• Hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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    23 hours ago

    and they have every few sources of income other than petrochemicals.

    just issue bonds like Japan and the US do, unlike the US, no one will want to buy them (maybe China?) but like Japan, Treasury issues them, Central Bank buys them

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      Russia absolutely generates money internally like this. But there’s a limit to how much money you can just print. And they steal a LOT of money from their citizens as well, but there’s also a limit to that.