Some estimates place Putin's wealth at hundreds of billions of dollars. There is no way he's going to face any consequences.
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025
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We'll see what happens next year when crude drops to 40 dollars a barrel
Not going to happen. Might makes right in this world.
Not with that attitude.
Milosevic thought the same.
Milosevic didn't have nuclear weapons and the economic support of India and China. Expecting Putin to face consequences is like thinking Trump will face consequences.
It's nice to dream. But seriously. Serbia is not a superpower. The only thing that can stop Putin is Russians. Just like the only thing that can stop Trump is Americans.
Putin doesn't have economic support of anyone. They trade with him opportunistically, and China prefers having stabily weak Russia to exploit, but not enough to treaten the European market. They will throw him under the bus the second there is an incentive, and will probably benefit from it
having stabily weak Russia to exploit, but not enough to treaten the European market.
China needs Russia as an ally against the US. They have had a $1 trillion trade surplus. I fear that they will throw Europe under the bus and we are very unprepared.
Russia is a shit ally, both because they can't be trusted, but more importantly because they're poor fuckups. Their market is comparatively small, and the only thing Russua exports besides people is natural resources, mainly oil, which is less and less important nowadays.
Nobody needs Russia to do anything other than fuck off.
For China they shield large parts of their border from American influence.
They trade with him opportunistically,
That's all trade. Trade supports countries economically.
They will throw him under the bus the second there is an incentive, and will probably benefit from it
That's capitalism.
How about get Russia out of Ukraine before declaring victory with plans to arrest Putin?
How about get Russia out of Ukraine before declaring victory with plans to arrest Putin?
That's not necessarily has to be done in that order. If Putin is removed from power, Russia will be way less enthusiastic about continuing the war, and they can even fuck off on their own
A EU ruling does absolutely nothing to remove Putin from power.
The EU has already ruled that Putin's actions were illegal in 2022. Russia needs to be defeated.
Terminal illness would also stop him. But seriously, if they then have a Putin sized hole in their government, someone equally bad will probably fill it.
Russia is a personalistic autocracy. Everything is built upon him, he is in the middle of everything. When he's gone, there will be some time of turmoil, and whoever will get on top in the end will start rebuilding the country in his own image