@jogs1.bsky.social
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Russian state is caught in a self-reinforcing paradox: every effort to formalize economic life through wider VAT, digital tracking, and stricter enforcement simply incubates more sophisticated evasion techniques while adding bureaucratic bloat and reporting burdens.
ridl.io/informal-eco...
ridl.io/informal-eco...
Informal Economy and the Fiscal-Military State: Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object – Riddle Russia
Jem Morrow on why Russia’s fiscal-military state keeps crashing into the immovable object of mass economic informality — and why the war only sharpened the paradox
ridl.io
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Russian state is caught in a self-reinforcing paradox: every effort to formalize economic life through wider VAT, digital tracking, and stricter enforcement simply incubates more sophisticated evasion techniques while adding bureaucratic bloat and reporting burdens.
ridl.io/informal-eco...
ridl.io/informal-eco...
In 2025 the Russian budget shifted to ‘out of money’.
Additional the Russian society began to feel the war:
- increased family losses/injuries
- drone alerts/airports closed/fuel shortage/blackouts of internet or energy
- economy/budget
2026 starts with all this in alarm mode
Additional the Russian society began to feel the war:
- increased family losses/injuries
- drone alerts/airports closed/fuel shortage/blackouts of internet or energy
- economy/budget
2026 starts with all this in alarm mode
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In 2025 the Russian budget shifted to ‘out of money’.
Additional the Russian society began to feel the war:
- increased family losses/injuries
- drone alerts/airports closed/fuel shortage/blackouts of internet or energy
- economy/budget
2026 starts with all this in alarm mode
Additional the Russian society began to feel the war:
- increased family losses/injuries
- drone alerts/airports closed/fuel shortage/blackouts of internet or energy
- economy/budget
2026 starts with all this in alarm mode
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this wide-ranging conversation is oh so good. Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is able with great, grounded eloquence to say it as it is. If You think #wendellberry is good - listen to this. Not sure about everything in Rajan’s concluding summary but generally good.
Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this wide-ranging conversation is oh so good. Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is able with great, grounded eloquence to say it as it is. If You think #wendellberry is good - listen to this. Not sure about everything in Rajan’s concluding summary but generally good.
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Preventative maintenance has been disregarded, as well. Things are not going so well in Russia.
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Preventative maintenance has been disregarded, as well. Things are not going so well in Russia.
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Our exclusive report on Russia’s tank production is out. Using internal files and state contracts, we show production plans for the next decade and current output. A short thread will follow soon, but for now, you can read the report
frontelligence.substack.com/p/exclusive-inside-russias-20262036
frontelligence.substack.com/p/exclusive-inside-russias-20262036
Exclusive: Inside Russia’s 2026–2036 Tank Fleet Modernization and Buildup Plans
In the spring and summer of 2025, as part of our own operation, our team obtained exclusive documents that provide new insight into Russia’s tank-production plans and confirm the existence of a little...
frontelligence.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Our exclusive report on Russia’s tank production is out. Using internal files and state contracts, we show production plans for the next decade and current output. A short thread will follow soon, but for now, you can read the report
frontelligence.substack.com/p/exclusive-inside-russias-20262036
frontelligence.substack.com/p/exclusive-inside-russias-20262036
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Here it is. It’s from the Swedes in March of 2025.
And guess the Swedes just get me. A previous economic analysis from them was one of the best I’d seen anywhere.
This is great.
www.foi.se/rest-api/rep...
And guess the Swedes just get me. A previous economic analysis from them was one of the best I’d seen anywhere.
This is great.
www.foi.se/rest-api/rep...
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Here it is. It’s from the Swedes in March of 2025.
And guess the Swedes just get me. A previous economic analysis from them was one of the best I’d seen anywhere.
This is great.
www.foi.se/rest-api/rep...
And guess the Swedes just get me. A previous economic analysis from them was one of the best I’d seen anywhere.
This is great.
www.foi.se/rest-api/rep...
Dept spiral, an article for who want a preview on next years costs
This blog post from Russia is 🔥
“I reviewed the budget plans for increasing the national debt and was horrified. I provide many figures—I recommend you to delve into it because it's a disaster, sorry.”
dzen.ru/a/aNYtOzrxlk...
“I reviewed the budget plans for increasing the national debt and was horrified. I provide many figures—I recommend you to delve into it because it's a disaster, sorry.”
dzen.ru/a/aNYtOzrxlk...
September 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Dept spiral, an article for who want a preview on next years costs
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My mother bought me some more old cookbooks.
One of them happened to have both varieties of bourbon balls. I have never seen anyone make or serve the bottom version.
I’ve basically made the top version (but I just dipped mine in melted semisweet chocolate or dark chocolate)
One of them happened to have both varieties of bourbon balls. I have never seen anyone make or serve the bottom version.
I’ve basically made the top version (but I just dipped mine in melted semisweet chocolate or dark chocolate)
August 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My mother bought me some more old cookbooks.
One of them happened to have both varieties of bourbon balls. I have never seen anyone make or serve the bottom version.
I’ve basically made the top version (but I just dipped mine in melted semisweet chocolate or dark chocolate)
One of them happened to have both varieties of bourbon balls. I have never seen anyone make or serve the bottom version.
I’ve basically made the top version (but I just dipped mine in melted semisweet chocolate or dark chocolate)
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President Zelenskyy was woken this morning to learn of the latest tragedies in his country.
Ukraine's leader posted this at 06:24, carefully crafted he and his team must have worked for a long time getting the wording right.
Ukraine's leader posted this at 06:24, carefully crafted he and his team must have worked for a long time getting the wording right.
August 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
President Zelenskyy was woken this morning to learn of the latest tragedies in his country.
Ukraine's leader posted this at 06:24, carefully crafted he and his team must have worked for a long time getting the wording right.
Ukraine's leader posted this at 06:24, carefully crafted he and his team must have worked for a long time getting the wording right.
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Every time I read about Trump pushing for that, I think about this meme:
August 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Every time I read about Trump pushing for that, I think about this meme:
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Media in Ukraine have "remembered" these words from Kamala Harris just months ago.
August 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Media in Ukraine have "remembered" these words from Kamala Harris just months ago.
An interesting moment in 🇷🇺 financial history.
I admit looking out for the moment 🇷🇺 finances finally will force the end on 🇺🇦 civilians suffering.
I admit looking out for the moment 🇷🇺 finances finally will force the end on 🇺🇦 civilians suffering.
The money pulled from the NWF to fund the deficit USUALLY comes out in December.
So I’ll give you the report for December 2024 & January 2025
So I’ll give you the report for December 2024 & January 2025
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An interesting moment in 🇷🇺 financial history.
I admit looking out for the moment 🇷🇺 finances finally will force the end on 🇺🇦 civilians suffering.
I admit looking out for the moment 🇷🇺 finances finally will force the end on 🇺🇦 civilians suffering.
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‼️ Russian Railways May 2025 Loading Update Thread
Things got worse…
Things got worse…
June 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
‼️ Russian Railways May 2025 Loading Update Thread
Things got worse…
Things got worse…
The Heist!
The shortest summary of this presidency.
And to all rep congres and senate politicians that state DT is delivering where he is elected for: he is denying the task you where elected for.
The shortest summary of this presidency.
And to all rep congres and senate politicians that state DT is delivering where he is elected for: he is denying the task you where elected for.
May 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Heist!
The shortest summary of this presidency.
And to all rep congres and senate politicians that state DT is delivering where he is elected for: he is denying the task you where elected for.
The shortest summary of this presidency.
And to all rep congres and senate politicians that state DT is delivering where he is elected for: he is denying the task you where elected for.
July in Russia will be interesting
- after St-Petersburg economic forum so bad economic news may surface
- a year after move to 21%
- what is potato price doing and how is the outlook on other harvests
Link to top of post
bsky.app/profile/prun...
It will get worse!
- after St-Petersburg economic forum so bad economic news may surface
- a year after move to 21%
- what is potato price doing and how is the outlook on other harvests
Link to top of post
bsky.app/profile/prun...
It will get worse!
This a graphic of the cost of potatoes in St. Petersburg.
See how the prices began to come down after the middle of July 2025? This is that overall season drop that people are people in Russia generally expect.
In St. Petersburg, they got it, for a little while on potatoes BUT…
See how the prices began to come down after the middle of July 2025? This is that overall season drop that people are people in Russia generally expect.
In St. Petersburg, they got it, for a little while on potatoes BUT…
May 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
July in Russia will be interesting
- after St-Petersburg economic forum so bad economic news may surface
- a year after move to 21%
- what is potato price doing and how is the outlook on other harvests
Link to top of post
bsky.app/profile/prun...
It will get worse!
- after St-Petersburg economic forum so bad economic news may surface
- a year after move to 21%
- what is potato price doing and how is the outlook on other harvests
Link to top of post
bsky.app/profile/prun...
It will get worse!
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On the minerals agreement, it's interesting to note that the signed document is only 12 pages long.
The original document was 90 pages long and as Ukr Pravda reported first, many political nuances have not yet been documented, or signed.
Many details here (translation)
The original document was 90 pages long and as Ukr Pravda reported first, many political nuances have not yet been documented, or signed.
Many details here (translation)
May 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On the minerals agreement, it's interesting to note that the signed document is only 12 pages long.
The original document was 90 pages long and as Ukr Pravda reported first, many political nuances have not yet been documented, or signed.
Many details here (translation)
The original document was 90 pages long and as Ukr Pravda reported first, many political nuances have not yet been documented, or signed.
Many details here (translation)
So Europe take the cost/burdon of the security.
Us gets control over nuclear plant, dam, rare earths and economic coporation with UA and Russia.
Oh, was it not US that blames Europe was still using Russian gas and oil?
Us gets control over nuclear plant, dam, rare earths and economic coporation with UA and Russia.
Oh, was it not US that blames Europe was still using Russian gas and oil?
Apologies for not posting this earlier, I've had a crazy day and this slipped my mind.
It's the full text of US demands presented to European officials by Witkoff last week.
It's the full text of US demands presented to European officials by Witkoff last week.
April 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So Europe take the cost/burdon of the security.
Us gets control over nuclear plant, dam, rare earths and economic coporation with UA and Russia.
Oh, was it not US that blames Europe was still using Russian gas and oil?
Us gets control over nuclear plant, dam, rare earths and economic coporation with UA and Russia.
Oh, was it not US that blames Europe was still using Russian gas and oil?
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When US enemies praise the work of their asset
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
When US enemies praise the work of their asset
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‼️ Russia: “Almost 400 Russians died at the hands of "SMO veterans" who returned from the front””
Imagine what happens when they all come home.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/24/p...
Imagine what happens when they all come home.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/24/p...
February 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
‼️ Russia: “Almost 400 Russians died at the hands of "SMO veterans" who returned from the front””
Imagine what happens when they all come home.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/24/p...
Imagine what happens when they all come home.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/24/p...
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Map updated (highlighted in yellow)
First time that Tuapse refinery is struck in year 2025
First time that Tuapse refinery is struck in year 2025
February 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Map updated (highlighted in yellow)
First time that Tuapse refinery is struck in year 2025
First time that Tuapse refinery is struck in year 2025
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It makes you wonder… what the fuck did Ukraine have to do with any of this?
(Answer: Oligarchs like Putin and his model of “government,” which they believe they can control.)
(Answer: Oligarchs like Putin and his model of “government,” which they believe they can control.)
February 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It makes you wonder… what the fuck did Ukraine have to do with any of this?
(Answer: Oligarchs like Putin and his model of “government,” which they believe they can control.)
(Answer: Oligarchs like Putin and his model of “government,” which they believe they can control.)
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