncher

The presence of hot water in the tap is the result of the work of a number of workers, from a miner and a locomotive driver to a plumber.

And the mine foreman. And the dispatcher. And the boss of that very same plumber, who, in your opinion, are officials, because they don’t produce anything with their own hands.

Quote: Puncher

I'll become self-sufficient, I have hands and skills

Go ahead and go self-sufficient in your city high-rise. It's easier in a private home, of course... but it'll be boring without electricity.

Quote: Puncher

I certainly don't have to thank them for the internet... they don't support it.

Your illiteracy is comparable only... yes, with nothing, practically, it is incomparable.

Okay, you are clear and no longer interesting.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Paranoid62

Your illiteracy is comparable only... yes, with nothing, practically, it is incomparable.
Okay, you are clear and no longer interesting.

Your arrogance and disdain for everyone but yourself are typical of a Russian official. The coronavirus is weighing on your mind...

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Puncher

Your arrogance and contempt for everyone except yourself are typical of a Russian official.

Your comments are typical of an internet demagogue. I repeat: I'm hired labor, a very expensive one, and the internet is my bread and water. So I know a thing or two about the internet. My rosy-cheeked critic (c) Pushkin.

Quote: Puncher

The crown is pressing on the brain...

They don't pressure me. But my brain really does overheat after a long day of work. Well, that's what they pay me for.

And yes, I already said - you are transparent and of absolutely no interest to me. DIXY

[Volga-1980]

You've over-praised the brain; a rational person needs the brain, but for these people it's an incomprehensible substance covered by a uniform cap.

[Volga-1980]

What a disgusting person you are, but if you are a retired cop, as was said above in the comments, then this explains a lot in your persistently stupid comments.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Volga-1980

If you're a retired cop, as was mentioned in the comments above.

You yourself are retired. I'm a programmer at work, and from the elite. True, a specific elite.

And your tender attitude towards me doesn’t bother me one bit.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Paranoid62

I am a programmer at work, and one of the elite.

Did you designate yourself as elite? Or was the count's title passed down by birth?

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Puncher

Did you designate yourself as elite? Or was the count's title passed down by birth?

Aren't you tired of it yet? You can't explain higher mathematics to a first-grader... so I won't even try.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Paranoid62

that's why I won't even try.

Of course. To descend from the heights of Olympus to the depths... You'll still get your white feet dirty...

[Dedok]

But for Internet, Where are you spitting out your noble rage here?

е
There is hope that the universally disliked Musk will make it available to everyone, without restrictions from the "comrades" you mentioned...

[The popuas]

Are you ready to pay Musk 16 thousand rubles a month?!

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Popuas

Are you ready to pay Musk 16 thousand rubles a month?!

The cost of Direct to Cell service has not yet been determined; the satellite constellation will begin to deploy next year. To connect (theoretically), you'll need a phone model that supports this service and a SIM card from a carrier (currently) that has a contract with Starlink. Most importantly, it's unclear what the company's territorial policy will be; if it's like Starlink's, we won't be able to get it.
P.S.: Regarding the Starlink subscription fee. In Kazakhstan, it's 23,000 tenge, which is 3,555.48 rubles in our currency. So, if you live near the Kazakhstan border, you can use the terminal by registering it in Kazakhstan. 3,500 tenge isn't that much; a standard internet subscription is 1,000 rubles.

[Dedok]

To connect (theoretically), you will need a phone model that supports this service and a SIM card from an operator (as of today) that has a contract with Starlink.

I need a locked phone

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Dedok

I need a locked phone

How will this help?

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: Puncher

Quote: Popuas

Are you ready to pay Musk 16 thousand rubles a month?!

The cost of Direct to Cell service has not yet been determined; the satellite constellation will begin to deploy next year. To connect (theoretically), you'll need a phone model that supports this service and a SIM card from a carrier (currently) that has a contract with Starlink. Most importantly, it's unclear what the company's territorial policy will be; if it's like Starlink's, we won't be able to get it.
P.S.: Regarding the Starlink subscription fee. In Kazakhstan, it's 23,000 tenge, which is 3,555.48 rubles in our currency. So, if you live near the Kazakhstan border, you can use the terminal by registering it in Kazakhstan. 3,500 tenge isn't that much; a standard internet subscription is 1,000 rubles.

1 thousand rubles includes a package of 200 TV channels, communication and 100 MB of Internet.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Panin (Michman)

1 thousand rubles includes a package of 200 TV channels, communication and 100 MB of Internet.

I only have the Internet, without TV, it costs 1050 money.

[Dedok]

Are you ready to pay Musk 16 thousand rubles a month?

Do you already have Tariffs?

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Dedok

Do you already have Tariffs?

In Kazakhstan, Starlink costs 23 tenge per month.

[Dedok]

In Kazakhstan, Starlink costs 23 tenge per month.

I'm interested in something else: Musk promised to lock not just internet access into phones, but that it would be free for individuals...
and Starlink is a slightly different story...

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Dedok

Musk promised to lock not just internet access into phones, but also to make it free for individuals...

Honestly, I haven't seen such a promise. They said the carriers had signed a deal with him that Direct to Cell would be included in the package, but for now he can only send messages. According to reviewers in the US, T-Mobile subscribers have a monthly fee of $15. How much of that goes to Starlink is unknown. But I seriously doubt it will be a free service. That would make it a potential competitor to any mobile operator.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Dedok

will be free for individuals

This is most likely about sending a distress signal. There was a time when, in case of trouble, you could send a distress signal even if you were out of range. It's supposedly a free option.

[The popuas]

You forgot to mention that it's only 25 GB. ...don't mislead people

[The popuas]

Starlink Mini is sold on Ozon...Chinese registration works at the border, but in Russia it's at your own risk...The cost is 16 rubles per month...The terminal costs 60 rubles.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Popuas

Chinese registration

This can't be true. It's banned in China.

[The popuas]

The seller is in China...maybe not Chinese, I didn't check for sure.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

There is hope that the unpopular Musk will make it accessible to everyone

Hopes are nurtured... who's there? I... forgot.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

There is hope that the universally disliked Musk will make it available to everyone, without restrictions from the "comrades" you mentioned.

Question: does Musk need it? And if so, why? Free internet is in a mousetrap, and nowhere else.

Want to play mouse? It's your right.

[Dedok]

Question: does Musk need it? And if so, why? Free internet is in a mousetrap, and nowhere else.

I'm not a man of Musk's stature, so if you want to answer these questions, ask Rogozin—why does Musk need spaceships or electric cars?
and the right is the right

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

ask Rogozin about them

Why? It's simple. An uncontrolled Internet, the owner of which is a potential (?) The enemy is the very same cheese I mentioned above. Put two and two together, finally!

[Dedok]

the owner of which is a potential (???) enemy

You are writing on a computer assembled from components made by the "enemy"...
You are using software made by the "enemy"
continue to continue?

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

You are writing on a computer assembled from components made by the "enemy"...

I have a Lenovo T16

Quote: Dedok

You are using software made by the "enemy"

The software I use is hacked so badly that only the language operators remain.

Quote: Dedok

continue to continue?

Well, it's probably not worth it anymore.

I don't need a car, by the way, also because I can take the electric train to the Moscow office once a week. It's cheaper and faster, oddly enough. The rest of the work is purely remote; we have guys from all over Russia working there, and not only... and they don't even need to show up to the office on Wednesdays.

And keeping a car just for a couple of long trips a year is a bit wasteful, you must admit.

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: Dedok

You are writing on a computer assembled from components made by the "enemy"...
You are using software made by the "enemy"
continue to continue?

With all due respect, a typewriter made by the enemy does not pose the same threat to the state as an uncontrolled Internet.

[atakan]

Paranoid62

Question: does Musk need it? And if so, why? Free internet is in a mousetrap, and nowhere else.

Free internet will give him CONTROL.
And in the medium term - a MONOPOLY in this market.
And this is a market for advertising, information, file sharing and much more.
And this despite the fact that Musk probably has NSA epaulettes on his shoulders.

[carpenter]

Quote: Paranoid62

But the "people" don't stop whining. That's the kind of people we have here, a peculiar bunch.

Whining is our national quality.

[man]

Quote: carpenter

Quote: Paranoid62

But the "people" don't stop whining. That's the kind of people we have here, a peculiar bunch.

Whining is our national quality.

Rather, it was acquired with capitalism... in Soviet times, we criticized and scolded the rulers for no reason, but we didn’t whine... not to mention the generation of our fathers who went through the War... they were tough people!

[paul3390]

Don't whine, but be interested - why is it all again only us, the orphans, who bear the brunt?

[Same lech]

For example, increasing traffic fines brings in a huge amount of revenue for the treasury. So what's the catch? Don't break the rules, you say.

Here everything is much more cunning and all this comes from the State Duma through the lobists.
Roads have become a milking machine, skimming the cream off the car owners who use them, earning them simply crazy, astronomical amounts of money.
In addition to the fictitious fines and restrictions devised for them, there is also the Platon system, which milks the owners of freight vehicles.
I take my hat off to Ostap Bender in the Russian government and the State Duma, who has come up with 400 ways to legally extort money from law-abiding citizens...you have to be able to do that.
I'm afraid these comrades won't rest on their laurels...the ice has broken, gentlemen of the jury.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Roads have become a milking machine, skimming the cream off car owners.

Add housing and communal services and now VAT.

[dmi.pris1]

The author forgot about one more source. More precisely, about the cause of this disgrace and the method for improving the situation. The completion of the SVO.

[man]

Quote from: dmi.pris1

The author forgot about one more source. More precisely, about the cause of this disgrace and the method for improving the situation. The completion of the SVO.

A friend recently told me about her cousin. I know he's been fighting for a long time. He gets wounded, gets treatment, and then... comes back... and this has happened several times already... he just can't seem to calm down, he's always seeking revenge... They're from the Kursk region...
So he claims that there is no end in sight... So, alas, the end of the SVO is not in our sights for a long time. "All calendars lie."

[dmi.pris1]

With respect to this fighter However, there are objective reasons and reality. We judge from our own perspective, but this bottomless barrel of resources cannot "work" endlessly. Simply because the yard where it stands will ultimately end up empty.

[carpenter]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Roads have become a milking machine, skimming the cream off the car owners who use them, earning them simply crazy, astronomical amounts of money.

It's good where public transport works well.

[man]

Quote: carpenter

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Roads have become a milking machine, skimming the cream off the car owners who use them, earning them simply crazy, astronomical amounts of money.

It's good where public transport works well.

Then the whole country needs to move to Moscow

[dmi.pris1]

Well, that's not really a criterion. I can't say that Krasnodar is great. However, public transportation there works well. When I drive there on business, I try to avoid the endless traffic jams. I just park near the Magnit store on Bershanskaya and take the tram.

[man]

However, public transportation there works well. When I drive my car to run errands, I try to avoid the endless traffic jams there. I just park near the Magnit store on Bershanskaya and take the tram.
Well done, your leaders!
I can’t say that it’s good in Krasnodar.
What's wrong? Unemployment? I met a friend from Krasnodar this summer, and he was complaining about job problems. Things are more or less alright in Krasnodar itself, but in the region, it's a disaster. I was still surprised, how could this be, it’s a resort area...

[dmi.pris1]

With the "pipeline" in the region... I moved here fifteen years ago from Smolensk (that's where the job shortage is). It's a regional center, a village. I found work right away—my education and specialty helped. I'm an automated control system engineer. Although, since then, the job situation has really gotten worse. And what about this "resort paradise"? Well, it's not for everyone. Jobs on the coast are truly terrible. The salaries for vacationers, even in high season, are simply ridiculous. People leave, moving into garages, chicken coops, or dachas for the summer, renting out apartments to vacationers.

[man]

I found a job right away, thanks to my education and qualifications. I'm an automated control system engineer.
Oh colleague I'm also an ACS specialist.

[your1970]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

The Plato system, which milks the owners of freight transport.

When it was introduced, the cost of transporting a kilogram of cargo increased by 2% for road carriers, and they raised transportation rates from 60 to 190%.
Orphans in one word...

[Dedok]

So the people can be milked and milked.

According to outside estimates, the new recycling fee alone will generate between 1 and 2 trillion rubles...

[your1970]

Quote: Puncher

Bailiffs recently reported that they collected 11 billion rubles in traffic fines over the past nine months, for which the enforcement fee was 1000 rubles, but will now be 2000 rubles. That's double! In total, over the past nine months, bailiffs collected 900 billion rubles, for which the enforcement fee was 5% of the amount, but will now be 12%.

DAILY 26 billion goes towards direct pension payments

[U-58]

A priori, the author appeals to the civic position of all citizens and institutions. But the reality is that when the issue of money, its accumulation and spending, arises, those in power and the wealthy immediately change their interpretation of this very civic position. And ordinary people become the main (read: only) donor to the budget, because everything boils down to tightening the financial screws in an effort to squeeze an extra penny out of the little people.
Since the "powers that be" are the creators of the rules of the game, they will never offend themselves, even in the face of any kind of justice.

[Uncle lee]

The consumer, especially the poorest, will pay the price.

People are now the source of income, instead of gas and oil...

[DKBF]

One comrade said it like this: “People are the new oil!”
I'd add "poor people," since the government doesn't neglect the rich Pinocchios: The head of the Ministry of Finance disagreed with deputies' proposals to increase tax deductions from banks and the wealthy. "We already discussed this when we were drafting amendments to the tax legislation, and it wasn't supported," said Mr. Siluanov. "Rich people also pay income tax." As they say, "Yes, of course, the poor don't have much money, but there are so many poor people!" That's right, rather than touch the rich, it's better to rip the poor skin dry; after all, there are so many of them in our country...

[AA17]

“We already discussed this with you when we were preparing amendments to the tax legislation, and this issue was not supported,” said Mr. Siluanov. “Rich people also pay income tax.”

It's all quite clear.
All citizens should be equally patriotic, but their incomes are different.
As the saying goes: "Friendship is friendship, but tobacco is apart."

[man]

That's right, rather than touch the rich, it's better to rip off the last skin from the poor, there are so many of them, the poor, in our country...
Now the rulers are finishing off the remnants of the middle class, apparently so that there will be even more poor people...

[Gomunkul]

People are now the source of income, instead of gas and oil...

People have always been, are, and will be a source of income. That's why those in power are constantly talking about increasing the demographic situation.
There is an old folk saying:

"A little helps a man."

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Gomunkul

"A little helps a man."

"A little from everyone is a noose for the beggar!"

[turembo]

So, what are these options? You have to work here, find someone, squeeze money out of them; it's much easier to fleece the common people. And our glorious government has already chosen the course: raising VAT, constantly increasing housing and utilities costs, and various tinkering with various rates and taxes. Everything will be as before: the poor will get poorer, the rich will get richer. The country has no interests; there are the interests of a particular class of citizens, and they will be respected, and the fact that some people are dying is, in fact, of no concern to anyone.

[Paranoid62]

Quote from turembo

and the fact that someone will stretch out their legs, in fact, no one cares...

When you personally start to stretch your legs, let me know, I’ll give you some financial assistance.

And speaking for the entire nation at once is extremely rude, you should mark that down in your manual.

Well, really: who are you to speak for me, my friends, acquaintances, and loved ones? That's right – no one.

[turembo]

If you have any extra money, send it to the SVO to help these guys. But no, instead, state funds are spent on bots that, in response to any criticism, immediately write how everything is fine and wonderful in our kingdom. Turning shortcomings into advantages is certainly difficult, but then, afterward, you feel bitter disappointment.

[Paranoid62]

You also shouldn’t give advice to strangers, this is extremely unhealthy knowledge.

Quote from turembo

But no, instead, state finances are spent on bots.

Yes. It remains to be seen which country exactly. I've already figured it out, but your position doesn't allow it.

Quote from turembo

Under any criticism they immediately write how everything is good and wonderful in our kingdom state

What you're saying there isn't criticism, but Yaroslavna's lament. Just like the manual says. And I didn't write what you're attributing to me—I offered you a helping hand. And you're being rude in response. It's not nice to do that.

[turembo]

Excuse me, sir, but where did I ever say anything rude to you? And tell me, what are these training manuals you keep citing? I advised you to send the extra money to the soldiers in the SVO, because I don't need your money. Do you consider that bad advice?

[Paranoid62]

Quote from turembo

Excuse me sir, but where was I rude to you?

Quote from turembo

You also shouldn’t give advice to strangers, this is extremely unhealthy knowledge.

I'll translate: your advice was rude in essence, although quite correct in form. I can do that too.

Quote from turembo

And tell me, what are these textbooks that you all refer to?

Concepts common to all mankindSpeak for yourself, answer for yourself, ... do not covet your neighbor's ox.

But this is naturally not in your manual. My condolences.

[Paranoid62]

Quote from turembo

You didn't answer the question "I advised you to send extra money to the soldiers in the SVO"

Once again: don't give advice to strangers. Never, ever. It's risky.

What I send and to whom is my own business. And there's no place for you in this private messaging...

So clearer?

[Gomunkul]

and the fact that someone will stretch out their legs, in fact, no one cares......

Your words reminded me of a phrase from Chubais, the father of privatization in Russia:

"What are you worried about these people? Well, thirty million will die out. They did not fit into the market. Do not think about it - new ones will grow."

[Nikolay Malyugin]

Yes. Times are tough. And in this most difficult of times, news breaks: our country has become fourth in the number of dollar billionaires. How can one not be proud of that? Some share the burdens equally, while others don't care about war. Everyone should pay taxes according to their income. At least that would improve the situation.

[Amateur]

Nabiullina, with fortitude and tenacity worthy of better application, is pursuing a policy

The best remedy for dandruff is the guillotine

No production - no economy - no money - no inflation.
Everyone is happy, everyone is laughing.

[The popuas]

No money, no demand... no demand, no imbalance in the economy.

[tatra]

There won't be any other options, our "leader" has already chosen the "resource" - in order for the cow to give more milk, we still need to feed it less and milk it more.

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: tatra

There won't be any other options, our "leader" has already chosen

You might as well tell me that it was he who, in 1993, introduced Article 75 into the Constitution, which stipulated the independence of the Central Bank from any government bodies, including the Duma and the President...

[Tima62]

Quote: Boris55

You might as well say that it was he who introduced Article 75 into the Constitution in 1993.

What prevented him from repealing this article? He managed to push through changes to his terms of office into the constitution.

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Tima62

What prevented him from repealing this article?

This article does not contradict the Constitution. He had no reason to do this.

[The popuas]

Oh how .. ...so it doesn't violate the constitution!? He served two terms, the third term was unconstitutional, and he decided to change it to suit himself. You're stupid, Boris. I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Popuas

does not contradict the constitution!?

No. It doesn't contradict.
Only the Duma, with the exception of the untouchable heads, has the right to amend the Constitution by a constitutional majority—two-thirds of the votes. And by the way, he didn't ask for an extension of the president's term in office.

[The popuas]

You write as if you know what he asked for and what he didn't. ...

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Popuas

You write as if you know what he asked for and what he didn't.

I know who made this proposal, which was discussed for years before the Duma vote on this issue. And it definitely wasn't him.

Putin introduced only 10 amendments. The amendment on presidential terms was not among them. The rest were not introduced by him.

[ycuce234-san]

The sale of various weapons and space systems to various countries is not included. For example, torpedoes (they're not in high demand in the Northeast Asian region) or radio and television broadcasting satellites. We could also add here high-tech R&D for foreign customers, software development, and electronic equipment.
Unlike domestic collections, this will generate foreign currency.

[dmi.pris1]

You're talking about a completely different country. Something like that.

[kind]

Businesses are switching to cash. Wages are back in envelopes. The self-employed are deregistering and going underground. Tax collection is correspondingly declining. The shadow economy is loudly applauding our lawmakers!

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Good

Businesses are switching to cash. Wages are back in envelopes. The self-employed are deregistering and going underground. Tax collection is correspondingly declining. The shadow economy is loudly applauding our lawmakers!

The digital ruble will not allow this to happen.

[AA17]

The digital ruble will not allow this to happen.

Dear Sir, what kind of digital ruble are you talking about if mobile internet in the regions is constantly being periodically disconnected?

[Amateur]

The digital ruble will not allow this to happen.

How is a digital ruble different from a ruble on a bank card?
I just can't get it. If anyone understands, please let me know. Just don't cite long, incomprehensible statements from ministers, economists, and deputies.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Amateur

How is a digital ruble different from a ruble on a bank card?

It is being tracked.

[Amateur]

It is being tracked.

All bank transfers are monitored, including at the state level. Have you ever heard of such an "office"?

The Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring). Its primary mission is to combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism, extremist activity, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Rosfinmonitoring collects and analyzes information on financial transactions to identify and prevent illegal activity, and also cooperates with international organizations in this area.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Amateur

All bank transfers are tracked.

Translation in general, not the movement of the ruble in particular.

[Amateur]

Translation in general, not the movement of the ruble in particular.

Are you perhaps a member of parliament?

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Amateur

Are you perhaps a member of parliament?

Watch your language, young man. And when you're talking to people you don't know very well, it's customary to do so with particular care.

Just kidding. Of course not, God was merciful...

[ANB]

All bank transfers are tracked.

Not all. There are financial monitoring requirements. But if you want, you can track every penny until it's cashed out.

[AA17]

How is a digital ruble different from a ruble on a bank card?

The digital ruble does not have the main property of the ruble: it cannot be hoarded.
Risks for users
No interest: Unlike cashless money in bank accounts, digital rubles do not generate interest on the balance.
Internet dependence: While there are plans to introduce the ability to use the digital ruble without an internet connection, this may be a problem in the initial stages.
Risk of personal data leakage: There is a concern that user spending data may be leaked due to the centralized information storage system. ..."

[Amateur]

it cannot be saved.

What does "can't save" mean? For example, I (all figures are hypothetical) received 100 Central Rubles from my employer on a card/account/smartphone/laptop. 100 Central Rubles. In one month, I spent 90 Central Rubles (from the card/account...) on the marketplace/government services, etc. The same amount was spent next month. So, I have 20 Central Rubles left/accumulated/saved. Will they confiscate/take away/write them off from me? They won't pay interest. So, right now, I'm not getting any credit on the balance on the card where I receive my pension; instead, they charge interest on transactions. And this card doesn't work if the seller doesn't have internet access or if I have it on my smartphone. So, what's the difference between a Central Ruble and a regular one? I'm genuinely curious.

[AA17]

...They won't pay interest. Even now, they don't credit the balance on the card where I receive my pension; instead, they charge interest on transactions.

Now, after receiving your salary and pension on your card, you have a choice: put the money into a savings account or leave it on your salary card.
You can't deposit the digital ruble into a savings account. That's why banks aren't thrilled with the central ruble.
Actually, there's plenty of information about the digital ruble. If only there was a will.

[Amateur]

There is a lot of information about the digital ruble.

Indeed, it's complete. It's just that it's at the level of our dialogue.
From empty to empty

[storm]

So transfer your pension to a savings account with an 11% interest rate, where you can withdraw and add to it...

[Amateur]

Thanks for the advice, but we're discussing the differences between a digital ruble and a regular ruble on a debit card, not how to save your pension.

[TOS-NN]

So, what's the difference between CR and regular CR? I'm really curious.

The main difference is the unique number of each digital ruble.
As on a paper banknote.
The progress is fully tracked.

[AdAstra]

Yes, it's different. As I understood from the explanations, it's supposedly completely virtual and can't be withdrawn. To cash it out and withdraw it, you first have to transfer it to a bank card, and only then does it become physical and can be touched.

[spektr9]

How is a digital ruble different from a ruble on a bank card?
I just don't get it. If anyone understands, please write.

It's quite simple here - three principles distinguish the digital ruble from the regular ruble on the card
1) The digital ruble cannot be used for any savings accounts
2) the digital ruble is accepted as a currency by a very limited number of organizations
3) The digital ruble can be exchanged 1:1 with the regular Russian ruble
Logically, we can see that if we edit point 3, the digital ruble will essentially become a card or coupon system. Because it will be accepted by a limited number of organizations, most likely exchanging it for essential goods. However, the exchange rate between the digital ruble and the regular ruble, or the number of units withdrawn, can be set at any value.
In general, the digital ruble is essentially insurance against the complete collapse of the economic system.

[Amateur]

It seems to me that the digital ruble is a symbiosis of Bitcoin and "Mavrodives," dreamed up by the men and women at the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance as a "simulation of active work" by their agencies in front of an intelligence specialist.

[tatra]

Everything is heading toward a "new 90s," but an even worse one, because everything that existed in the 90s, which allowed for a quick escape into the 2000s, has been destroyed. And therefore, the paid bots have long since lost the main, long-standing manual for the "leader"—"and you remember what happened in the 90s."

[Sir Galant]

mostly - author He's writing nonsense. Only points 4 and 5 deserve attention. IMHO.

[Alex 1970]

Overheating was already in 2024, and the president has claimed several times this year that Russia is the fourth-largest economy. Somehow, the ends don't meet; is someone just being blunt, to put it mildly?

[Ross xnumx]

Quote: Alexey 1970

Is someone, to put it mildly, chatting?

The one who doesn't know how to do anything else is chatting...

[Mihail55]

Unfortunately, time has been lost... I'm already old, over 70. I witnessed good times (I'm not calling for socialism), but I had youth, enthusiasm, aspirations, etc. Factory life gave many a start in life! Our country did a lot ITSELF!!!! We taught many, rejoiced at their successes... Perestroika! Everything is bad here, the bourgeoisie is doing everything better... Swedish socialism, etc. Almost 40 years have passed since those turbulent times! The state lives off OUR natural resources! We buy industrial and other resources from the whole world! No need to think about it!!! Professionals are being transferred... and why do they need it??? Design... it would be better if they didn't do that! GOSTs are not needed... throw them in the trash! The most pressing issue is BUSES! They are practically the most dangerous form of transport for passengers now! But we made them ourselves!!! There's a lot that can be said, but the most important thing is that the current authorities couldn't care less where the money comes from for public sector workers, pensioners, the military, etc. The main thing is not to offend THEIR OWN!!! And we, ours...???

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Michael55

are we ours...???

If you are a pensioner, you cannot be one of them because you are a parasite for them, they need to spend money on you.

[Amateur]

BUSES! These are practically the most dangerous form of transport for passengers right now!

In the USSR, bus drivers had a special category of license (I can't remember the letter now). To obtain it, you had to have, among other things, 10 years of accident-free driving experience. And they were paid accordingly. But now, they put migrant workers behind the wheel of minibuses and buses who bought their license in their historical homeland but never really learned how to drive.

[Dedok]

In the USSR, bus drivers had a special category of license (I can't remember the letter now). To obtain it, you had to have, among other things, 10 years of accident-free driving experience. And they were paid accordingly. But now, they put migrant workers behind the wheel of minibuses and buses who bought their license in their historical homeland but never really learned how to drive.

Regarding the issue of obtaining a driver's license, nothing has changed since then. Another thing is that today you can get a category "D" without having a category "E" - back then, I don't think this was the case...
and about:

And now they put a migrant worker behind the wheel of a minibus/bus, who bought a license in his historical homeland, but never really learned how to drive.

As far as I know, this is state policy: "on their own land" they are taught Russian and the Russian Federation traffic rules, and then a commission comes there and conducts an assessment of this knowledge through exams...

[Ilya22558]

Only first-class drivers were allowed to transport passengers. For intercity travel, the requirements were even stricter, with the most stringent requirements applied to Intourist bus drivers. My grandfather explained this to me as a child, but it's been that long since passed.

[Tima62]

In 1963, the USSR acceded to the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic. Since then, the country has introduced the International Driving Permit, and driver's qualifications have influenced salaries.

[Ilya22558]

My grandfather drove a bus from 1950 to 1973, so he knew exactly what he was talking about. At least, that's how it was in Leningrad.

[Tima62]

Quote: Amateur

In the USSR, bus drivers had a separate category of license (I don’t remember the letter now).

Category D, it has not changed and is required for driving a bus.

Quote: Amateur

To obtain them, among other things, you had to have 10 years of accident-free driving experience.

No fairy tales.
16 years old - Category A was permitted (motorcycles, scooters, motorized sidecars, motorized sleds).
18 years old - Category B, C was allowed.
19 years old - In the army, you could get category D to drive buses.
20 years - It was possible to drive trams and passenger cars - taxis;
21 years old – Category D and trolleybuses.

[Stas157]

Kirill Tremasov, Advisor to the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, stated... We see that the economy is returning to its trajectory balanced growthThe maximum, probably. overheating of the economyWhen

Why did they steal this strange term from the British and Keynesian followers? Is the economy like some kind of dish, that it can be hot, cold, tasty, or sweet? Oh well. We assume that such a term exists (overheating). And our economic experts use it. According to this term, the economy of developing countries can be hot and overheated if it grows 6-8% per year, with a growth potential of 3%. Excuse me, but where is our situation here? We had GDP growth of only 4,3% in 2024. And this growth was called overheated! They started cooling it down. Slowing the economy. What did these experts achieve brilliantly! And now these same experts call growth of 0,5-1% balanced growth. So, is this our limit?

In the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR grew at 10% per year, and no one called the economy overheated! And in the late 1930s, growth was 12-14%. What a sight!

[Per se.]

Running out of money: alternative ways to fill Russia's budget

[Stas157]

The banking cohort earned 3,8 trillion rubles last year, and it will be no less in 2025. It seems lending money is currently the most profitable business in Russia. at exorbitant interest rates.

Usury during war and crisis is a war against one's own people. It's cynical and immoral. The greed of usurers knows no bounds. And just yesterday, these gentlemen were telling us about universal unification.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Stas157

The greed of moneylenders knows no bounds

And who knows about the greed of those who want a brand new car, better than their neighbor’s?

When I hear about debt slavery, I laugh out loud: I've never owed the bank more than two, well, three, of my monthly salaries... or am I somehow special?

[Stas157]

Quote: Paranoid62

I've never owed the bank more than two, well, at least three, of my monthly salaries... or am I somehow special?

I prefer to keep money in a bank deposit (lending it myself) than to borrow from a bank. I've borrowed money before, but I didn't like it. In general, I think it's crazy to borrow money at the outrageous interest rates they're offering right now.

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Stas157

I prefer to keep money in a bank deposit (lend it to the bank myself) than to borrow from the bank.

Also competently

[Dedok]

In general, I think it’s crazy to borrow money at the outrageous interest rates that are currently being offered.

What to do in such a situation?
there is a shortage of working capital...
roll up or close completely?
how?
and when Nabiullina talks about some kind of inflation...
What does inflation have to do with it - when there is no possibility to produce and pay wages and taxes?

[Dedok]

And the greed of those who desire a brand new car, Better than the neighbor's - does she know?
When I hear about credit slavery, I laugh out loud:I've never owed the bank more than two, or at least three, of my monthly salaries....or am I somehow special?

Where can you find a "brand new car" these days for 2-3 months' salary?
Remember Henry Ford and his statement about the cost of a car? - we're as far from him as we are from Africa - crawling...

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

Where can you find a "brand new car" these days for 2-3 months' salary?

But I didn't care, you see. I had one once, but I no longer needed it, so I sold it, and I don't regret it.

And also, to live in peace with the world, they advised destroying desires. Try it - it's proven to work.

[Dedok]

But she didn't stick her nose into my horn, you see.

The question isn't where or who's stuck, the question is whether it's possible to buy a car under these conditions...
From your answer I understood that it is impossible...
otherwise you would have it...

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

From your answer I understood that it is impossible...

Correctly understood.

Quote: Dedok

otherwise you would have it...

No, because I don't need it. For everyday use, public transportation is enough; for anything more unusual, I can afford a taxi. Yandex is... well, just too much these days.

[Dedok]

No, because I don't need it.

and here I remember Stanislavsky and his:
"I don't believe it!"

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Dedok

No, because I don't need it.

and here I remember Stanislavsky and his:
"I don't believe it!"

It's your right. I've outlined my circumstances; there won't be any details—that's personal. Good luck.

[Jackson]

Well, don't judge everyone by yourself. For example, I have a job outside the city; the bus doesn't go there, and a taxi twice a day x five times a week is a bit pricey, to say the least. A plot of land with a house, proudly called a dacha, is also too expensive to reach by bus, plus there's cargo to be hauled back and forth. For all these joys, I have a 25-year-old, slowly rotting, glowing Korean car that's long overdue for the scrap yard. However, replacing it with something more or less decent would require a hefty loan, which was already a rather illusory dream, and now even more so...

[Paranoid62]

Quote: Jackson

Well, don't judge everyone by yourself.

I always say only for myself (c) They taught well.

Quote: Jackson

A plot of land with a house, proudly called a dacha

It's easier for me - I don't have it. And I don't need it anymore, I don't have much time left to live.

Quote: Jackson

For all these joys, there is a 25-year-old slowly rotting and glowing Korean, who should have been sent to the scrap yard long ago

Yes, I understand these "joys" perfectly well, and I've seen countless examples of the same myself, but: either you're stuck like a dog on a spit, or you're stuck with a loan. And then you don't know what to do with it. Well, you can whine about how great things were before the 90s, or even in the 90s (I know some people like that, you won't believe it).

So, there really aren't any options. You have to find a way around it. And it's the same everywhere.

The USSR (even though I grew up in it until I was over 30) was an artificial experiment, an attempt to create a new kind of human – "Soviet man." The experiment failed, and in my opinion, it was bound to fail. Although the idea was initially quite good and certainly viable.

This is such a sad dialectic. Swearing is prohibited, which is a pity.

The picture shows that same dog. We look alike in some way.

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: Paranoid62

When I hear about credit slavery, I laugh out loud.

Quote: Paranoid62

I've never owed the bank more than two, or at most three, of my monthly salaries.

It's practically impossible to buy a car without a loan. It's the same with an apartment. You just have to properly assess your capabilities. I don't understand how the state benefits if people can't buy a car, apartment, or appliances. The more they buy, the more they can produce. Money is the lifeblood of the economy. AvtoVAZ switched to a four-day week due to a lack of demand for its products. The same is true for other automakers.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Panin (Michman)

It is almost impossible to buy a car without a loan.

Well, why not? If you don't buy a new one right away, but buy a cheaper one first, then a more expensive one in a year or two, etc., you can get to a decent car in 10 years without a loan. But if you "want everything at once," then of course you can't buy it without a loan. I agree about the apartment, but it's almost the only case where it's justified.

[Dedok]

This is cynical and immoral. The greed of loan sharks knows no bounds.

Have you watched Finopolis 2025?
It looks like a battle is beginning "in this jar of spiders" - among their own: and the victim has already been chosen...

[Stas157]

Quote: Dedok

Have you watched Finopolis 2025?

Not yet. Thanks, I'll take a look.

[Ross xnumx]

You forgot about the withdrawal of capital and the tax on this withdrawal:

Net capital outflow from Russia fell to $47 billion by the end of 2024, according to HSE data reviewed by Izvestia on April 29. In 2023, the figure was $52 billion.

Our frozen reserves are a source of concern for all of Europe. Why can't Russia tap into Western countries' assets?
Where is that high tax (up to 45%) on excess income (over 50 minimum wages, for example)?
100% sale of foreign currency proceeds... State monopoly on the sale of alcohol and tobacco, electricity, fuel... Why the hell, and to whom, are we paying for cold and hot water? Where are these OBKhSS (FAS) and their inspections? Where do people living on pensions get billions in assets?
Leave a dozen banks and stop confusing people with banks with authorized capital of 10,000,000 rubles and two dozen ATMs - close these thieves' common funds...
We're looking for money, but we still can't find it...

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: ROSS 42

100% sale of proceeds from foreign currency

And what money will companies use to purchase goods abroad?

[Monster_Fat]

If you put aside the "veiled" phrases, all methods of saturating people with money boil down to one thing: "milking" the population. Not enough money? How can that be? There used to be plenty: people built palaces, bought mega-yachts, strutted around Courchevel, drove Gelendvagens around Moscow, smuggled hundreds of billions of "extra" cash abroad, and had billions of cash sitting in garages, etc. There was enough money for everything, but now there's no money? So where did it all go? Call a spade a spade—where is the money really going? And you'll immediately see the main reasons for the "shortage" of money and the methods for filling the treasury. Remove the money-sucking factors, and everything will be fine. And yes, I see the phrase "people are the second oil" has firmly ingrained itself in some people's minds...

[tatra]

The reasons are that the "leader" rules in accordance with his personal ambitions and grievances.

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: tatra

The reasons are that the "leader" rules in accordance with his personal ambitions and grievances.

You could say that.

About ambitions - to lead Russia out of its colonial status and make it independent, one of the leading countries in the world.

Regarding grievances, I am offended by the West, by the fifth column, which for some reason everyone has forgotten about, by the Central Bank, which is independent from us, by the pro-Vlasov Duma, which does not help him in his aspirations.

[Dedok]

About ambitions - to bring Russia out of its colonial status and make it independent, one of advanced countries in the world.

only on Mars...
but in this World - no way...

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

only on Mars... but in this World - no way...

Yes, easily.
At the moment, the fate of our independence is being decided on the battlefield (SVO).

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Boris55

You could say that.

About ambitions - to lead Russia out of its colonial status and make it independent, one of the leading countries in the world.

Regarding grievances, I am offended by the West, by the fifth column, which for some reason everyone has forgotten about, by the Central Bank, which is independent from us, by the pro-Vlasov Duma, which does not help him in his aspirations.

Boris, come clean, do you talk to him regularly, "over a glass of tea?" You know all his thoughts and desires so well that I'm amazed at how well-informed you are.

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

You know all his thoughts and desires so well that I am amazed at your awareness.

I judge him by his deeds and advise you to do the same. Shall I list his deeds?

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Boris55

List his deeds?

Let's go... since 2012... I can't remember anything except Crimea... can you tell me?
Let's judge by deeds, okay, let's go over the conclusions on raising the pension and raising taxes?

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

Let's go... since 2012... I can't remember anything except Crimea... can you tell me?

And you don't even remember the SVO anymore? But there was also Syria.

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

Give us your conclusions on raising pensions and raising taxes.

Let's.
The Duma's raising of the retirement age does not contradict the Constitution:

"Article 55, paragraph 3. The rights and freedoms of man and citizen may be limited by federal law only to the extent that this is necessary for the purpose of protecting the foundations of the constitutional order, morality, health, rights and legitimate interests of others, ensuring the country's defense and state security.

The President had no reason not to sign the Law adopted by the Duma and approved by the Federation Council.

Raising taxes, and everything else, depends on laws that only the Duma and no one else has the right to adopt:

"Article 105, paragraph 1. Federal laws are adopted by the State Duma."

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Boris55

And you don't even remember the SVO anymore? But there was also Syria.

Did Syria end very well? And the SVO too?

Quote: Boris55

The President had no reason not to sign the Law adopted by the Duma and approved by the Federation Council.
Raising taxes and everything else depends on laws that only the Duma and no one else has the right to adopt.

Why then did he promise that the retirement age wouldn't be raised under his rule if it's not within his jurisdiction? What kind of cases can one even judge if the Duma is the one in charge of everything?

Well, let's do it this way, Boris... After all, the SVO, then, also deserves credit from the Duma, since it authorized the use of troops, right? And much, much more, everything that federal laws have been passed about (and they have passed about almost everything), it's all the Duma's fault, not him—right?

[The popuas]

Boris...you told me about the constitution, that he didn't ask for amendments to extend the presidential term! It turns out the Duma did it on purpose; he's a very convenient president, signing whatever the "mad printer" approves. Come on, Boris... sort yourself out already... or else the boyars will be to blame again.

[Boris55]

The essence of Russian civilization is Bolshevism.

Quote: Popuas

He is a very convenient president, he signs everything that the "mad printer" accepts.

Signs only those laws that do not contradict the Constitution.
The introduction of amendments to the current Constitution by the Duma, except for Chapters 1, 2 and 9, does not contradict the Constitution.

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: Monster_Fat

There was enough money for everything, but now there's no money? Where did it go?

You know perfectly well where. Oil and gas revenues and all exports to Europe have collapsed.

[Vadim S]

It's clear even without any experts that the economy is going down the drain! Most people also feel like the entire burden has been placed on the people. Paid parking has started being installed near residential buildings. While the blessed are downvoting this information, it hasn't affected many yet, but some have already. Our entire housing estate is already registering resident parking spaces; it will start on January 1st, and then it will be in every city, in every courtyard. As was written, this will significantly increase the budget. For those of you who are particularly sophisticated and want to know where "our place" is, it's in the capital. Don't ask stupid questions; soon you'll have to come to you too, rejoice!

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: Vadim S

Paid parking has begun to be installed near residential buildings.

We've been paying for parking for six years now, ever since we moved into our new building. And nothing's wrong, we haven't died. Cars parked on the sidewalks are definitely better. I'm especially touched by the Mercedes, who don't mind paying 2500 rubles a month.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Panin (Michman)

We've been paying for parking for six years now, ever since we moved into our new building. And nothing's wrong, we haven't died. Cars parked on the sidewalks are definitely better. I'm especially touched by the Mercedes, who don't mind paying 2500 rubles a month.

We won't die if they start charging money for breathing air, but that doesn't mean it's okay.

[Jackson]

2500 a month is a pretty hefty sum, really. Don't you have any idea about the surrounding area?

[Million]

Everything is as usual: they will fleece the people.

[ALARI]

The money is running out and there are no prospects.

[Dedok]

Money is running outAlternative ways to fill Russia's budget

they ended long ago...
therefore, this thesis is one of the belated ones...
and it is impossible to say that there is no way out, there is always one - but in whose interests will it be?

[AA17]

We see that the economy is returning to a balanced growth trajectory.

You can comment like this:
"Pessimists say 2025 was worse than 2024.
Optimists say the outgoing year 2025 will be better than the coming year 2026."

[Saxahorse]

The author "overlooked" a couple of nuances. Despite the budget deficit, money continues to be handed out "to the right people." This is a hint at trillions for oil companies and developers.

[Hole puncher]

Quote: Saxahorse

This is a hint of trillions for oil companies and developers.

If developers aren't given the money, they'll trigger a financial crisis, so they've already come up with a loan holiday. It's just unclear how this will help.

[Anthony]

The beginning is already funny...
1). after overheating Ahaha, quite the opposite, and it makes perfect sense. Overheating is actually growth, not a decline, which the author disguised as overheating. Write it that way—after the decline!
2). 1 percent of GDP, +1,3 percent in the next year, and growth of almost one and a half percent in 2027. Hahaha!!! Guys! With real inflation at 10-15% (and I'm being modest), growth of 1-1,5% per year is 10 times less than inflation!!! That's the collapse of the economy, its de facto decline. Annually, that's the inflation percentage minus their "growth." That's about 10% per year AT LEAST.
I did not read further.

[koksalek]

4 and 5 are obviously unfeasible, the nouveau riche with briefcases will not cut off the branch they are sitting on, they will stall until the last and continue to "feed less and milk more", the latter works without fail and, most importantly, does not ricochet on Pinocchios

[born007]

Recalling the state's successful support for farmers, which resulted in record harvests for several years, the accompanying problem of "what to do with it all" immediately came to mind. But the solution was right there.
They had to recycle and retain the added value. But the Duma refused to introduce a state plan for this reason:
1. Domestically, grain prices have fallen.
2. Traders sold this grain at exorbitant foreign prices and became fabulously rich.
3. They didn’t invest in the development of processing, as a result of which the feed is someone else’s
4. Slaughterhouses have been reduced.
5. Cattle suddenly started getting sick en masse.

Only the monopoly on foreign trade kept the USSR afloat and prevented the country from being plundered, but after its abolition in 1987, the budget became sharply impoverished due to the loss of a huge amount of income, which the newly-minted exporters began to keep for themselves (or as bribes), which largely contributed to the collapse of the USSR.

[antiaircrafter]

Furthermore, remittances from valuable specialists to their historical homeland should be taxed at 30-35%. This represents capital flight and the withdrawal of funds from the Russian economy.

[P]

It's money, in this case it's not even close to capital.

[AdAstra]

"The rich should be socially responsible. It's a truism, but Russia still has no luxury tax. There are indirect taxes – higher rates for owners of luxury cars, real estate, and land, as well as a progressive tax. But they are, to put it mildly, laughable."
"Why is the government raising VAT but not touching the bank profit tax?"
Yes, because the Author says, "This is the right leg." (c)
And at work my boss reproaches me for my salary of 35 thousand, like, oh, what money, but I don’t want to work from the fence to the sunset for it.

[Jacques sekavar]

A complete transition of the economy to a war footing would have meant major problems for the population with consumer goods and provoked social risks similar to those of the Yeltsin era.
The “cooling” of the economy from 4% in 24 to 1% in 25 did not lead to price stabilization, and the planned economic growth of 1% of GDP, +1,3% in the next year, and growth of almost one and a half percent in 2027 means the failure of the declared accelerated growth.
Inflation is a persistent excess of money supply over goods, meaning it's unreasonable to talk about a money shortage. There's plenty of money, but inflation reduces its purchasing power and leads to higher prices. And, of course, war and attacks on oil refineries create additional problems.

[Dedok]

Inflation is a persistent excess of money supply over goods, and therefore it is unreasonable to talk about a shortage of money.

it's too complicated...
And the Central Bank is trying to interpret it differently...

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

And the Central Bank is trying to interpret it differently...

I heard Nabiullina say with my own ears: "I'm not responsible for the production of goods, I'm responsible for the balance between goods and money." But by setting the Central Bank's exorbitant interest rate, which prevents producers from either increasing their output or reducing their existing output... Nabiullina: "The government is responsible for the production of goods..." And how can one not recall: "There's no money, but you hang in there."

[Dedok]

I heard it with my own ears from Nabiullina: ~ "I am not responsible for the production of goods, I am responsible for the balance of goods and money."

Yes, but she didn't say what kind of goods they were - she meant...
And her counterpart across the pond, a year ago, lowered the interest rate and said almost the following: "I don't care about inflation, I need a vibrant economy..."

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

He lowered the interest rate and said almost the following: "I don't care about inflation, I need a vibrant economy..."

He was right. The lower the interest rate, the more accessible loans, the more vibrant the economy, and the lower the inflation.

[Dedok]

He told the truth.

For me, it's not about the truth...
For me, it's a matter of the "regulator's position"...
in the position of a regulator in relation to its own state...
to its capabilities, and, as you wrote above, "independence and primacy"...

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

in the position of a regulator in relation to its own state...

The Central Bank is not subordinate to any branch of government, including the Duma and the President.
The Central Bank is subject only to the decisions of the IMF, which is controlled by the United States.

The US (the West)'s goal is to destroy Russia. That's exactly what Nabiullina is doing. For her, Russia is a way to make money and get out of here in time.

[Dedok]

Quote: Dedok
in the position of a regulator in relation to its own state..

The Central Bank is not subordinate to any branch of government, including the Duma and the President.
The Central Bank is subject only to the decisions of the IMF, which is controlled by the United States.
The US (West) goal is to destroy Russia. This is precisely what Nabiullina is doing.

I put forward this thesis because of the existence of a simple scheme: where does the Central Bank get the funds for its “activities”?
So why is the attitude towards the "feeding hand" like this?

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

Where does the Central Bank get the funds for its activities?

From the country's budget. The Central Bank is sitting on the cash flows of all of Russia.

Constitution of the Russian Federation. 75 Article
1. The monetary unit in the Russian Federation is the ruble. Money is issued only The Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The introduction and issue of other money in the Russian Federation is not allowed.
2. Protecting and ensuring the stability of the ruble is the main function of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, which it carries out independently from other public authorities.

United Russia, which has a constitutional majority in the Duma, can remove this article from the Constitution by a simple vote – even tomorrow...

[Dedok]

Constitution of the Russian Federation. 75 Article

these are well-known facts of our history...
but the question was different:

So why is the attitude towards the "feeding hand" like this?

i.e. why do all organs... when it comes to this organ?

[Boris55]

Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

Quote: Dedok

So why is the attitude towards the "feeding hand" like this?

Because Russia is a colony of the West, and they squeeze everything they can out of a colony, and, as they say: "The sheriff doesn't care about the problems of the natives."

[BAI]

In any case, the poorest will pay for everything.

[P]

The workers pay. There will be no parasites on yachts or unemployed bums.

[Mishka78]

Thesis:

Resource #1 is Pandora's box. Whoever opens it first will end up in the deepest hole. That's precisely why Westerners hesitate to squeeze out the money. And ours are holding out too. It's like with nuclear weapons. Use is possible, but incredibly undesirable.

Resource #2 is a pittance. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything about it. Of course we should. Essentially, it's a drop in the bucket.

Resource #3 - Well, it's just a so-so resource. Exchange rate manipulation is destroying small and medium-sized businesses. And it's essentially only profitable for energy and raw materials exporters. The population doesn't care about these games. A rising exchange rate = more expensive everything. Enough.

Resource #4 – yes, I'd like to. But it's a case of bees versus honey. And that doesn't work. The state serves the interests of the ruling and wealthy class; that's an axiom. So why should the state take action against these people?

Resource #5 - That's true. This is the most realistic source of all the ones listed. Banks have been posting excess profits for three years now. I know this because I'm a bank clerk myself.
I also know that bank borrowers are experiencing serious problems. And banks are expecting a significant increase in defaults.
Let me remind you that, during a rather "peaceful" time, we had three major banks collapse: PSB, Otkryvashka, and Bin. The country squandered a whopping 1,5 trillion rubles in taxes to save them. And that's in 2017 prices. By today's standards, that's probably 3-4 trillion rubles.

Now a little about how I see it.
1. Increase the efficiency of targeted spending of budget funds.
2. Introduce life imprisonment + complete confiscation of property from embezzlers socialist state property. Including family members and relatives who have not confirmed their income.
3. Finally, allow SMEs, which drive the economy in most developed countries, to breathe and develop. There's no need to help them; they can handle it themselves. We just need to avoid interfering with them and not stifle them with excessive regulatory burdens.
4. Introduce a state monopoly on alcohol and tobacco. This industry was a significant drain on the USSR budget.
5. Stop funding and sponsoring migration. Budget expenditures on migrants and their families are dozens of times greater than the state's revenue from them.

I wrote this off the top of my head. If I sat down and thought about it, I could come up with many more.
The dumbest way to increase budget revenue is to raise taxes. Unfortunately, our leaders, male and female, are either unable or unwilling to act in a way that isn't blunt and head-on. The negative selection of power over the past decades is making itself felt.

[Dedok]

If you sit and think about it - You can come up with many moreb ..

There's no need to invent anything here, it's visible "with the naked eye..."

[Per se.]

Quote: Mishka78

The negative selection of power over the past decades is making itself felt.

Yes, - "The more incompetent the government, the more expensive its maintenance is for taxpayers (V. Zubkov)"...
It's hard to disagree with your points, but this isn't for our bourgeoisie. Russia has joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and pledged to accept migrants from Central Asia. Our Central Bank is firmly under the IMF (and, by extension, the Federal Reserve), and draconian interest rates are commonplace in our country, though they would be unthinkable in Europe or the US. Our Guarantor, as Deripaska has discussed, is merely a top manager of large capital, an appointee who does what the puppeteers behind the scenes want. Even without that, it's no secret—he's Yeltsin's successor, Sobchak's student, Chubais's protégé... We're living in capitalism, with a constitution written with the help of our dear "partners," who don't need a strong Russia at all. So, here we are. According to the Forbes list, our billionaire count has only grown. They, it seems, don't care about sanctions and the costs of the military defense. Meanwhile, raw materials and semi-finished products are still being pumped out of Russia, just as assets were moved abroad, and they are still being pumped out. Not to mention the state monopoly on tobacco and alcohol—that, like so much else, has long been eroded by transnational monopolies.

[Mishka78]

I agree with you, with the exception of 2 points.

Quote: Per se.

Russia joined the IOM and committed to accepting migrants from Central Asia.

To whom did I commit? To whom? What are the benefits for fulfilling them, and what are the penalties for evading them? Without this understanding, the statement is meaningless.
A thoughtless, and frankly, insane, immigration policy is our own, homespun. Private individuals close to the leader and his inner circle profit from it. A number of ministries profit from it (in our country, a ministry's political weight is largely determined by its budget, and the budget depends on its weight, a sort of Ouroboros), and so on. And no one has reversed the insane decline of the indigenous population, so who will maintain the pipeline? Who will pay the taxes?

Quote: Per se.

Our Central Bank is firmly under the IMF (and therefore the Federal Reserve)

Likewise. Where did you get that idea? We've had a very ambiguous relationship with the IMF for a long time. Practically hostile. The IMF hasn't told our leaders how the economy should be managed or what our Central Bank should do for a long time.
Nabiullina, under the current circumstances, is far from the worst head of the Central Bank. Because she's in roughly the same position as the Ministry of Defense, which is extremely limited in its ability to implement the necessary measures to satisfy the political desires of the nation's leader.

[Per se.]

Quote: Mishka78

Who did you commit to? To whom? What are the benefits for fulfilling them, and what are the penalties for evading them?

To whom? Russia joined the International Organization for Migration (IOM), becoming its 174th member state. This, as explained, will strengthen Russia's international status in migration regulation and provide an opportunity to leverage the organization's potential to advance Russian interests in this area.
At the same time, deputy Mikhail Matveyev made public the program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the resettlement of Tajiks and Kyrgyz to Russia.
President Vladimir Putin signed this document as part of Russia's process for joining the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (which will be finalized in 2021). According to the document, Putin committed to combating poverty in Central Asian states and, as part of this commitment, decided to resettle millions of Tajiks and Kyrgyz to Russia. This explains the mass issuance of passports to them and the resettlement of entire regions with migrants—essentially, state programs to suppress Russian identity and increase tolerance toward "guests."
The question is, who exactly, under the guise of IOM, is managing migration from Central Asian countries to Russia? It is the British government, through its UKAID fund and British intelligence, MI6.
You can say whatever you want about the Central Bank, which now categorically denies its dependence on the IMF, but, I repeat, neither the EU nor the US have such rates for their countries that would ruin their economies.

[roosei]

Social inequality in the country has not disappeared, but has only increased in the last couple of years.

And it will never disappear. This is the same capitalism that everyone was rushing to embrace along with that alcoholic Yeltsin. You've got capitalism. Enjoy your meal, and bon appétit!

[born007]

author, having quoted the words of a well-known "forecaster" (not to be confused with an economist) that "the economy is overheated," should I point out that 1% growth is taking inflation into account?
The entire world, adjusted for inflation, has grown by an average of 4,5% over 35 years, while Russia, adjusted for inflation, has grown by only 0,5%.
They're simply oppressing us by prohibiting our development. But with 10% of the National Welfare Fund, we could have launched import substitution and achieved technological sovereignty, but someone's fed up with it, and now we don't even hear about such plans.

[Illanatol]

Quote: Puncher

Should we be grateful to officials for this? So, owning a car and having winter clothes is a luxury they allow us?

Partly, yes. You can dislike government officials as much as you like, but unfortunately, humanity has yet to devise a form of cohabitation for large numbers of people other than the state. And a state without officials is impossible. You could conduct an experiment, at least in your mind. Go to a desert island, perhaps with a group of like-minded people, and try to enjoy the benefits of civilization there: electricity, running water, heating... and a car, if you can find one. I doubt you'll succeed. Because all this is only possible in a complex society, and the state apparatus is the most important element of that structure. "If this thing breaks, the box won't make a sound." Alas, alas... so you can tweet as much as you like about the "arbitrariness of the authorities," but it's counterproductive and will achieve nothing.

[P]

The state is an instrument of violence in the hands of the ruling class. The question is which class sets the objectives

[Illanatol]

Quote: Boris55

Money emission is carried out exclusively by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

This is all nonsense. Essentially, the entire banking sector is issuing non-cash rubles by issuing loans. Because a bank can issue loans for amounts much larger than its actual assets? Do you think this money is unsecured, just a "bubble"? No, the loan is secured by the borrower's property. If you don't repay the loan on time, you pay with your property. And yes, any debt obligation is also a means of payment; it can be sold, exchanged, etc. So the main generators of inflation are the banks themselves, and gradually, bankers will own everything. Unless, of course, the state puts an end to this, and I have no doubt it will. But it's still too early for that. Ultimately, we will be left with only one monopoly: the state itself.
And don't claim that our state serves anyone, like it's a flunky for mythical oligarchs. The only real oligarch we have is the state itself, the state apparatus itself; everyone else is bent over backwards before it, including homegrown billionaires. Because the state is richer than everyone else and, most importantly, stronger than everyone else. The army, the secret services, law enforcement and regulatory agencies... they'll have to bend anyone. And pushing against this machine is a hopeless endeavor.

The state in the West and the state in our country have different roles and functions. Incidentally, the West has been (and continues to be) replacing the state apparatus with "alternative structures," the so-called corporacracy. Here, it's precisely the opposite: the real role and power of the state apparatus will only grow, the state will meddle in every nook and cranny, controlling everything it can, even what was previously considered impossible. And all these banks, corporations, and joint-stock companies will gradually be absorbed by the state, even if formally "privatized" (since this "private property" will in fact belong to "high-ranking officials").

[Mishka78]

Quote: Illanatol

This is all nonsense. Essentially, the entire banking sector is issuing non-cash rubles by issuing loans. Because a bank can issue loans for amounts much larger than its actual assets? Do you think this money is unsecured, just a "bubble"? No, the loan is secured by the borrower's property. If you don't repay the loan on time, you'll pay with your property.

OMG, what a mess...
Assets equal liabilities, have you heard of that? Double entry bookkeeping, accounting, etc.?
BR Instruction No. 220-I (formerly 199-I) greatly limits banks’ lending capabilities.
590-P requires the formation of reserves at the expense of capital, etc.
Banks are now regulated to the point of being white mice.
Furthermore, it's unclear how you linked the loan security to the bank's assets. The security is the borrower's (or a third party's) asset.
Etc.

But I completely agree with the second part of your message about the state and officials.
Already, 80% of the banking sector is state-owned. And 70%+ of the economy as a whole.

[Illanatol]

Quote: Mishka78

Assets equal liabilities, have you heard of that? Double entry bookkeeping, accounting, etc.?
BR Instruction No. 220-I (formerly 199-I) greatly limits banks’ lending capabilities.
590-P requires the formation of reserves at the expense of capital, etc.
Banks are now regulated to the point of being white mice.
Furthermore, it's unclear how you linked the loan security to the bank's assets. The security is the borrower's (or a third party's) asset.

The borrower's asset in case of default on payment to the bank may become the bank's asset.

Regarding the equality of assets and liabilities:

"In addition to such direct restrictions, we apply macroprudential buffers. This is a tool that determines what portion of a loan a bank must finance with its own funds (as opposed to deposits). Consequently, it impacts the bank's loan profitability. For example, typically, for every 100 rubles of a loan, a bank needs 8 rubles of its own funds. For a 100-ruble consumer loan at a 40% interest rate, a borrower with a DTI of 80+ will need not 8 rubles, but 40 rubles of capital, which must be used as a buffer until the end of the loan term. This is costly for the bank. This way, we kill two birds with one stone—banks issue fewer risky loans and build a capital buffer that will protect them if the situation worsens."

https://www.cbr.ru/press/event/?id=23439

So, even under the stricter rules, to issue a loan of 100 rubles, the bank only needs 40 rubles. The rest is financed by third-party resources.
Personally, I think this whole thing smells like a Ponzi scheme. By the way, what's going on in the civilized West? What caused the financial crisis in the US in 2008 (or rather, it started back in 2007)? How did they play with "toxic assets" on the stock exchanges? And would those assets be toxic if assets were truly equal to liabilities?
I strongly suspect that such games continue today. If consumption were truly fully provided for, there wouldn't be such debt and the problems associated with it.

[Mishka78]

Quote: Illanatol

So, even under the stricter rules, to issue a loan of 100 rubles, the bank itself only needs to have 40 rubles.

40 rubles of capital. That is, equity; the rest can be financed from borrowed funds, such as deposits, interbank loans, account balances, etc.
But the funds raised must be repaid. And there are a ton of restrictions on raising funds; after Yugra and the Khotins, the Central Bank is keeping a close eye on this.
I don't understand where the emission is here))

What caused the 2008 financial crisis in the US (or rather, what started back in 2007)? How did they trade "toxic assets" on the stock exchanges? And would those assets have been toxic if assets were truly equal to liabilities?

Well, here you go again, you've got a mess... Derivatives and loans are completely different things. I'm speaking as a lender with 25 years of experience.
Asset always equals liabilities. That's the basics of economics. The real valuation of these assets and liabilities is another matter.

The simplest example is with the same Yugra.
You attracted 100 million from the population for 1 year at 15%.
They placed them on a one-year loan at 18%. They used real estate in the center of Moscow worth 200 million as collateral.
So, you have 100 million people in liabilities and 100 million in loans in assets. The net margin is 3%, which is what banking is built on.
And then, suddenly, the Central Bank comes to your bank and starts checking you out. And then it turns out:
1. The loan was issued to a company controlled by the owner, and the money was sent to an offshore account in the Cayman Islands, where no one knows about it. Therefore, the loan is highly likely non-repayable and serves as a cover for moving money out of the country.
2. The Central Bank begins to check the real estate that is used as collateral and finds out that, yes, this real estate exists, but its valuation is bogus, the real value of this collateral is not 200, but 5 million.
3. The Central Bank requires that such a loan be reserved and losses from its default covered by the Bank's own funds. However, the Bank's own funds represent 8% of its assets, which is insufficient. With a large number of such loans, the Bank's own funds simply run out, and it ceases to meet mandatory requirements and standards.
4. The Central Bank revokes the bank's license. Individual depositors receive 1,4 million from the DIA. Everyone else is out.

This is what I described as the worst-case scenario for those banks that deliberately vacuumed and stole depositors' funds.

[Illanatol]

Quote: Mishka78

40 rubles of capital. That is, equity; the rest can be financed from borrowed funds, such as deposits, interbank loans, account balances, etc.
But the funds raised must be repaid. And there are a ton of restrictions on raising funds; after Yugra and the Khotins, the Central Bank is keeping a close eye on this.

And where did their "capital" come from? They took money from individuals or legal entities, turned it over, made a profit on loans—and that's how they got their "capital." Essentially, banks are money speculators, and the fewer of them there are between the State Bank and the final recipient of the funds, the better for the economy and the population as a whole. But in practice, the number of these intermediaries is only growing. It's enough to recall the relatively new financial loan sharks known as "microfinance organizations" with their exorbitant interest rates and devastating debt collection methods.

Should the funds raised be repaid? That's right, and they are being repaid. Later, from funds raised from individuals and legal entities. Is it really for nothing that the advertising for deposits is so persistent? I already wrote that it smells like a Ponzi scheme. The scheme works, for now... there's additional funding from individuals and legal entities. But if new accounts aren't opened and replenished, then... collapse.

Quote: Mishka78

Derivatives and loans are very different things.

The thing may be different, but the entire financial system and its elements are interconnected. Derivatives can be issued on credit and debt obligations. This is what happened in the US, where derivatives were issued on mortgages, which were generously handed out at minimal interest rates on preferential terms. The smart guys back then assumed that most of the loans would be repaid... but problems with mortgage payments arose, and a flood of money flowed through the pipes, affecting the largest banks, and not only in the US. As it turns out, loans, derivatives, and other "securities" are very closely interconnected.

A wise man once said, "Money is a good servant, but a bad master." Alas, the notorious monetarism still rules here, and the financial system is the central subsystem of the economy as a whole, and everything revolves around financial criteria. Money should be merely an auxiliary tool. Not an economy for profit, but profit for the sake of the economy. However, for now, this is all utopia, and inflation remains invincible, as long as everything is subordinated to the "fight against inflation."

[Glagol1]

Taxes have been raised multiple times in recent years:
VAT was 18, then 20, now 22%
Income tax from 20 to 25%
A tax on deposits was introduced (a special compliment to pensioners!)
A progressive personal income tax was introduced.
The funded portion of pensions has been frozen (hello again, pensioners!)
Vehicle recycling fee
A tax on bond coupons was introduced.
And another super tax – raising the retirement age by five years at once. This is a world record. Globally, the norm is a one- to two-year increase.
This is a special salute to everyone, both workers and pensioners!!!
And that's not all! The luxury tax—it's not indexed—is now paid by owners of Volkswagens, Volvos, and even one Skoda model. A Lada Aura is on the way. And Shuvalov's dog flies to his owners' resort on a business jet.

[Dedok]

And Shuvalov's dog flies to his owners' resort on a business jet.

and what can change under this Moon?
"Render to God the things that are God's, and to Caesar the things that are Caesar's..."
and this is not the end...

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

What about a tax of around 50% on the income of the super-rich? Doesn't religion allow it?

[Esaul]

I'd generally impose a 99% personal income tax on incomes over 100 million rubles per year. One person shouldn't be earning that much; it's just insane.

[Glagol1]

With a 99% tax rate, such a person would simply change their residency to Belarus, Kazakhstan, or, say, Serbia. And the Russian Federation would be left with nothing.
The progressive measures they introduced here are also not great, they hit the middle class and those a little higher especially hard.
In my humble opinion, it would be more correct:
Up to 5 million per year 13%
What is more than 5 but less than 10 - 17%
What is more than 10 but less than 50 - 22%
Anything over 50 is, well, 30-35%.
So, in Moscow, with its high prices, the husband works, the wife is at home with two children, and they only get 200,000 rubles a month. And from 201,000 rubles, the husband will be charged a higher personal income tax. Miller and Sechin should be charged the same.

[storm]

There is no light in sight, which means a significant drop in budget revenues from taxes

If revenues decline, then they must automatically cut spending on the government apparatus, which consumes as much money as is allocated to medicine and health care combined.

Expenditures on the government apparatus should not exceed one percent of the country's budget.
Down with the parasites, let them earn money without state help.....

[Esaul]

If you shake up every United Russia member, you'll have enough stolen budget money to cover several annual national budgets. And if you shake up the top brass of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you'll have enough to last until the end of the century.

[the same doctor]

Introduce a 100% sale of foreign currency earnings and ban non-commodity transfers abroad. Critical imports will then require no more than 10% of current exports. Double or triple export duties, to prohibitive levels.
And most importantly, leave the Washington Consensus. You'll instantly have the opportunity to spend $700 billion in existing reserves. Enough to end the war victoriously.
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The current creeping plunder of the country, the fraudulent calculation of pensions, the fines... only embitter the people and undermine the government. Moreover, the trampling of the rights of ordinary people means the oligarchs have no property rights either. The sacred right of private property simply lacks a sufficient social foundation in the country today.
What's the point of exporting capital abroad to protect it from our security forces and officials? They'll take it all away in the West anyway. We need to invest in our own country and build a rule of law in our own country. When any homeless person can defend their rights against, say, a pension fund, then the oligarchs won't be dispossessed.

[rs777]

Stop cutting budgets at all levels, and the money will appear. All our (normal) paths are being re-paved, and curbstones are everywhere. They've ruined the spring: instead of a minor repair costing 30-50 thousand, they've thrown away 5 million. Shame on the "We're Eating Russia" shtick.

[Illanatol]

Quote: Mishka78

I don't understand where the emission is here))

Oh, right, you asked what the emission has to do with it. So, the bank issues loans at high interest rates. The interest rate increases as it passes through the intermediary chain. Legal entities, businesses, and companies are forced to take out high-interest loans because the working capital shortage has been going on since Gaidar's time. There's no escape. But the loans must be repaid. What should a company do to repay the loan, considering that the profit margin is low and our so-called "production cycle" is longer than in, say, Japan (our profits are lower and they're collected less frequently). There's no way out; we have to raise prices on the final product. People come to the markets, see the rewritten price tags, and start blaming the government. The government, whether it likes it or not, indexes salaries and pensions... by turning on the printing press. Welcome, Mrs. Inflation!
The financial system must be simplified, the number of banks reduced, and loans issued under a different framework and with different incentives. The focus should not be on bank profits, but on providing financial resources to the most important industries and enterprises on preferential terms.
If we're looking at the profitability of lending, then... well, I'm not exactly a bourgeois and have no ill intentions toward domestic industry. But let's say I'm a banker and can lend 1 billion rubles. I have two options: lend the billion to AvtoVAZ or split it into 100 loans of 10 million rubles each and lend them to microfinance organizations. Which option will I choose if I'm a banker and my personal profit is my top priority? I think the answer is obvious. That's how it works in real life. So, while we don't really have true capitalism aimed at "expanded reproduction," we do have plenty of money changers and usurers. But such gentlemen existed long before capitalism and can easily do without it.

[xoma58]

Of course, they'll rob the poor. Billionaires won't rob themselves, will they?

[newtc7]

You forgot to mention the main resource: if you stop re-laying curbs in Moscow every year and redirect those funds toward, say, developing manufacturing, you could achieve a 5% growth rate without driving up inflation. And if you tweak tender kickbacks and national projects—and comb through officials—you could confiscate 100% of black income and simply double it.

[AppoloDiomed]

That's how curbs are manufactured in production. Industry is receiving orders.

[Tank destroyerSU-100]

Quote: Civil

How "good" are things in the economies (finances) in countries that are not at war and not under sanctions - Germany or France, England

We couldn't care less what they have there. We haven't lived there and we don't plan to.

Or do you want to return to the 90s of the last century, to the role of a semi-colony of the West?

A little further - at least to the 70s of the last century, preferably after 1937. What are you so afraid of?

That would be great!

[smart ass]

What's the article about? What the hell did I just read?

[Alexey Lantukh]

Why does the government increase VAT but leave bank profit tax alone?

As always! The banks are to blame for everything! However, this has already happened and yielded no results. It should be noted that banks have almost unlimited control over their profits by increasing the percentage of reserve contributions. The main source of budget expenditure reduction has not been identified: establishing qualified oversight of budget expenditures at the recipient level to ensure they are not overstated.

[LuZappa]

Quote: Pandemic

Maybe I want to go back to the 70s?

Are you seriously thinking of going back to the 70s? Be careful what you wish for, it might come true in unexpected ways.

[LuZappa]

Quote: Dedok

Where can you find a "brand new car" these days for 2-3 months' salary?

Well, probably a UAZ or a Lada. The Chinese ones weren't that expensive back then. The size of that salary also plays a role here...

[Vsevolod Sidorov]

Well, at least now it's impossible to buy or sell a couple of apartments through a sole proprietorship without VAT. ...heh heh...they caught the rich.

[good luck]

Everything comes out of the citizens' pockets: prices, taxes, fines, levies, VAT, excise duties

[bob03]

In fact, there are plenty of other items where expenses can be tacked on without ripping off the population. For example, the construction of the new Moscow-St. Petersburg railway line costs 2.35 trillion rubles. Construction can wait until the SVO is completed, and this line isn't really needed right now. If you dig deeper, there are enough such projects to reduce the budget deficit.

[Alexey Lantukh]

The construction can wait until the SVO is finished, and this route is not really needed at the moment.

Exactly. And the profitability of this route is questionable. I saw a message somewhere online that tickets would be more expensive than plane tickets.

[dingowd]

Resource No. 6
Transfer of the housing and utilities sector to municipal enterprises

[Damask]

There's a minimum wage, so there should be a maximum, above which the tax increases. If you don't pay, you can rebuild a city in Magadan and live with your family for five or six years.

[AC130 Gunship]

They recently introduced a huge recycling tax on cars. The masses, as usual, will swallow it. The only protest in the country was in Vladik, where people logically asked to see how these figures were calculated and where the nearest recycling plant was, since there isn't one in Primorye. "The Jews smile mysteriously," M. Zhvanetsky

[AC130 Gunship]

Quote from bob03

In fact, there are plenty of other items where expenses can be tacked on without ripping off the population. For example, the construction of the new Moscow-St. Petersburg railway line costs 2.35 trillion rubles. Construction can wait until the SVO is completed, and this line isn't really needed right now. If you dig deeper, there are enough such projects to reduce the budget deficit.

They need show. And there's simply nothing else to show. Aircraft factories change directors every year, but the planes still haven't flown.

[Capt cook]

There's no word for "mad." Maybe the author should go to school?

[AppoloDiomed]

1. Foreigners have frozen Russian state funds, while we have frozen private assets. It's a slightly different matter.
2. Shadow income, yes, but it's not just bloggers, whose average income is around 30,000. There are many others, too: real estate rentals, shadow services (hairdressers, eyelash specialists, auto repair shops, handymen, and many others).
3. We'll all pay for the exchange rate anyway, as will the VAT. Prices for imported goods, which include many industrial goods, will rise.
4. Formally, the rich are already charged higher percentages, including higher personal income tax and recycling fees. They pay more for expensive real estate, and taxes are imposed on investments and deposits.
5. The main banks are state-owned, so they'll take the money as dividends, and then charge income taxes to private investors. Maybe that's what it's all about.

[Bolt]

It's only going to get worse. Regarding the recycling fee, it won't be good; fewer cars will be bought, and taxes—it'll be easier to go underground.

[Strelok1976]

Author. Do you even understand what you're writing about? So what if the ruble devalued? So what if the population's purchasing power declines? "Store prices will rise, of course, but the country will avoid a loss of employment and further economic contraction due to higher direct and indirect taxes." Who are you? An experimenter? If someone earns 40 rubles today, of which they have to pay 15 for utilities and spend the rest on food under the current state of affairs, then what happens if, with the same 40 salary, they spend 20 on utilities and 20 on food, when the price of everything has risen? Apparently no one cares about the population's quality of life?

[Idle_piston]

I don't understand these calculations, forecasts, and arguments about where to fill the budget. Gentlemen, it's all very simple. In 1991, you (or your parents) chose to live under capitalism. And rising taxes and prices are the foundation of life under capitalism, but the worst part is, we live in its worst copy—the Russian one.

[anclevalico]

There's only one way: plunder the country. The people and the natural resources. These people have no other option. And there never will be.

[Alexander]

Isn't it time to add a law against fraudsters and thieves of state and other funds for failure to pay income tax on the amount stolen?

[Brabus1945]

Unfortunately, the Central Bank is pursuing a colonial policy against the Russian economy. It is completely anti-Russian and is in the hands of the global bourgeoisie. The Central Bank and Elvira Nabiullina make no secret of their economic policy, which is aimed at destroying the Russian economy. There are only two economic factors driving the country's economic decline: 1) the judicial interest rate, and 2) the devaluation of the ruble through the exchange rate.
Back in 2022, Biden said that the exchange rate for the dollar in Russia should be 200 rubles, Nabiullina said... It will be.

[gridasov]

THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ALL TIME remains the one who came up with the mechanism of the ideal State.