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Why Are Ordinary Russians so Impoverished If They Have the Resources to Fight Ukraine? Inquiring minds must wonder. See Russia continues to amass new troops near Ukraine's border. Russia is well-known for the relative poverty of its ordinary people. See Child Poverty in Russia (link), excerpts below:
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Originally Posted by Child Poverty in Russia blog post
Russia is one of the world’s largest exporters of oil. As such, those that control the oil industry generate great wealth. However, this leaves many others to suffer in poverty. The nation has a high unemployment rate, but people who have obtained employment often suffer as well. The minimum wage in Russia is among the lowest of all developed countries. The monthly minimum wage in Russia is 12,310 rubles, which is the equivalent of $196.
Additionally, 26% of Russian children live off of close to $150 per month. Child poverty in Russia is most prevalent in rural areas, as many do not have access to employment opportunities in the city. The majority of children living in poverty reside with their families. Most families have three children and are often unable to sustain themselves with their current income.
One wonders why the people put up with the massive diversion of resources from, among other things, oil sales to pay for wars to conquer other poverty-stricken countries. One wonders also why the West is enabling this with allowing the Northstream Pipeline to proceed (yes there is a cosmetic pause but it will resume) and why the West allowed Russia to be at the table at the G-VIII for so long? Russia is not acting as a proper civilized nation.
The bigger question is why would Russia even want Ukraine?....it's busted, broke, the majority living in poverty
...unless they want it for another pipe line....or it's just an easy target
but if they get it...they're going to have a lot of mouths to feed
Ukraine does have good farmland, especially for grains, in fact renowned even in antiquity.
Crimea and other Black Sea ports are strategically important.
Western powers have invaded Russia many times over the past 900 years or so, and Russia occasionally counter-attacks.
I don’t think the Russians want to invade Ukraine, they just don’t want NATO military assets so close to them on such strategic territory.
I don’t think either side wants the Ukrainians themselves as human beings.
I don’t know how this is going to be resolved, but I don’t expect full-scale war, more likely long-term mutual harassment. I could imagine Russian bombing of military bases in Ukraine, but not an overt full-scale invasion with ground troops.
I wouldn’t take it for granted that ordinary Russian think in terms of easy access to consumer goods like those in the west.
I wouldn’t want to live in Russia, but I don’t think anyone there is starving to death, and at least some of them have interesting careers in science, technology, academia, and the arts.
The bigger question is why would Russia even want Ukraine?....it's busted, broke, the majority living in poverty
...unless they want it for another pipe line....or it's just an easy target
but if they get it...they're going to have a lot of mouths to feed
You know the Russians have a history of starveing the ukrainians to death right... Like millions of them..... look up Holodomor. To the OP I would say what the differance between them and US? Have you seen to homless population in this country?
I have a better question - why jbgusa was not concerned with 2 million Russian children that became homeless as the result of the "economic reforms" orchestrated by the IMF/Clinton/Summers, but is preoccupied with "child poverty" in Russia now?
Ukraine does have good farmland, especially for grains, in fact renowned even in antiquity.
Crimea and other Black Sea ports are strategically important.
Western powers have invaded Russia many times over the past 900 years or so, and Russia occasionally counter-attacks.
I don’t think the Russians want to invade Ukraine, they just don’t want NATO military assets so close to them on such strategic territory.
I don’t think either side wants the Ukrainians themselves as human beings.
I don’t know how this is going to be resolved, but I don’t expect full-scale war, more likely long-term mutual harassment. I could imagine Russian bombing of military bases in Ukraine, but not an overt full-scale invasion with ground troops.
I wouldn’t take it for granted that ordinary Russian think in terms of easy access to consumer goods like those in the west.
I wouldn’t want to live in Russia, but I don’t think anyone there is starving to death, and at least some of them have interesting careers in science, technology, academia, and the arts.
Control of the pipelines that run though Ukraine.
Control of the large Ukrainian oil refineries.
Ukraine's "warm water" seaports.
Ukraine's military bases, and therefore the end of any US/NATO occupation and military assistance.
There is two simple words for why the masses of people there live in poverty: Corruption and Oligarchy.
No ruling class of any country gives a damn about its citizens. The pandemic has proven this. The majority of people in Russia are indeed very poor but this is how the Russian elites have decided they want to run the place. It's much worse in some other countries, much better in some. In the USA, it's much better for the majority of people.
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look up Holodomor. To the OP I would say what the differance between them and US? Have you seen to homless population in this country?
