Titles like this are cancer since they intentionally mislead. It's "a billion rubles", thus tens of millions $. Pretty insignificant.
It's actually "billions" of rubles. Assuming for the sake of easy math that it were 10 billion rubles, that's over 100 million usd. Not insignificant especially during a war. Obligatory fuck Putin.
Interpreting "billions" as 10 billions is IMHO stretching it.
Eh, I'd say "billions" could go all the way to 20 billion before switching terminology to tens of billions.
Regardless, according to a quick Googling, Russia's real inflation adjusted GDP in 2022 was ~$1.5 Trillion. Even if it was $100 million, that's a drop in the bucket overall for them.
Yeah, a drop in the bucket is fairly insignificant, but the drops add up over time.
I think there were a few drops involved.
Dam.
Oof, that's got to be some hundreds of thousands by now.
A ruble is worth a penny right?
So this is basically saying their economy could lose 10million$
*insert Dr. Evil meme here*
Probably about 9 right now.
Classic click bait title. Article doesn't even state which dam burst. Railroad traffic is suspended which means it will be back to operational once the water recedes. Garbage title garbage article.
Of course because there's absolutely no issue with tracks that were under water. The foundation is just fine.
What's a billion rubles these days? $2.50?
About tree fitty
God damn Loch Ness монстр!
This damn inflation man..
so a Russian dam fucked itself and a railroad? nice BOGO
I guess they know what it's like now. At least a little bit.
Not even close. The people who matter in terms of political power are muscovites. And in Moscow, everything looks fine and beautiful and modern and convenient. You wouldn’t know a war was raging on except for the propaganda. Yes, I know some drone attacks have disrupted that, but not nearly enough.
Anything which hurts the Russian economy is a good thing.
Fuck ‘em.
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