Minister: The situation in the Russian economy is difficult, and reserves are largely exhausted.

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, and its reserves have been largely depleted. Russian businesses are feeling the brunt of this.

Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov made this statement at a meeting of the My Business entrepreneurship support fund in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region.

The official noted:

It is clear that the economic situation is difficult, I will not repeat myself too much.

He noted that one factor further complicating the situation is changes in the state's tax policy. Businesses are having to adapt to these changes. According to Reshetnikov, the government must help entrepreneurs with this. This is one of the most important tasks for the Russian Cabinet of Ministers at the moment.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development noted that the Russian economy requires significant structural changes. This requires investment, expanding production capacity, and creating new jobs. Previously, all of this was easier to achieve, as the labor market was relatively calmer and the economy had certain reserves.

Reshetnikov added:

We are now seeing that these reserves have been largely exhausted; the situation is indeed such, and the macroeconomic situation is significantly more complex.

He noted that the main problems facing the Russian economy today are labor shortages, the strengthening ruble, still-high interest rates, and budget constraints. The minister stated that Russian businesses are currently facing very serious challenges.

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[credo]

He noted that the main problems facing the Russian economy today are labor shortages, the strengthening ruble, still-high interest rates, and budget constraints. The minister stated that Russian businesses are currently facing very serious challenges.

Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

[Major Yurik]

Look, there's a minister, but no economy, and he's quite plump and polished at that... He kept welcoming migrant workers, throwing pilaf and zatulin holidays, but it doesn't help the country, unlike him... What a disaster!

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

He's not proposing to close offshore companies, after all. That means he's okay with everyone at the helm.

[Last centurion]

And not only offshore companies, but also
1. An entire industry employing a huge number of idiots who could be doing something useful in the country... delivering food. Because it's important to the retail oligarchs. This delivery industry should be completely banned by law, given the current birth rate. And maybe they'll even improve delivery robots faster.
2. Spot development, human anthills, and single-room apartments continue. What kind of population growth are they talking about for their future economy? How much stuff does a person need in 16-25 square meters? The oligarchic developers, all these ozonoberiz and oligarchic furniture makers, don't even think about what their children will sell or manufacture in 10 years. They're digging their own hole, or rather, they're crawling into a can where they'll soon be bitten by spiders. "Not just any" businessman will survive there.
3. By inertia, they build things that are already morally obsolete: from disposable missiles (oh well... in the 21st century, with a shortage of man-hours, burning out engines is just the thing...), disposable frigates (which will be torn apart by a flock of back-up ships), trams in cities (! Seriously, with this pace of life, you or your "pedants" will overtake someone else's economy with them), they don't expand roads, all the cities are built within the boundaries of the red development line probably planned back under Brezhnev (then they will start building multi-level interchanges of what is now being "tied up" for hundreds of billions), while human-anthill microdistricts are already now stuck in traffic jams, stupidly taking away life time (comma or dash here is optional) and resources. And so it is with everything—the inefficient use of human resources, man-hours—isn't about increasing their exploitation, following Deripaska's lobotomized ideas, but rather about optimizing strategic planning, something the oligarchs of the 90s, aging enterprises from the 50s-80s, never even heard of. Sure, if printing houses with perfectly viable workers still print newspapers that are then distributed by order to enslaved public sector employees. They don't have enough people...

The Soviet economy was criticized for its inefficiency? And now, the economy is in steady decline. Fortunately, it will bury the oligarchs themselves within 10-20 years.

[Blackbeard]

I agree about one-room apartments. We need to limit the number of floors overall and build mass-produced, affordable private homes of sufficient size, giving them to families who have a child within two years, for example. We live in the largest country in the world, but in 22-story anthills...on a tiny plot of land.

[YES UZH]

=Major Yurik]Look how it is, there is a minister, but no economy, and he is quite plump and polished... He always welcomed migrant workers, threw pilaf holidays with zatulin, but this does not help the country, unlike him... What a disaster!

It doesn't help the country, but some people have mastered budgetary flows and directed them into their own pockets, and the diaspora benefits.

[Alexander Odintsov]

Minister: The situation in the Russian economy is difficult, and reserves are largely exhausted.

Say thank you to our Central Bank, which maintained such a ridiculous interest rate on loans for so long. Everyone said it would go down the drain. But who's going to stop the Central Bank? Even the Supreme Court constantly praises it. Apparently, the Bank of Russia's operations are supervised from abroad. You're on the right track, comrades!!! And even now, they're in no particular hurry to lower the rate.

[bar]

Quote: Alexander Odintsov

Apparently, the work of the Bank of Russia is well controlled from abroad.

So, the central banks of countries that are part of the dollar currency system are, by definition, branches of the IMF and are not subordinate to the governments of their countries.

[Victor Leningradets]

Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

After Primakov/Maslyukov/Gerashchenko, professionals are not allowed into leadership.
And this is on all levels, it’s easier to bronze.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Quote: Victor Leningradets

This is on all levels, it’s easier to bronze.

The emergence of a gerontocracy is another marker of a return to the late Soviet model. The average age of key figures on the list has already surpassed 70. Gerontocracy deprives the system of adaptability. Decisions dictated by age-related psychology and fear of progress turn the state into a hostage. The biological cycle of such an elite inevitably ends with the destruction of the entire state, and vice versa.

[Ball]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Formation of gerontocracy

Yeah, I remember all the old Clintons, the Bidens and Trumps, the senators, the congressmen, and other old farts. And also the Mertzes, the Merkels, and so on.

[alexboguslavski]

This is different. You need to understand.

[Comrade I]

Well, I remembered. What's next? Did things get any better?

[Normal]

I've been saying this for a long time. People over 70 generally don't want any upheaval, wars, or anything like that. They want a measured life, a comfortable, peaceful one. A drop in testosterone can't help but affect a man's behavior, it just can't.

[alexoff]

It's like the neurons in your head are getting smaller. Pensions weren't invented for nothing.

[Normal]

Neurons decrease in number from age 40, but it's all relative. About 10,000 neurons die after each stressful event. After 45, they die even without stress. Drinking too much can cause further neuronal loss, plus brain hypoxia, prolonged and regular drinking, encephalopathy, and drinking a bottle of vodka every day for over 15 years can lead to Korsakoff's syndrome. But neurons are one thing: you can have a reduced intelligence, but with a healthy dose of aggression, you can be blunt, tough, and fear little. However, decreased testosterone directly affects aggressive behavior. Incidentally, testosterone production peaks between 6 and 8 a.m., which explains the mild morning erection in a healthy man.

[faridg7]

Quote: Normal

Neurons decrease in number from age 40, but it's all relative. About 10,000 neurons die after each stressful event. After 45, they die even without stress. Drinking too much can cause further neuronal loss, plus brain hypoxia, prolonged and regular drinking, encephalopathy, and drinking a bottle of vodka every day for over 15 years can lead to Korsakoff's syndrome. But neurons are one thing: you can have a reduced intelligence, but with a healthy dose of aggression, you can be blunt, tough, and fear little. However, decreased testosterone directly affects aggressive behavior. Incidentally, testosterone production peaks between 6 and 8 a.m., which explains the mild morning erection in a healthy man.

A human brain has 86 billion neurons. If you stress and lose 10 neurons every day, that would last for 23500 years, so there should be enough to last a century.

[Normal]

Well, first of all, it's not 86, but a range from 80 to 120. There's no exact figure, and one's not needed. And secondly, I didn't say how long it would last. That's not what I'm talking about. A single neuron by itself is useless. Dead neurons must be replaced by others to rebuild the neural network. What's the point if they don't form, even if there are 70 left, for example? A single neuron is a useless cell.

[alexoff]

Maybe we should check the people in charge? You didn't get up in the morning to get checked, you don't have testosterone—well, that means you're not allowed to hold a responsible position?
Or inject testosterone, since you don't have any of your own.

[Normal]

Humor is good, always for high-quality and timely humor, it is an indicator of social intelligence.

[Kuziming]

It appears that part of the electorate believes in the myth of testosterone as a source of good decision-making.
They knocked from the bottom.

[topol717]

Quote: Normal

The number of neurons decreases from the age of forty, it's all relative. After each stress, about 10 neurons die. After 45, they die without stress.

Indeed, sometimes it's better to remain silent. The destruction of connections in the brain is not only a daily process, but also a very important and necessary one. Have you heard of people whose sounds are colored? That's just an example of when unnecessary connections haven't been destroyed. In children, connections are destroyed at an alarming rate, which is why children don't remember infancy. And yes, there is an opinion that Parkinson's and other diseases are caused precisely by the fact that connections in the brain haven't been destroyed.

[Normal]

So let those who create who-knows-what out of ordinary things remain silent. "There's an opinion" is an assumption, not a scientifically proven fact. I won't even discuss it. Humans have plenty of such anomalies, but they're not dogma or the rule, more the exception. Cerebral vascular malformation—have you heard of such an anomaly? A pathology? Yes. Does it occur in everyone? No. Let's stop speculating, passing them off as discoveries. "There's an opinion" is a hypothesis, as yet unsubstantiated. But there are well-researched facts, proven and explained.
Children don't remember infancy...that's completely beyond the pale. Does the hippocampus mean anything to you? The hippocampus is the part of the brain directly linked to memory. It's simply not yet developed enough and isn't capable of forming and storing memories.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we monitored real-time hippocampal activity in 26 children aged four months to two years while they performed memory tasks. For example, the children looked at an image of a new face, object, or scene for two seconds, and then, about a minute later, were shown the same image again.
The study found that the greater the hippocampal activity when a child looks at a new image, the longer they spend looking at the same image when shown it again. Since children tend to spend more time looking at familiar objects, this result suggests that they are remembering what they've seen before.
Moreover, the strongest activity was observed in the posterior hippocampus, the region most closely associated with memory retrieval in adults. Period. That's why that nonsense about "connections not being broken" in children and therefore their infancy not remembering... you wouldn't say that in polite company.
Please don't write to me anymore, I'm not ready to engage in your so-called brain education. All the best.

[topol717]

That's the point: the state doesn't need rushing around and making sudden moves. Age allows for sober, unemotional decision-making.
When Toyota was choosing a chairman, the founder's grandson was proposed. The board of directors rejected him, claiming he was too young. He was 50 at the time.

[Normal]

The tremors aren't related to the production of this hormone. It's just that a young person, say 50, still has an active metabolism, has some experience but isn't yet decrepit, their joints are still healthy, they can handle stress, they're active sexually, and what's more, they're not exactly decrepit. No one knows when Alzheimer's or Parkinson's will strike, or even both. Trump isn't just being high for no reason. It's definitely a side effect from the medications. At that age, like our president's or Trump's, you can't go on that kind of trip without additional medical support. And any external medication will inevitably have side effects. For example, Aminazin was used by neurologists, but when its side effects were discovered, they started using it in psychiatry.

[topol717]

Let's say at 50 years old, your metabolism is still active, you already have experience, but you're not decrepit yet, your joints are still fine, you can handle stress, you're active

A politician doesn't need all this. He needs a sober view with a minimum of emotion.

Quote: Normal

At this age, both our president and Trump, you can’t travel like that without additional medical support.

When you're the same age, I think you'll change your mind. For example, I can drive 1500 km a day, and not in the back of a limo, but behind the wheel. My wife's brother, at 69, works as a long-haul truck driver and is quite capable of driving his MAN refrigerated truck.

[ptt]

Quote from: topol717

My wife's brother is 69 years old and works as a long-distance truck driver and drives his MAN refrigerated truck quite well.

What a storyteller! Do you really think your relative enjoys driving a truck at 69? The man in charge of the economy doesn't pay him a decent pension, so he's forced to drive around the vast expanses of our country. That's the whole secret. Giving such an example is simply stupid.
You, like Igor M, are ready to write all sorts of nonsense. There's a whole department of you. I counted it, and you can see for yourself that your colleague in the department has written 79 comments today from midnight to now (he didn't sleep or eat lunch last night; sometimes the time between comments was only 1-2 minutes). Leo Tolstoy must be envious of your colleague's prolific output.
You probably have a line of people there: one person accepts a comment, another writes a response, and then passes it on to M. It's simply ridiculous how far one can go in idiocy. Your presentation of your materials is incredibly crude and looks incredibly stupid given the current situation at the front, in the rear, and in industry. Reading your opuses, I realize that this attitude toward "truth" hasn't hit rock bottom yet! Such a lack of respect for such "professionals"!

[topol717]

Quote: Ptt

What a storyteller! Do you really think your relative enjoys driving a truck at 69?

I've certainly heard the phrase that work should be a pleasure, but I've never suffered from that myself and I've never seen such people. Maybe you've seen it? Have you seen the film "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style"? Do you know how old the composer is? Do you know what he does? He works!!!

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote from: topol717

Quote: Ptt

What a storyteller! Do you really think your relative enjoys driving a truck at 69?

I've certainly heard the phrase that work should be a pleasure, but I've never suffered from that myself and I've never seen such people. Maybe you've seen it? Have you seen the film "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style"? Do you know how old the composer is? Do you know what he does? He works!!!

Tereshkova also works. She's 89 and running for the State Duma again. Hence her rant about raising the retirement age. I'd probably work in the Duma until I'm 90, too... But if she were working on an assembly line, for example, I'd see how she'd pass her medical exam.
We have a device that tests our hearing. The doctor is about 65, if not older. When I asked him if he thought it was normal to have 100% hearing after 60, he just shrugged.

[Andrey M]

Yes, Igor M. is a very prolific Kremlin rabbit.

[Normal]

Sir, we're talking about people who govern the country and make laws—people who, in one way or another, influence the life of the entire country—and you're talking about 1500 kilometers behind the wheel. Are you comparing the ability to drive a car at 69 years old with, say, ordering a preemptive strike? Your argument is poor, or you've misinterpreted my comment.

[topol717]

That's the whole point. Before giving an order, you have to weigh everything a thousand times, listen to ALL your aides, and only then make a final decision. It's a complex and lengthy process that cannot be rushed. Opening Pandora's Box is easy, but where will the country and the world end up then? Do you want your grandchildren to live after Armageddon?

[Andrey M]

Yeah, someone weighed everything very carefully and listened, and as a result, they carried out a remarkable demilitarization and denazification. Residents of the Leningrad region won't let me lie (they didn't sleep last night). In general, success requires creativity, i.e., creative potential, which, unfortunately, correlates (is connected) with physical potency.
Do you know many scientists who made remarkable discoveries after 70? Writers who wrote masterpieces? There's one wonderful Soviet film director who, while still in his prime, created a number of masterpieces and was still remarkably prolific after 60, but everything he did after that age is so terrible that it seems like two different people.

[topol717]

In general, creativity is needed for success,

I'm not arguing, but do you really need success at any cost? How many attempts does it take? Painting pictures is like trying 100 times, throwing 90 in the trash, and then being proud of one. But in governing a country, creativity will only hinder you. Because one success will come against 10 failures. Are you sure the state can withstand it?

[Andrey M]

So how did Putin's lack of creativity help him? When he needed to and could have fought a historical injustice—the ceding of Novorossiya to Western powers—namely in 2014, he hesitated, taking only one step out of 10. This was when the Ukrainian army was practically nonexistent, the average Russian's standard of living was three times higher than the average Ukrainian's, and many of them were downright willing to join the Russian Federation. Conversely, when it became impossible and the opportunity vanished (the factors I listed above shifted in Ukraine's favor), he took the plunge and made an even greater mistake.

[topol717]

You don't have all the information. You're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Are you sure that, for example, the US wouldn't have sent its troops into Ukraine and even Crimea would have had to be ceded, and for a long time? And you talk as if Ukraine, between 15 and 22, produced or purchased all this equipment and trained all 2 million troops. Do you think they wouldn't have acquired so much equipment in 14?

[Andrey M]

I'm even sure they wouldn't have made it in time... They (the military personnel) in the Southeast were extremely conflicted, confused, and bewildered. Over the next eight years, they weren't given any equipment, but at least they organized. Plus propaganda and the SBU (they intimidated many, and others fled).

[Alexander Rasmukhambetov]

Well then you just have to sit on your butt and listen to Peskov's assistant.

[Gavrilo Princip]

Take away his driver's license, for goodness sake. I've known such "truckers," at least you'll avoid casualties.

[topol717]

Gerontocracy deprives the system of adaptability. Decisions dictated by age-related psychology and fear of progress

Are you sure progress is always beneficial? Where's the guarantee that progress won't destroy the state? Mistakes at that level are incredibly costly, and all decisions there must be made completely without emotion. The older a person gets, the lower their emotional state. And you can do a lot of things in a fit of emotion, and you won't be able to undo it in 100 years.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

After all, closing offshore accounts and closing the National Welfare Fund would be beneficial to the state, regardless of its age. However, no one is rushing to do so, regardless of age.

[topol717]

What does it mean to shut down offshore companies? What does it mean to close the National Welfare Fund? The funds have never been a problem for anyone.

[dementor873]

I'm only 40, and I've already stopped working my ass off. Rest is my top priority now, and I can forget all that overtime, along with my boss. I don't feel like going to clubs anymore, I don't run anymore, and I only do sports occasionally. And what's going on at 70? It's a complete mystery. Considering I work with my head, the same workloads I had 10 years ago are now difficult to handle. Having vast life experience, especially in public administration, makes a person rigid, and change is met with hostility. They simply want to continue living in their comfort zone. Young people move thousands of miles, find their niche, and develop. An old man's place is only by the fireplace among his grandchildren, or fishing on a pond.

[AK74]

I don't think this is the limit. They've even crossed the 80-year mark. Unfortunately, this is a general global trend. Everyone clings to power until their last breath. And after that, they don't care what happens to the country.

[zloybond]

In fact, it is obvious that we are returning to feudalism - power is passed on by inheritance - the children of ministers are already being born ministers and all sorts of economic experts... Wherever you look, children are posted to feed and supervise the servants.
Listening to the patriotic statements of the so-called "constructive opposition," you realize that this is simply a staged performance...

[credo]

After Primakov/Maslyukov/Gerashchenko, professionals are not allowed into leadership...

To be honest, I can’t say that the people you listed boosted Russia’s economy that much, given that they were all appointed after the collapse of the USSR.
But I can say that in the USSR there were specialized ministries and departments for specific industries, and they were headed by professionals in these very industries, who, as a rule, rose up the career ladder from the bottom and knew the industries under their jurisdiction thoroughly.
The older generation, who witnessed the collapse of the USSR and survived to the present day, still remembers their ministers by name and recalls them with respect precisely for their professionalism.
And what sector of the economy Reshetnikov was raising is unknown to anyone, despite the fact that he's been the "guru" of economic development for 47 years. Are we waiting?

[NIKN]

- In short, the situation is this: the gang has run out of money, the common fund is at zero and there is nothing left to sell. There is only one way out - to pressure the weaklings to work overtime. Don't raise the weaklings' rations!
- Excuse me, but are you sure you are the Minister of Economy?!

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: NIKNN

There's only one way out: pressure the weaklings into working overtime. Don't raise the weaklings' rations!
- Excuse me, but are you sure you are the Minister of Economy?!

No, these are Deripaska's words (12-hour workday on a six-day week)

[commbatant]

Quote: credo

And no one knows what sector of the economy Reshetnikov raised about this, despite the fact that he has been a "guru" of economic development for 47 years.

Why are you all bringing up the USSR? Reshetnikov was still in school when it collapsed. He only started his career in 2000 (at 21), when the country was in ruins. What industries are you talking about? If Google hasn't banned you'll find out everything about him. They're telling you the truth; you're dissatisfied, they're pulling the wool over your eyes. You're dissatisfied again. Conduct your own macro-microeconomic analysis of the country, or at least the region, or simply

Are we waiting?

so at least you'll earn "++"..."and you'll have honor and respect" (c)

[credo]

Why are you all bringing up the USSR? Reshetnikov was still in school when it collapsed. He only started his career in 2000 (at 21), when the country was in ruins. What industries are you talking about? If Google hasn't banned you'll find out everything about him. They're telling you the truth; you're dissatisfied, they're pulling the wool over your eyes. You're dissatisfied again. Conduct your own macro-microeconomic analysis of the country, or at least the region, or simply

I use the USSR as an example because it is the closest thing to which we can compare the results of today's Russia, but you seem to have decided that members of the current government are not subject to criticism because they suddenly opened our eyes to what we do not see around us, and we should be grateful to them for this.

Those who need this truth can continue to enjoy it, but those who have seen how, over the past 30-plus years, entire industries in the country have been systematically destroyed under the guise of optimization, reorganization, and environmental safety for the population feel these delights daily in their pockets, stores, and businesses, and the latest statement of this fact from the lips of the country's minister of these facts only evokes a yawn.

And yes, don't be jealous of other people's upvotes; downvote everyone you don't like. Maybe that will lift your spirits; you were really being really aggressive with me.

[ptt]

Quote: commbatant

Quote: credo

And no one knows what sector of the economy Reshetnikov raised about this, despite the fact that he has been a "guru" of economic development for 47 years.

Why are you all bringing up the USSR? Reshetnikov was still in school when it collapsed. He only started his career in 2000 (at 21), when the country was in ruins. What industries are you talking about? If Google hasn't banned you'll find out everything about him. They're telling you the truth; you're dissatisfied, they're pulling the wool over your eyes. You're dissatisfied again. Conduct your own macro-microeconomic analysis of the country, or at least the region, or simply

Are we waiting?

so at least you'll earn "++"..."and you'll have honor and respect" (c)

Maybe you could write about Gref, too, how he rose to the top by delivering papers and other things to the right people in St. Petersburg. The right people were in St. Petersburg, and now they're in Moscow. Well, Google is your friend!
Now he sits there, hunched over his knees, giving advice just like Deripaska. It's because of "professionals" like these that the country is in trouble right now.
Chubais's privatization then produced so many "professionals" who were in the right place at the right time and licked the right spot that it still reverberates to this day.

[Gavrilo Princip]

It's good that he told the truth about the depletion of resources. Now we're waiting for the truth about the property owned by certain categories of citizens abroad (they revealed the Kolesov case—that's good), who it's registered to, and what stakes his relatives hold in the business. Well done, Minister Reshetnikov! He had to start somewhere, otherwise how else can he celebrate National Unity Day with the people? And it's just around the corner, comrades.

[YES UZH]

[quote=credo][quote]After Primakov/Maslyukov/Gerashchenko, professionals are not allowed to lead.

To be honest, I can’t say that the people you listed boosted Russia’s economy that much, given that they were all appointed after the collapse of the USSR.
But I can say that in the USSR there were specialized ministries and departments for specific industries, and they were headed by professionals in these very industries, who, as a rule, rose up the career ladder from the bottom and knew the industries under their jurisdiction thoroughly.
The older generation, who witnessed the collapse of the USSR and survived to the present day, still remembers their ministers by name and recalls them with respect precisely for their professionalism.
And what sector of the economy Reshetnikov was raising is unknown to anyone, despite the fact that he's been the "guru" of economic development for 47 years. Are we waiting?

Yeltsin and the oligarchs simply gave away almost all power within the country? Besides defense and security forces, although Yevgeny Primakov headed the Foreign Intelligence Service from 1991-96. Incidentally, all the distinguished people and professionals of this service insisted on his candidacy. Yeltsin had another candidate. A diplomat and academic, there was no one more authoritative and deservedly respected abroad in our country. Lavrov doesn't measure up. The country was at the end of its rope at that time: a non-payment crisis, barter, paralysis of the financial system, a collapse of the ruble, money transfers abroad, banking speculation and scams, non-payment of escalating wages for months, even worse with pensions and child benefits, a sharp rise in unemployment, rising prices for essentials, food, inflation. In short, the country was not declining any further and there were no prospects or hopes. The question arose in the donor regions of secession and the collapse of Russia itself.
Panic reigned in the Kremlin, the country was rapidly spiraling into an uncontrollable tailspin, and the rudder was at its limit. The question was how much longer we could hold out. In the West, they were rubbing their hands and waiting...
The oligarchs and the Kremlin had no choice but to turn to Yevgeny Primakov. He brought in the best professionals—that's no exaggeration.
Search for, say, the government (of salvation) of Primakov, Maslyukov, Gerashchenko, and Kulik. This should include information on Russia's situation before the appointment of Primakov and his team, the results of Primakov's government, and so on. You can score each one and find out what kind of giants they were, what kind of titans they were. For six months, they didn't let Berezovsky get cleaned out of the Augean stables, but he was forced to leave. The Kremlin breathed a sigh of relief, perked up, and was terrified of such a result. Primakov was fired, Stepashin was appointed, and after him, the Oligarchy dragged his successor, Volodya Putin, to Yeltsin. He had no talents, abilities, merits, influence, or weight. The oligarchs believed that without them and their help, he was incapable of anything, meaning he would depend on them, and they could manipulate him. Yeltsin was pleased that he hadn't betrayed his former boss, Sobchak. He made an agreement with him that he wouldn't touch his relatives, Tanya, her dealings with the oligarchs, and his "family" in the broad sense of the word, and he wouldn't imprison him. After that, A New Year's surprise has happened, dear Russians, I'm a fly.

[YES UZH]

At this critical moment for the country, commodity prices were very low. But when GDP was set, they rose and greatly supported the economy.

[fruc]

It used to be easier to do all this......

Who stopped me from doing this? Or maybe I'm in trouble again.

[topol717]

Quote: frruc

Who stopped me from doing this? Or maybe I'm in trouble again.

No way, the president said there's a decline, and he needs to feign frenetic activity. Which is exactly what he's doing. Now they'll all be racing to shout about the poor state of the economy.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

I have a feeling that developing a country without selling energy resources is impossible. It's easier that way, and it saves you a headache.

[yuriy55]

Quote: credo

Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

The same as Manturov...

[credo]

Quote: credo
Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

The same as Manturov...

No, not like that.
Manturov is already a hero of our country at 57 years old, but Reshetnikov at 47 is not yet.
The former "raised" industry and trade, while the latter is still only concerned with economic development. A weakling.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: yuriy55

The same as Manturov...

They don't keep others there like that. What matters is not professionalism, but dedication, and not to the cause, but to the boss.

[vitaliy20091959]

Not quite like that, Manturov suddenly turned out to be a real hero of the Russian Federation.

[commbatant]

Quote: vitaliy20091959

Not quite like that, Manturov suddenly turned out to be a real hero of the Russian Federation.

Their voices have been broken, and they are burning out at work...

[Sergei Fonov]

We have many managers who can explain why things can't be done better. This is what the minister is telling us all. No one will understand why he should stand out from his "colleagues." It seems the government exists not to improve the people's lives, but to explain why things can't be done better. In my opinion, they're doing a good job of that, but they're failing at the tasks they're supposed to fulfill as ministers. But this is a common problem; deputies also make big promises, until the elections, of course.

[ZovSailor]

credo
Today, 16: 41
Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

This is now called conveying to the grassroots the state of affairs in the country after the Kremlin's latest kicks during the meeting of the Government's economic bloc.
Well, we understand that no one wants to bear personal responsibility, so they focus on collective and objective-subjective causes, including climate change and the increase in the number of emergencies in the country, other than military ones.

[credo]

Well, we understand that no one wants to bear personal responsibility, so they focus on collective and objective-subjective causes, including climate change and the increase in the number of emergencies in the country, other than military ones.

What responsibility are you talking about?
Can you give me even one example of an unsuccessful minister in today's Russia suffering for his outspokenness and poor performance? They can change jobs, but that's all. And what do they really have to lose? For example, Denis Manturov, according to sources, is a ruble billionaire, and the rest of the government isn't exactly poor and doesn't particularly care about accountability.

[flicker]

Denis Manturov, according to sources, is a ruble billionaire

"According to sources" which ones?
By the way, Manturov is one of the quite competent ministers.
He received the Hero of Russia title for organizing work on the Burevestnik so that it was fully completed in the summer of 2025, and serial production began in the fall.

[credo]

flicker
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April 17 2026 21: 20
Denis Manturov, according to sources, is a ruble billionaire

"According to sources" which ones?
By the way, Manturov is one of the quite competent ministers.
He received the Hero of Russia title for organizing work on the Burevestnik so that it was fully completed in the summer of 2025, and serial production began in the fall.

April 15, 2022, official information from TASS:

MOSCOW, 15 April. /TASS/. The highest income among government members was declared by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, who earned 2021 million 704 thousand 663 rubles and 698 kopecks in 35. This follows from information about the income, expenses and property of officials, the press service of the Russian government reports on Friday.

and also, there

A year earlier, Manturov, also the highest-income earner, declared 740,4 million rubles. Thus, his income in 2021 decreased by almost 36 million rubles. As in the previous year, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade declared ownership of a VAZ Lada Vesta and a Tesla X100D.

And as an addition, from the same place and on the same date:

Among the deputy prime ministers, Yuri Trutnev, who oversees the Far East, has the highest income – 392,6 million rubles. This is the second-highest income among all government members. A year earlier, Trutnev declared an income almost ten times lower – 42,3 million rubles.

Among other deputy prime ministers, the highest income was declared by Dmitry Grigorenko (65,7 million rubles, a more than twofold increase compared to 2020) and Dmitry Chernyshenko, whose declared income decreased by approximately three times to 45,7 million rubles.

Leaderboard
Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev ranks third among all government members. His income in 2021 was 130,93 million rubles, approximately 2,5 times less than the previous year. In 2020, he ranked second in income, declaring 359,43 million rubles.

In fourth place is Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov. His annual income was 124,58 million rubles, also down almost 80 million rubles from last year's figure (his 2020 income was 201,69 million rubles). Shulginov previously declared real estate in Europe. On April 12, he told Izvestia newspaper in an interview that last year, before the geopolitical events of 2022, he decided to sell it.

Fifth place goes to Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, with an income of 121,04 million rubles, 12 million rubles less than in 2020 (he declared 133,11 million rubles). His personal property, as it was the year before, includes, among other things, a low-pressure gas pipeline, two plots of land, a house, an apartment, garages, and outbuildings.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov declared 37,2 million rubles in income for 2021, including land plots totaling just over 4 hectares.

[credo]

As for the Burevestnik, here's some food for thought from the President of the Kurchatov Institute, M. Kovalchuk:

The creation of the Burevestnik rocket and the Poseidon submersible was the result of fundamental research by Russian scientists, beginning in the late 1940s. This was announced by Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Marine Collegium.

“Today we have Burevestnik and Poseidon only because back then, almost 80 years ago, we were doing this work,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

[ZovSailor]

credo
Today, 18: 44
What responsibility are you talking about?
Can you give me even one example of how an unsuccessful minister in today's Russia suffered for his frankness and poor performance?

I have all the moves written down, but I will cite just two: former Minister of Economic Development A. Ulyukayev, who suffered from the rat-catcher close to Sechin's circle, and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, a member of the Supreme Council of United Russia, due to the ambitious DAM and the arrival of new members to the trough.

[YES UZH]

Nothing is heard about Dvorkovich and his wife, who loves stones.
Kozak has fallen off, General S. Ivanov, who was out-voted to Dimon, is off to warm his place, and that other one, I forgot his name, a black ideologue and writer, and Surkov, they're certainly not ministers...

[ZovSailor]

YES UZH
Today, 14: 42

I have no interest in digging around in wasp shit, but I know for sure that the main players are in the squad and close to the body, and the media, temporarily removed from the field, are also in the role of reserve players.
Another trend of irremovability is interesting here: The children of the elite occupy worthy positions, continuing what their fathers started: Fradkov, Patrushev, Medvedev, etc.

[YES UZH]

Where to put them? "The world is closed to them." They will have to build a prosperous society in settlements limited by borders and security for their own. And for their successful projects, they need slave labor, migrants.

[flicker]

he is indeed the Minister of Economy

He is the Minister of Economic Development, meaning that he, along with Mishustin, was responsible for economic growth in the government.
Now he claims that the reserves are exhausted)
Isn’t it because they have been exhausted that there was no economic development (which would have preserved these resources)?
If you fail, shoot yourself.

And about Mishustin, they say, he has presidential ambitions.
He can't handle the economy, but he wants to be president.

[Mikhail Drabkin]

Well, well!!
This was oh so difficult to notice! But the Minister went beyond this discovery – he laid everything out in detail! The main problems facing the Russian economy today are labor shortages, the strengthening of the ruble, still high interest rates, and budget constraints./ I was really touched by the "still high interest rates"

And they also say that in Russia there are no managers like Kosygin (may you forgive me for profaning the name of this great manager of Stalin’s cohort!)

[Mikhail Ivanov]

They're about to be slaughtered, because they need the last. So they're bustling about...

[Anatoly Eliseev]

There are no industry specialists there at all. Just stomping around...

[Alexga]

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development noted that the Russian economy requires significant structural changes. This requires investment, expanding production capacity, and creating new jobs. Previously, all of this was easier to achieve, as the labor market was relatively calmer and the economy had certain reserves.

Perhaps the minister should acknowledge that the state should be directly involved in the economy, rather than handing everything over to private business, especially in a difficult military-political situation.

[Evgeny64]

Well, yes, and maybe it’s also worth considering that 80 billion (plus another attempt to get 15) is 80 “Pantsirs”, and not the ability to block an unwanted resource that they have already tried to block
And how many drones could be purchased without collecting money from subscribers of Telegram channels? An army could simply chase every insect in the LBS area.
If we were to use the piles of money that were being wasted on personal aplomb, to invest in the real thing, to fire a bunch of useless controllers "on the payroll" (we don't have enough workers), and give that same Bastrykin a couple more agencies that control everything... Or find a couple more "Bastrykins" who can.
There may not be any problems in the economy.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Evgeny64

(we don't have enough workers),

Really? Then why didn't they hire me, even though it was a job perfectly suited to my abilities and specialty? Because I'm only a year younger than the president. He can work, but I can't. Even though I've been doing my job better than he has for 43 years.

[Gavrilo Princip]

And if we also sell the yacht "Pallada" (let's say to China), then how many drones could be purchased for the front (let's say from China?)? And how many fascists in Ukraine could be destroyed along with the bourgeois assets (in Ukraine).

[YES UZH]

And if 315 yards hadn't been left in the west...how many more would there have been, only no one is responsible for it?

[fiberboard]

This should be handled by people who understand economics, not Maxim Reshetnikov and Denis Manturov. They should all be fired, along with their "leader."

[Adrey]

Quote: AlexGa

Or maybe the minister should admit that the state should deal with the economy directly.

And so it did. The results are "on my face."

[AlexXXX]

Well, yes, well, yes, but why?
Is it because taxes are exorbitant? Is it because the funds these businesses use to advertise themselves are blocked? Is it because of the exorbitant interest rates that stifle businesses when taking out loans? The list goes on and on.

[SmolH2]

That's true. But some people do succeed. Our list of the richest people has been growing over the past five years, and the richest have gained a lot of weight.

[Ball]

Quote: SmollH2

Our list of the richest people has been growing for the last 5 years, and the richest have gained a lot of weight.

It's not just "here"; it's like this all over the world.

[SmolH2]

It's like that all over the world. I agree. But we don't live in the whole world yet.

[Gavrilo Princip]

Well, go and live in "your" world. Our homeland, Russia, is the richest country in the world in terms of natural resources. And for people like Mitrokhin, their homeland is where their real estate, assets, and bank accounts are.

[Ball]

Quote: AlexXXX

horse taxation

Is this "horse taxation" in Russia??? Seriously??? Seriously, seriously???

[yuriy55]

Quote: Ball

Is this "horse taxation" in Russia??? Seriously??? Seriously, seriously???

What are you guys saying all along: "seriously" and "outrageous"? The minimum wage in this country is lower than unemployment benefits in some countries...
In China and the US, the maximum personal income tax is 45%...And how much do they take from billionaires in Russia? It seems the wealthy clan is bracing for a major upheaval because:
You can deceive part of the people all the time, and the whole people for some time, but you cannot deceive the whole people all the time.

[fiberboard]

Differentiated taxation? This has been discussed for a long time, but Putin personally refused to implement it.

[AlexXXX]

Seriously, seriously.
Do you think it all ends with 13/15/18% personal income tax? We pay 50% of our income, since the tax is included in addition to the income tax:
VAT
Excises
Transport tax
Land tax
Property tax.
Did you know that businesses can barely survive by paying VAT on turnover?

[highlight]

43% of the corporate slave's income plus duties, excise taxes, and VAT. Overall, 55-60%

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Ball

Is this "horse taxation" in Russia??? Seriously??? Seriously, seriously???

VAT - we have 22%, in the USA - 0. True, they have a sales tax, it can reach up to 10%.
Income tax. We have 25%, in the US it's 21%.
Insurance. We have 32,8, while the US has approximately 19,9.
Their personal income tax is higher, but for the rich.
So I don't quite understand your comment.

[alexoff]

They also said that last year, the economy lost seven hundred billion rubles due to internet blockages. Meanwhile, drones are still flying.

[spektr9]

The government should help entrepreneurs with this

But the government doesn't seem to owe anything to the common people.

[Irokez]

Quote: spektr9

But the government doesn't seem to owe anything to the common people.

And the government does nothing?

[spektr9]

And the government does nothing?

Well, why not? They're blocking the internet, raising prices, and they're already proposing a 6-day, 12-hour workweek, and they've also introduced additional taxes on scrap/technological fees, and a lot more... So it's hard to blame the government for inaction. Now they're going to throw in some perks for small businesses, allowing prices to go up by n-%.
The common people, as they say, are the new oil.

[Adrey]

Quote: spektr9

Now he'll even give small businesses some perks and allow them to raise prices by n-%

And he wasn't limited in this anyway. Only by the market—price and demand.

[spektr9]

And he wasn't limited in this anyway. Only by the market—price and demand.

They'll simply increase the customs limit for individuals so that foreign markets won't compete with speculators, and small "businessmen" can raise their prices a little more, and all small businesses, the guarantor's main electorate, will go vote for the breadwinner and his party.
As we like to say, they will create conditions for business so that it can milk the people

[Banner]

That's what's so noticeable: they've started stealing billions, whereas before it was only millions. Of course, the economy can't handle so much thieving anymore...

[Arkady007]

There is a suspicion that he will not repeat these words personally to VVP at the table.
Or they simply won’t let him present such a report to the President.

[g_ae]

I see. A major reshuffling of beds is expected in the government? Well, no one's planning on replacing the girls, right?

[flicker]

Well, no one is going to change the girls, are they?

Well, why not? They'll remove the main one, the one that for some reason is always in the shadows.
It wasn't for nothing that the Duma passed a law according to which it was possible to remove the prime minister without dissolving the government.
Just in case.

[opuonmed]

Well, the US, the EU and the Brits are not wasting their time and messing with someone's head in vain.

[Irokez]

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, and reserves have been largely exhausted.

We have problems in the economy. complex?
Just take a quick look at the EU and the US, too. Those countries with heaps of government debt are currently collapsing faster and are getting by quite nicely. If anyone says we're not interested in what's happening there, but want to be here right now, that's a liberal Western excuse not to look at the decline and obscurantism there, but to look here, turning our difficulties under sanctions and the Cold War into a showpiece (like the great sponge Bonya).

[Ball]

I agree with you completely. 100%. Even in a war of survival with 56 countries, Russia maintains a very decent and respectable standard of living for its citizens.

[Hunter 2]

Quote: Ball

I agree with you completely. 100%. Even in a war for survival with 56 countries, Russia...

Really? Who declared war on us? Or did we declare war on someone? Or is this just your overactive imagination?
For the especially gifted:
Declaration of war is a term that refers to a legal and diplomatic procedure in international law and international politics, which consists of one state formally warning another of the end of peace between them and the transition to a state of war.

[Askold65]

Quote: Ball

Even in the midst of a war for survival with 56 countries, Russia maintains a very decent and respectable standard of living for its citizens.

Ah, yes. In other words, there's no money, but hang in there... Especially pensioners, with pensions of 17-20 thousand rubles... Salaries aren't exactly plentiful in the regions either. That's where contract soldiers go to join the Air Defense Forces, hoping to at least raise their standard of living to a "decent and decent" level, but it's a game of Russian roulette. And even that resource is running out.

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote: Irokez

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, and reserves have been largely exhausted.

We have problems in the economy. complex?
Just take a quick look at the EU and the US, too. Those countries with heaps of government debt are currently collapsing faster and are getting by quite nicely. If anyone says we're not interested in what's happening there, but want to be here right now, that's a liberal Western excuse not to look at the decline and obscurantism there, but to look here, turning our difficulties under sanctions and the Cold War into a showpiece (like the great sponge Bonya).

You, like our government, look at who is doing badly, but for some reason you don’t look at China +5% in the first quarter of 26. India, according to the results of last year, is growing more than China and there is no overheating. In 20-25 years, India will catch up and overtake Russia.

[Irokez]

Quote from ARIONkrsk

You're like our government; you look at who's doing badly, but for some reason you don't look at China +5%

You, like the Anglo-Saxons, see how bad things are here, but not for those selfish ones. They compare to see where everyone is at. After comparing, they determine the reasons why some people are at a certain level and conclude that if you don't fight, the economy grows and war is a good way to make money. Have you analyzed what, how, and why? I understand AI rules and dictates what and how (to please the clients who train this AI), but your own brain also needs to function in an AI-dominated environment and resist it.

[Vladislav_V]

Quote from ARIONkrsk

You, like our government, look at who is doing badly, but for some reason you don’t look at China +5% in the first quarter of 26. India, according to the results of last year, is growing more than China and there is no overheating. In 20-25 years, India will catch up and overtake Russia.

I apologize, of course, but the comparison is flawed! Thirty years ago, there was a coup in China and India, and the entire elite succumbed to the West, selling out the interests of the country and the people? Are they also in their fifth year of the Cold War, and are they losing a yard of evergreens a day? No, they're sitting quietly and hoping the enemy's corpse will float by. Are you from our planet, comrade?

[fiberboard]

Ultimately, the US doesn't care about this national debt. They'll simply refuse to pay it, and that's it. They'll advise those who bought them to wipe their asses with their "securities."

[Gavrilo Princip]

Go back to your USA. What does a Russian pensioner need these American economies for?

[newtc7]

Aha ...

[Andobor]

The ruble is rising, there are no unemployed – how can businessmen operate without such a freebie?

[Cartalon]

Mlynsky hedgehog, the war has been going on for five years, and it's clear no economy can withstand it. But you can't call a spade a spade.

[Commissar Kitten]

I had to scroll through the comments for a long time trying to figure out who would be the first to notice the elephant in the room. :) likes

[Ball]

There's no point in spending government reserves on supporting private business!

[snow mountain]

Quote: g_ae

Is a great government bed reshuffle expected?

And no one is going to change the beds either.

[Sergei Timofeich]

Heh heh, he should have said, "I'm a moron, I can't do anything," and gone to jail, along with Siluyan and Nabiullina... the world's first economy, which is hampered by its own strong currency, is kapets some ....

[aybolyt678]

Quote: Sergei Timofeich

the world's first economy hampered by its own strong currency

It implies that Russia's currency is strong, while others' are weak—cheap. Other people's goods are also cheap, easier to buy than to produce, which is what's holding us back. The only thing profitable to trade with a "strong" domestic currency is oil and gas.

[Fitter65]

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, reserves are largely depleted, and, frankly, they're in trouble. This statement was made by Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov.

That's how the statement would sound, but...

[Victor Leningradets]

He noted that one factor that further complicates matters is changes in the state's tax policy, which businesses are having to adapt to.

I honestly didn't get it: was he promoting tax evasion schemes? I had to "adapt somehow," and helpers were immediately available – complete guardians of the law.
All this is empty chatter—a shaman's dance in a year of famine. It's either like Roosevelt in the US—breaking all laws and pulling America out of its deepest hole—or—save yourself as best you can (and then why do you need a whole minister?)

[Adrey]

Quote: Victor Leningradets

I honestly didn't understand: What is he promoting? tax evasion schemes?

No, he's stating a fact. The principle of "For a cow to produce more milk, you milk it more and feed it less" didn't work. Those who could, went underground; those who couldn't, closed down. As a result, tax revenues have stagnated. There's no one left to shear...

[gsev]

Quote: Adrey

There's no one else to "cut"...

You can impose higher taxes on excess profits or introduce turnover taxes on transfers abroad. If you're Deripaska, you'll pay 90% income tax; if you transferred money offshore, you'll pay a higher 30% VAT. It makes sense to impose higher income taxes on bank deposits and on real estate rental payments.

[yuriy55]

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, and its reserves have been largely depleted. Russian businesses are feeling the brunt of this.

Really fucking awesome:

Over the past 23 years, $851 billion has been legally taken out of Russia, while the illegal outflow of capital is estimated at $782 billion. Withdrawal of funds became possible thanks to laws adopted by the State Duma, allowing companies to be registered abroad, as well as a number of agreements on avoiding double taxation. This was reported by Nikolai Arefyev, a member of the lower house of parliament from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, during parliamentary hearings devoted to the formation of the federal development budget.

Capital flight from Russia has reached 13% of GDP. This is unprecedented in our country. Last year, 239 billion rubles were withdrawn, and another 27 billion are expected in the first half of 2023.

And was Chubais returned to his cell?

[fiberboard]

They write that more than three trillion dollars have been withdrawn from Russia. I think that's not the full figure.

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

It's clear where the labor force has gone. Hundreds of thousands are at the front, hundreds of thousands are asleep forever, and hundreds of thousands are disabled. It will only get worse if Vova continues to whine and pretend that all is well in the Danish state. Waiting until we count the dead in the millions is not an option. It's high time to switch to "Rise up, great country" mode. Otherwise, we'll reach a point where there'll be no one left to fight. No one left to work.

[fiberboard]

No, it's time to switch to the "Down with autocracy!" mode.

[akropin]

Invest in developing information support via Telegram for administrations, departments, and other agencies across Russia. Invest in blocking. Invest in a VPN to bypass blocking. This is just a tiny example of the official money cycle. There are few thinkers at the helm, and apparently no responsible decision-makers.

[YES UZH]

[quote=akropin]Invest in developing information support via Telegram for administrations, departments, etc. throughout Russia. Invest in blocking. Invest in a VPN to bypass blocking. This is just a tiny example of the official money cycle. There are few thinking people at the helm, and apparently no responsible decision-makers.
They can't help the economy, but they don't mind spending money to save their own skin from dissatisfied moods.

[Vadim S]

All talk! They're telling us that everyone not only knows it, but also feels it! The country is heading for the abyss, and no one's telling us what to do.

[Commissar Kitten]

Stop the war. But that's enough to get you fired. So no one says it out loud.

[the same doctor]

There are almost no reserves left for theft. But the economy's reserves are limitless. We need to start with the Central Bank's reserves. Investing them wisely will increase GDP by 50%.

[Stas1973]

I completely agree with this thesis.

[YES UZH]

[quote=also-a-doctor]There are almost no reserves left for theft. But the economy's reserves are limitless. We need to start with the Central Bank's reserves. Investing them wisely will increase GDP by 50%.


Only there you first need to hang it upside down and shake it.
They decide where to tighten the savings, on their own belt, or on the people's necks.

[Stas1973]

Has this minister tried to bend the Central Bank?

[aybolyt678]

Industrial production in the country is in decline. Anything considered business is essentially a matter of buying and selling foreign goods. In the absence of industry, such an approach will inevitably lead to the drain of capital from the economy. Given the challenges facing the country, it is necessary to make decisions that are unpopular with the highest authorities—nationalizing strategically important industries, introducing criminal liability for failure to fulfill assigned tasks, and reintroducing elements of socialism.

[Adrey]

Quote: aybolyt678

Given the challenges facing the country, it is necessary to make decisions that are unpopular among the highest authorities - the nationalization of strategically important industries

Oh my! Just look around! Everything of any significance or strategic importance is at least 51% state-owned and is essentially under state control. And the people who run it are the ones who manage and feed it, but they don't even call themselves communists (members of the CPSU). We've been living in the "socialism" you're calling for for a long time. In our Duma, we essentially have one CPSU, just divided into several cells for show. What more do you want from the "Soviet Union"? Isn't there a name? They'll call it the Soviet Russian Federation, and what will change!?

[K_4]

No, well, I've never read anything more stupid... The USSR isn't about what you wrote, first and foremost. It's about a social state: free healthcare, education, housing, etc., etc. What you described is, in other words, a clannish oligarchy.

[Adrey]

Quote: K_4

This is, first and foremost, a SOCIAL STATE: free medicine, education, housing, etc., etc.

I'm so dumb I even understand that nothing is FREE. Payment methods may vary, and someone else may pay, but everything costs something one way or another. Well, you're smart, keep up the good work...

[K_4]

Are you kidding, or do you genuinely not understand? This isn't about free money, but about the distribution of state revenues. Under a socialist system, a significant portion was spent on improving well-being, education, and the development of civil society; under the current system, it's spent on enriching a small group of cronies and their hangers-on. Quite a difference, isn't it?

[aybolyt678]

Quote: Adrey

What else do you need from the "scoop"?

Stalin is missing

Quote: Adrey

Well, they'll call it the Soviet Russian Federation and what will change!?

I didn't propose introducing Soviets, I proposed introducing elements of socialism, by the way, you used some of them - education and medicine are still working.

Quote: Adrey

essentially under state control.

What kind of management is this without criminal responsibility?

[Adrey]

Quote: aybolyt678

Stalin is missing

It'll be here soon, already on your doorstep. But not in the way you'd like.

Quote: aybolyt678

I did not propose introducing Soviets, I proposed introducing elements of socialism

Okay. The Soviet Socialist Russian Federation – SSFR. What do you mean by socialism? "Take everything and divide it up?"

Quote: aybolyt678

What kind of management is this without criminal responsibility?

Excuse me here. Everything is as it was before, as our ancestors bequeathed. How many Politburo members were imprisoned before, during, and after the collapse of the USSR?

[aybolyt678]

Quote: Adrey

But not in the way you would like.

Do you know which one I would like?

Quote: Adrey

What is your definition of socialism? "Take everything and divide it up?"

You know, they tried something like that in Iran in the fifth century AD, but it didn't work. Everything they took was later returned through bloodshed. And socialism, as I understand it, is the predominance of the public over the private.

Quote: Adrey

How many Politburo members were imprisoned before, during, and after the collapse of the USSR?

How many officials have been jailed today for failing to complete their assigned tasks?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: aybolyt678

Given the challenges facing the country, it is necessary to make decisions that are unpopular among the highest authorities – nationalization of strategically important industries, introduction of criminal liability for failure to fulfill assigned tasks, and the return of elements of socialism.

State ownership and strict control guarantee nothing these days. Remember Spetsstroy and the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Even in the USSR, plan disruptions and adjustments to planned targets were the norm. Even during the war, even plans personally signed by Comrade Beria couldn't withstand the impact of domestic industry. The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPSU) is a case in point: instead of July 1944, the first batch of machine guns was gradually pushed back to the postwar period.

And who will run these nationalized enterprises? As always – the DOVliks, the ZHOVliks, and the BOVliks?

[Alf]

Quote: aybolyt678

nationalization of strategically important industries, return of elements of socialism.

[Alf]

Quote: aybolyt678

nationalization of strategically important industries, return of elements of socialism.

[aybolyt678]

Putin has had different opinions on various issues, including pension reform. That's not what we're discussing. The question is, what should be done and how?

[flicker]

He noted that the main problems facing the Russian economy today are labor shortages, the strengthening ruble, still-high interest rates, and budget constraints. The minister stated that Russian businesses are currently facing very serious challenges.

Another candidate for elimination after Mishustin.
One ministerial head does not know what another ministerial head is doing.

[Mihail55]

Nabiullina is repeating... staff shortages! Enough!!! Businesses are idle!!! What planet are they living on??? Are they planning to import Afghans? Enemies of the people...how relevant now...

[YES UZH]

[quote=Mikhail55]Nabullina is repeating...a personnel shortage! Enough!!! Businesses are idle!!! What planet are they living on??? Are they planning to import Afghans? Enemies of the people...how relevant now...

It's in their logic: "feed less and milk more." And all because there is no instrument to make them answer for this logic and the result. That's why they behave this way.

[Gardamir]

He was the minister for six years. He brought the country's economy to the point where the situation is difficult.

[Declarant]

So, the strengthening of the ruble is one of the problems facing the Russian economy. But what does that mean? Why?

[duschman80-81]

Well, if you steal in such quantities, the economy will not just be exhausted, but will disappear completely.

[rocket757]

And Russian businesses are the first to feel this.

Well, yes, who is the most sensitive among us... and this is BЫзЭs!
Okay, all the little ones can "suffer..." but the bigger ones, those who own factories, newspapers, ships, those who have sucked into the state trough or are trading in natural resources, things are bad for them too, badly.
How can one not recall Stanislavsky here, with his socratic... "I don't believe it!"

[Nemo70]

You can of course shout "Everything is lost, and I warned you" (as many people write here)
And Katz suggests surrendering))))
If we accept the West's terms, such things will happen that the living will envy the dead. The Russian world has never experienced such hysteria and Russophobia in its history. There's already demoism here
Imagine what will happen to your families when these "crusaders" invade from within and break into the Russian state, dividing it into pieces?
And then methodically destroying EVERYTHING and EVERYONE (they know how to do that)
God forbid, it would be better to fire a salvo of everything and let "Perimeter" work with AI. Someone will survive and the Russians will partially tone!

[Commissar Kitten]

Nothing will happen. You're winding down the small, victorious three-day SVO and rolling back your inalienable right to defend your legal and internationally recognized borders, including with nuclear weapons.

[Nemo70]

Quote: Commissar Kitten

Nothing will happen. You're winding down the small, victorious three-day SVO and rolling back your inalienable right to defend your legal and internationally recognized borders, including with nuclear weapons.

Well, yes, and 500 return to Russia and demand compensation and khoohl too... Pay up, Rusnya...
And a civil war is starting according to Dulles? This is the dream of all these devilish demons of the West.
Well, there are few of us and we hold such a territory. Let's blow everyone up, Lord!!!!
Don't anger us warrant officers at the checkpoints!!! They're sleepy there, and their fingers are already crooked, trained to press the button. A signal, and they'll just press it, enter the code, and go back to sleep.

[Olegi1]

Quote: credo

Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

More likely the latter. He outlined the well-known problems. But what he, as minister, plans to do—nothing.

[Nemo70]

Quote: Olegi1

Quote: credo

Is he really the Minister of Economy or just a philanthropist in a lucrative position?

More likely the latter. He outlined the well-known problems. But what he, as minister, plans to do—nothing.

Lord, we won't live to see the 500s. Russia will survive!! To spite you all, and you'll still pay us compensation from Manaka and the Maldives, etc. )))
The inspectors will come out... And they will start turning you in as devils )))

[Jacques sekavar]

War is expensive and consumes an immeasurable amount of material and human resources. Replenishing these resources requires people, a shortage that was already present before the war, but became catastrophic with the war. 300 were taken from production due to mobilization, another 300 to expand the army due to NATO expansion, and on top of that, there were irreparable losses at the front and loss of ability to work. At a first glance, about a million people were transferred from the production of material goods to their consumption, which inevitably exacerbated all the problems. It would have been possible to agree to buy several hundred thousand people from India and other governments, but so far there has been no result and likely never will be. And then there are the sanctions. As Mr. Novak, the head of oil, said, with the introduction of a price cap by the West, oil was forced to trade with preference, i.e., at a discount from world prices that reached 30%, and many took advantage of this, buying cheaply and reselling at world prices. Only with the start of the war in Iran, as Novak himself noted, did sales begin at a premium—how long will Maslenitsa last? Relying on an influx of Western investment during a war with the West is naive. Only Russia can sell its resources to "unfriendly," i.e., hostile, state entities during a war. What else can it do? The incomes of systemically important monopolies are falling, and the government regulates domestic prices. It's trying to balance two chairs, avoid offending the RSPP members, and support the population so they don't revolt.

[faterdom]

To paraphrase Leningrad Governor Drozdenko: "What have you done to ensure the economic situation isn't difficult?"
That's exactly how Minister Reshetnikov should respond aggressively to questions from journalists, and especially from the so-called people. Yes, we'll frown sternly...

[Million]

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development noted that the Russian economy requires significant structural changes.

Who brought the Russian economy to its knees?
Why is no one held responsible for the collapse of the country?
Why are these people still in power?

[Commissar Kitten]

Quote: Million

Why are these people still in power?

Because they like to stay in their positions, and they've dismantled the legal means of replacing them against their will. Next question.

[Scientist_]

Minister of Economic Development of Russia

A minister of something Russia doesn't have. Russia's GDP doesn't depend on any domestic factors at all, only on global commodity prices. The need for such a minister is unclear.

[oleg_627]

It's amazing. They haven't invested in the country's economy for 25 years, instead investing in Western piggy banks, palaces, and yachts. They took everything from them there, and here, with their stupid logic, they've squandered it all and wasted it.

[zloybond]

....... we've come to this point - strengthening of the national currency = a problem for the state.... Now that's patriotism = the highest level of skill.... just without embarrassment)))

[Esaul]

It's time to admit that the Russian government is incompetent, and some ministers are even engaging in outright sabotage.

[pexotinec]

These ministers need to be paid salaries depending on the state of the economy.

[Roman_4]

Do you want ministers to die of hunger?

[Carlos Hall]

This is a traitor, a fifth column.

[Commissar Kitten]

Who appointed him and why?

[sgr291158]

What if the so-called business representatives put less into their own pockets and give more to the workers?

[koksalek]

What, everything's already abroad, nothing left? Looking at how our own nouveau riche are mushrooming somewhere far away, nothing else comes to mind. Maybe that's the plan—to crush the bourgeois adversary with our own?

[Sebastian Aristarkhovich Pereira]

The oil is gone! The gas is gone!...that's how you've earned it, gentlemen ministers!
Where did the economic "growth", the recovery from addiction and the technological leaps and bounds go?!
How expected and similar to lunar bases and gardens on Mars by 2061-2087...

[Monster_Fat]

I remember someone at VTB's "Russia Calling" investment forum saying that the Russian economy had accelerated so much that it needed a "soft landing," and even mimed this "soft landing." He said a "soft landing" was a predictable outcome. Five months have passed, and what are we hearing? A "soft landing" or a "catastrophe" disguised as something else? The question is, in what kind of world, in what kind of country should we live, and what information should we use to avoid misunderstanding and ignorance of what's happening in the country?

[Roman_4]

That same Mashenka was first taxed so she'd die, and then they applied a plantain plaster (something they'd set aside for taxes) and gave her crutches—some kind of perks—so she could hobble along, so no one would see her die. That's the whole picture. It all seemed so kind, so homely.

[oleg_627]

Take Europe's reserves; you've been investing there for years without doing anything in Russia. Nothing good will come of your stupid economy; feed the bankers and Europe.

[agond]

When talking about our economy, one involuntarily recalls Marx.
- Provide 10 percent, and capital agrees to any use; at 20 percent it becomes animated; at 50 percent it is positively ready to break its neck; at 100 percent it tramples underfoot all human laws;
That is, if there's a 10% margin, then "capital is ready for any use," but our business isn't like that, hence the large markups on goods and services. Large markups increase prices, and rising prices reduce the ruble's purchasing power. By regulating the profit margin through the markup, we can curb inflation, or at least serve as a reserve in the economy.

[cast iron]

As soon as our government starts helping in any area, it immediately sinks to the bottom. Healthcare, education, auto manufacturing, the aircraft industry, housing construction. Everywhere, it's a continuous downward spiral. Now they've decided to strangle it completely with taxes and levies.

[Roman_4]

Nothing can be hidden from you

[mixa7591]

So they've stuck around and there's no one to kick out these damned losers.

[Sotskiy]

The situation in the Russian economy is difficult, and reserves have been largely exhausted.

If something has decreased, it means that something has increased somewhere - the theory of communicating vessels, ordinary physics.
And where did "we" gain?
And we have added to the Forbes Russia lists.
So the saying goes: "War is for some, but for others, even their own mother is their own."
Capitalism is like that, nothing personal, just business.
Hang in there and all the best to you!

[Keperveem72]

A complete and utter nonentity. I'd like to remind these "ministers" that business is just business. Nothing fancy. Just take all their businesses away from the Potanins and Deripaskas, and anyone who even takes a ruble abroad will be in the lurch. If you steal money from a family, any family will be destitute. The same goes for the state. They buy a penny worth of things for thousands, then turn the rest into Spanish estates. Oh well, as the great Lenin said, the worse, the better. A herd of assholes.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

Right on target, thank you.

[Optorius]

A new sanctions package is urgently needed. As we were once told, the first step is to improve the economy.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

The grasshoppers have jumped enough…..

[olboop]

From a less emotional perspective, the country has reached its natural state as a result of four years of war, harsh sanctions, and not always adequate government action. After all, the country's reserves, which must be used to increase production of defense equipment, provide salaries for military personnel, and provide benefits to those in need, are not bottomless. And so on and so forth.

[Panadol]

What does the SVO have to do with this? Ever since they started launching Olympics, World Cups, and other such nonsense, it's been clear: a crisis is inevitable.
And by the way, have they laid new tiles in Moscow yet? This year's collections.

[olboop]

Do you think the SVO hasn't put a serious strain on the country's financial and other resources? I saw a figure somewhere about how many millions a day the SVO costs.
The Olympics and the World Cup are exactly what can be called "they were going crazy with fat" and at the same time they really wanted to make money on multi-billion dollar projects.

[Panadol]

And how much money are judges and deputies being arrested for, almost every week? And how much money is maternity capital being injected annually? It's still not working as planned.
And how much did the budget lose just from the latest internet blockade? And how much did the entire country's economy suffer from the unreasonably high key interest rate? Should we continue? Or is that enough?

[Mykola Kovach]

I see. The current Kremlin occupants haven't even been able to lift their heads, let alone rise from their knees, for 30 years. Utter helplessness, impotence, a sea of ​​chatter, and endless forums with banquets. Behind them stands a common crowd of incompetent, lazy, budget-stealing individuals, and individuals lacking the mental and physical skills of former Komsomol leaders and their relatives, unencumbered by education and work experience.

[Nemo70]

They came running, I see everything is lost here and Katz is suggesting to surrender ))))) Russia and Russians know how to survive, Lord, and in vain do you want it to collapse!!!
We'll still kill you with EU combat boots. Fitz was right. Russians kneel before the flag and also to tie their boots and rush into the attack. Wait, but we can also use missiles. We have a huge reserve of 5 thermonuclear warheads and the like. When we'll launch... "Perimeter" if Putin spies... Sleepy warrant officers will press all the buttons and go back to sleep.

[firemann]

We just need to raise taxes, that's obvious.

[Roman_4]

First, they're clamping down hard on the economy, individual entrepreneurs, and small and medium-sized businesses. They're raising VAT, even though it should have been reduced to 10% or eliminated altogether long ago. Interest rates on loans are exorbitant. They're blocking the internet, YouTube, and messaging apps (where there's active advertising and customer acquisition). They've imposed exorbitant scrap fees, causing sales to plummet, and the auto industry is heavily dependent, including indirectly. And then they wonder - who did this?
And mind you, this honest sign, which is of no use to anyone, is in action and brings its owner huge income!
And every economist will tell you: the higher the taxes, the lower the collection rate. Raising taxes is a way to ruin the economy, nothing more.

[Roman_4]

Quote: Optorius

A new sanctions package is urgently needed. As we were once told, the first step is to improve the economy.

Unfortunately, external sanctions did not work, so they introduced their own internal ones.

[Roman_4]

Quote: Panadol

And how much money are judges and deputies being arrested for, almost every week? And how much money is maternity capital being injected annually? It's still not working as planned.
And how much did the budget lose just from the latest internet blockade? And how much did the entire country's economy suffer from the unreasonably high key interest rate? Should we continue? Or is that enough?

There is money for blocking the Internet, that’s something else, something necessary, only 87 billion.

[Igor Belobrov]

Well, then resign, Mr. Minister. Or give up your salary until the economy picks up. Weak????? You'll be hyped up to your tonsils...

[Brabus1945]

Reshetnikov and Nabiullina are the first to kill the Russian economy. The wolf argues that the sheep have become thin and have little meat left.
Reshetnikov's boss is in London; Russia is just a cash cow for him.

[seacap]

And who appointed and promoted them? No questions asked? They're just enforcers; anyone would have done the same thing; changing their last name wouldn't change anything.

[Chack wessel]

The Tsar is good. It's the boyars who are hiding the truth from him.

[Yuri Vasilyev]

Quote: zloybond

....... we've come to this point - strengthening of the national currency = a problem for the state.... Now that's patriotism = the highest level of skill.... just without embarrassment)))

These are the kind of paradoxes that occur when a country becomes part of the global economy with a dollar system.

[seacap]

It seems that "our" staunch supporters at the top have a very poor understanding, if not complete, of the meaning of Russian words and the sentences they construct. This isn't surprising, given that the personnel policy is borderline idiotic, and not a single leader has a clue what they're running. It's not a royal job; the main thing is to siphon off cash. How can the word "DEVELOPMENT" be applied to the economy or the Ministry of Digital Development, i.e., organizations engaged in the degradation of their departments, or rather, in a war against the state and the people. And deliberately so—there's no other way to put it—led by people who are as far removed from the essence of the issues they're accountable to, while ensuring complete irresponsibility for their hostile activities. Here, questions should be asked of who appointed them (the nonsense about the Duma is not worth mentioning in our reality) and its apparatus, and of that entire class, whose interests they so zealously promote, and for what power are they fighting against us.

[Chack wessel]

He works for the Center for Information and PsyOps Operations. No doubt about it.

[Mazunga]

But won't the decision-makers discredit the situation and stability in the country?

[Free Island]

Well, that's right... Internet restrictions, blocking Telegram (which is not only a messenger, but also a business tool for thousands of individual entrepreneurs and the self-employed), plus tax increases have simply killed small and medium businesses in the country, plus widespread staff reductions, replacing them with Alice and Okey-gugelme-shugelme🤣🤣🤣🤣very beautifully, veiled, under the guise of fighting for the Russian world against the world hegemons, we, with our "consent" and with our "support", were stupidly dipped our noses in shit and killed with our own hands. Ave, Caesar! 🤣🤣🤣🤙🤙🤙👍👍🤦🤦It is always the one who is trusted most who betrays
"80% of the population"... The most beautiful scam in the entire history of Russia (Rus, Empire, Union, Federation... In the entire history!)

[Idle_piston]

Minister: The situation in the Russian economy is difficult, and reserves are largely exhausted.

Put your resignation letter on the table, and go ahead and work as a foreman on a construction site to manage highly qualified specialists from Central Asia.

[komandir8]

And what has he been doing all this time? The reserves are exhausted, structural changes are needed. It seems the entire concept of financial and economic development needs to be changed, and this should be done by people who are not burdened by dogmatic economic postulates, but rather by people who are thoughtful, flexible, and able to quickly respond to changing market conditions and global economic processes, and who are able to anticipate the development of the situation.

[al3x]

What a fine minister. Even without the relevant qualifications, I can say the same. I can even be more precise: the economy is in a hopeless mess, from which it's almost impossible to escape unless we stop everything right now. We've been financially drained. The body has begun to consume itself, as happens with starvation.

[Asker]

Why bother working, paying people salaries and a ton of taxes? They just cut wages, slow down construction, and put the money in deposits, where the interest rates are pretty good. It's the same everywhere. Thankfully, the holy mother of silicone got through to the Prime Minister himself, and now we can even talk about this out loud (!!) to ministers.

[APASUS]

He noted that the main problems facing the Russian economy today are labor shortages, the strengthening of the ruble, still high interest rates, and budget constraints.

Let's break it down:
Does the labor shortage start with the New Year or March 8th? No one knew about this for the last 20 years? Our businesses simply chose the easiest way out: pressuring officials and hiring illiterate migrant workers as employees. Why buy robotics, implement automated production lines, or use AI?
Is the strengthening of the ruble a golden age for industrial development, or are we developing a raw materials economy? One dollar added to the price of oil yields minus 1 billion in investment in industry.
3. There's nothing to write about high rates. There's a different opinion and different rules in a country where inflation is the biggest sin and the fight against inflation has scuttled all growth, but that's another story.