21.12.2024
Only old people like me remember the song by Russian singer Murat Nasyrov “The Boy Wants to Go to Tambov”. What did I remember? Because this song is sung to the news from Russia, where the boy really wanted to go to the big Russian city of Tambov, but no planes flew there, no trains went there, in general, it seemed that Tambov was some kind of unreal social hole outside the borders of civilization. Who knew that this singer would predict the future of Russia in such a light dance song, writes Elena Stepova for “Informational Resistance”.
As if staring into the water. Here, my word of honor. Just cassandra and wanguvaniye in one song. Because more and more often in Russia there are plane and train accidents and lines at enterprises fail. And now the trams have failed for the reason that I wrote about: sanctions. Sanctions that are now, like a scalpel, opening the chest of Russia, showing everyone its rotten insides and one of the reasons for its demise, and this is a strong dependence on imports.
I have already written that during the period of Russian sovereignty, it has never managed to gain complete independence from imports. Having inherited from the USSR factories, factories, engineering and production networks, incredible resources, Russia did not invest anything in them, it simply used everything. As for modernization, having nothing of its own, Russia sat on the needle of supplying imported components and parts.
At this time, Russia is like a drug addict. Giving away its resources for next to nothing, buying the favor of other countries and politicians, financing the newly formed terrorist enclaves with its resources, Russia scattered not only billions in gold reserves, currency and other resources, Russia relied exclusively on imports in the formation of its industrial potential. The production of fertilizers, the production of cars, airplanes, medicines, food, household items and so on, all this exists in Russia thanks to importation lines, components, spare parts.
Russian propaganda has worked to create a simulacrum of “strong Russia”. That is why it is very difficult for Russians to accept reality now, because what is around us is not what the TV promises, but “stability” is actually falling apart before our eyes. Although many Russians still believe that their industry is independent of imports, and Russia is the coolest in intellectual terms, desperate cries of “how did it happen that we depend on imports, and where is ours?” are increasingly heard.
I believe that we will see the times when Russians, having looked around them and seen the ruins that Putin’s organized criminal group will leave behind, no, they will not come to their senses, most likely they will simply start to hate the world even more, but they will understand, although they will not admit it, that they were simply destroyed. Someday, I believe in this, Putin will be called not only a modern Hitler, and his regime a fascist, but also a brilliant exploiter of Russia.
The ORDLO also saw through the prism of propaganda, “a strong and rich Russia that will give everything”, they still believe in this now, but also less, because they received not a super-rich, but in Russian terms, dependence on Russia, which is dependent on imports, so the ORDLO receives the same “cashbacks” from the war as Russia, that is, a mass of idle enterprises and outdated industries that cannot be reconstructed.
Of course, the first “swallows” from the rise in prices for goods and services are also arriving in the ORDLO, because, after all, there is absolute dependence on the Russian market and commodity production. And what is interesting, the residents of the ORDLO have begun to understand that they are the same old woman at the broken trough and are assessing the situation more critically. All industry in the territories occupied by Russia has been destroyed, and Russia has no desire to invest anything in TOT, because “it will come out, third grade, not a shortage.”
Since the introduction of sanctions (unfortunately, there are not enough of them and they were applied too late), but we have what we have, so we observe what is: Russia is losing a lot of earnings and losing more and more opportunities. Every six months, then every quarter, and now every month in Russia we are forced to state the fact that more and more industries or sectors of the economy are under threat of existence.
Czechoslovak trams, which were supplied to Russia during the USSR, are being withdrawn from service in the Rostov region. “Difficulties with the supply of imported spare parts and their installation in younger cars”…
No trains go there, no planes fly there… chiki-chiki-ta.
Czechoslovakian trams that were taken out of service in the Rostov region will be taken to Moscow to be disassembled for parts and repaired to provide comfort to Muscovites. This is what they are doing in all Russian regions now. Such manual control, everything to Muscovites, the regions don’t care.
The infamous “Gloria Jeans” also comes from the Russian market. Let me remind you that this is a Russian company that continued to operate not only throughout Russia, but also in the ORDLO for 10 years. Gloria Jeans (in Ukrainian “Глория Джинс”) is a Russian clothing brand, the stores of this brand operate in the territory of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine (we remember that the Luhansk and Donetsk regions are Ukraine). But in addition to these regions, the companies existed in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Donetsk. The headquarters is located in Moscow.
At the end of 2020, 24 Gloria Jeans enterprises were operating in Ukraine, with a criminal case from the Security Service of Ukraine for financing terrorism. Unfortunately, today Gloria Jeans products can be purchased in Ukraine on the open market. Here are the cases.
But in Russia, the company, which has existed since 1988, is closing its divisions. The most painful thing for Russians is that the Gloria cooperative was born in the city of Rostov-on-Don, and now its death begins precisely in Rostov.
Russian entrepreneurs can no longer earn foreign exchange or enter European markets because their hands are covered in blood. Russian businessmen do not want personal sanctions because their assets and savings are in European countries, where they may or may not get to.
Putin’s stability is interesting. The octopus “Ozerki”, which has enveloped all of Russia, is dragging it to the bottom, so the rats have started to flee the ship. Business and the elite of Russia already understand that they are doomed. Putin’s “stability” is also starting to reach the Russians, thousands of Russians are left without work.
The reason for the shutdown of every Russian production: sanctions. The inability to sell goods, purchase components.
Of the allies, only Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, South Sudan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Eswatini, Zambia, Somalia and Mozambique remained in Russia. These countries are used to receiving gifts, nothing more. Because they are so accustomed to the Kremlin itself. These are some kind of “business” partners, we will talk about this later.
In the meantime, let’s enjoy how all of Russia “doesn’t go to Tambov”…
“…we will see the times when Russians, having looked around them and seen the ruins that Putin’s organized criminal group will leave behind…”
The righteous ones, the ones with intelligence and strong character, already know what Vlad putin means, what he is and what putinism is. Many others will learn all of this in time. The rest are lost causes, the losers and pathetic little varmints, like those who were on the side of Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and other bloody, monstrous creatures of history.
Mafia land is dying. Most don’t see it yet. But, it’ll be obvious to most soon enough.
Like they say, russians will understand the truth when their stomachs growl louder than the TV…
I wish them much hunger and other deprivations.