[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@27khv](/creator/twitter/27khv) "Russias Central Bank reports that for the first time ever more than XX% of the countrys export payments are conducted in rubles. In May 2025 the ruble accounted for XXXX% of all export settlements. The shares were recorded by region: Oceania XXXX% Caribbean XXXX% Africa XXXX% Europe XXXX% North America XXXX% Asia XXXX% Officials say the shift is driven by sanctions reduced use of so-called unfriendly currencies and increased demand from partner countries to avoid conversion losses"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948693889025560759) 2025-07-25 10:36:42 UTC 8281 followers, 1437 engagements "Wrote a Substack post on this: Too rich for BRICS too Russian for Brussels Sanctioned by the West aligned with the Global South but still dreaming in European cadencesMoscows place in the world is as unsettled as ever"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948105590699360293) 2025-07-23 19:39:01 UTC 8279 followers, XXX engagements "Russias regional wage gap has hit a record high: 182000 ($2330) between the richest and poorest parts of the country. But average ruble incomes are up XX% year-on-year RBK reports.👇 The highest average official salary is in Chukotka ($2855 monthly) and the lowest in Ingushetia ($525). The national average is 97K ($1240). Other top-paying regions: Yamalo-Nenets Moscow Magadan all over $1855. Meanwhile at the other end of the scale in Chechnya Dagestan & Ossetia: $560$650. ⚠Caveat: Russias informal economy is vast 3040% of GDP. Many incomes are off the books. Real earnings may be much higher"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947981098308313415) 2025-07-23 11:24:20 UTC 8281 followers, 7549 engagements "@RealPatrickWebb Epstein was Russian intel now Not Mossad. Never Mossad. Just a humble Kremlin sex trafficker with a Boeing XXX and scores of Western politician and tycoons in his contact list"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949419145960772000) 2025-07-27 10:38:37 UTC 8277 followers, X engagements "Russias oil and gas revenues are set to fall XX% year-on-year in July down to XXX billion rubles ($8.66B) according to Reuters estimates. The drop is driven by cheaper oil and a stronger rublea big blow for a budget. Contrary to what most Western pundits think the Kremlin actually welcomes falls (within reason) in the currency. Total JanJuly energy revenues may drop XX% year-on-year to XXX trillion rubles"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948001285984186665) 2025-07-23 12:44:33 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements "Russias Central Bank has cut its oil price forecast for tax purposes to $55/barrel (Urals) for 202526down from $XX. Analysts now expect near-stagnant economic growth and warn Russians face another year of tightening belts with weak consumption and slowing investment"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949062032994578737) 2025-07-26 10:59:35 UTC 8281 followers, 1703 engagements "Tragic news in Russias Far East. An An-24 plane carrying XX people including X children has crashed near Tyndadeep in the remote Amur region. The aircraft lost contact on approach after a go-around. Wreckage was found 15km from the airport. No survivors confirmed so far"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948345431613735165) 2025-07-24 11:32:04 UTC 8281 followers, 1196 engagements "@jimmy_dore Why cant America build high speed rail In wealthy European countries a trip like LA to Vegas would take about 1.5-2 hours on a TGV ICE or Sapsan etc. Its so bizarre that you need to fly such a short distance. Trains are much safer too"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948912335910752297) 2025-07-26 01:04:44 UTC 8281 followers, 124.3K engagements "@bneeditor For all the NATO hype the Baltics still have living standards comparable to Belarus which remained allied to Moscow. PPP-adjusted net monthly salaries: Estonia $2552 Latvia $2534 Lithuania $2874. Thats IMF data. Russia btw is now over $3300"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949176411530707016) 2025-07-26 18:34:05 UTC 8280 followers, XXX engagements "Russias passenger car imports fell a staggering XX% in the first half of 2025 with just 149000 vehicles brought in vs. 408000 a year earlier according to Autostat. The culprit is high interest rates. China now accounts for XX% of imports. Top brands: Changan Geely Haval TANK and Toyota. Most popular models include the Changan UNI-S Geely Monjaro and TANK 300"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947997036780953674) 2025-07-23 12:27:40 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements "Russian oil shipping costs are surging after new EU sanctions bite. Last week transport to Turkey jumped XX% with XXX more tankers blacklisted by Brusselshitting XX% of the global oil fleet. Port loadings fell XXX% to 418k t/day. Logistics tightening but no export collapse"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1939045361655620015) 2025-06-28 19:36:54 UTC 8276 followers, 1090 engagements "The EU is totally dependent on two countries it regards as adversaries for rare earths. In 2024 it imported XX% from China and XX% from Russia. Thats nearly three-quarters of the total. Good luck making fighter jets drones batteries etc if Moscow and Beijing pull the plug"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1946529044595438074) 2025-07-19 11:14:23 UTC 8280 followers, 91.9K engagements "A Chinese company has created a robot that can replace its own battery. Meanwhile in Europe Fighting over centuries-old disputes about language maps statues and identity. Sanctioning each other and leaving ourselves dependent on China and/or the US"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947234232507535692) 2025-07-21 09:56:33 UTC 8281 followers, 11K engagements "Russia trades with BRICS but lives like Western Europe. New data shows its average living standards are now higher than Italys and not far off the UK. And way ahead of Chinalet alone Brazil India and South Africa. So where does it belong It doesn't really fit BRICS. It's not an emerging economy. But a developed and high-income country (says the IMF and World Bank). Russia is not fully out of Europe. Its caught between orbits spinning under a sky that no longer knows how to name it. Maybe thats the most Russian place to be of all. A new Substack: (link below)"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948101530495893530) 2025-07-23 19:22:53 UTC 8281 followers, 39.9K engagements "Electricity generation per capita (2024) sourced from Embers Global Electric Power Review: United States: 12941 kWh/person Russia: 8333 kWh/person Japan: 8000 kWh/person China: 7163 kWh/person European Union: 6000 kWh/person India: 1469 kWh/person"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947354808559493412) 2025-07-21 17:55:41 UTC 8281 followers, 2759 engagements "Surprise surprise: the EUs tough new diesel sanctions on Russian oil wont actually take effect until January XX Bloomberg reports. So yes Brussels is planning to crack downjust not until winters nearly over stocks of fuel are high and markets calm down"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947295517110665564) 2025-07-21 14:00:04 UTC 8271 followers, 1307 engagements "Once mighty Gazprom ($38B) now has a lower market value than Popmart the Chinese maker of Labubu toys ($41B). The St Petersburg energy giant was once Europes most valuable company with a $360B market cap in 2008"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947362975477547288) 2025-07-21 18:28:08 UTC 8277 followers, 1291 engagements "China has slashed wheat imports from Russia nearly 16-fold in the first half of 2025 down from $38.9M to just $2.5M according to customs data. In June Beijing imported no Russian wheat at all. 👇 By contrast China bought: $361M of wheat from Canada $190M from Australia and $5.8M from Kazakhstan. In all of 2024 China imported $87M worth of Russian wheat already 2.5x more than in 2023. But the sharp drop in 2025 suggests a major shift. No explanation yet from either side"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947999217391124874) 2025-07-23 12:36:20 UTC 8277 followers, 5053 engagements "The EUs new sanctions may look tough on paper but Moscow is likely to sidestep the worst effects according to an analysis from Reuters Workarounds include expanding the shadow fleet and disguising oil origins via ship-to-ship transfers. India and China are expected to keep buying discounted Russian crude while fuel once bound for the EU will find new markets. Bottom line: the price cap may dent official stats but its unlikely to sever Russias (real) main revenue stream"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948016500364939410) 2025-07-23 13:45:00 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements "Former EU Commissioner Gnter Verheugen says the sanctions on Russia have completely backfired on their authors. He calls it an absurd case where a political goalto break Russia economicallyended up hurting Western Europe more especially Germany"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947025497931599984) 2025-07-20 20:07:07 UTC 8277 followers, 20.2K engagements "@philippilk The vast majority of the German electorate seem to be satisfied with the country's situation. In Februarys general election XX% voted for parties which are happy that Nord Stream was blown up (CDU SPD FDP Grne). 🤷♀"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947555488293384412) 2025-07-22 07:13:06 UTC 8270 followers, 1828 engagements "@CTrot35 @jimmy_dore X. I said "European countries" in the OP. X. Russia has a domestic high-speed rail-line from Moscow to St Petersburg (Sapsan). And it's currently building an upgrade. Hope this helps. Have a nice day"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949051883982667985) 2025-07-26 10:19:15 UTC 8281 followers, 1432 engagements "And here is the link: Too rich for BRICS too Russian for Brussels Sanctioned by the West aligned with the Global South but still dreaming in European cadencesMoscows place in the world is as unsettled as ever"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948101533935058958) 2025-07-23 19:22:54 UTC 8281 followers, 3441 engagements "@disclosetv Cant wait for the same crowd that fled to Germany and Austria to now complain Serbias full"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1946494981968912489) 2025-07-19 08:59:02 UTC 8265 followers, 19.2K engagements "@MichaelAArouet Russias average living standard is almost identical to Poland and its economy is far more state-controlled. So maybe markets arent the only story here"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948040267254112287) 2025-07-23 15:19:27 UTC 8265 followers, XXX engagements "This means Russias PPP-adjusted net average salary is now $3340/monthputting it above mid-tier by European standards. It's comparable to: Poland ($3376). And head of Italy ($3307) Czechia ($3022) and Lithuania ($2870). But slightly behind Spain ($3459) Britain ($3597) and Finland ($3688). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947983622557823446) 2025-07-23 11:34:22 UTC 8281 followers, 7308 engagements "Interesting take on an Irish breakfast at Paddys Bar (near Belorussky Vokzal) in Moscow. A homemade sausage and white and black pudding; bacon fried tomato mushrooms eggs beans; a potato farl and then a sort of soda bread with marmalade. XXX rubles. Or 6.68/$7.77"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1946905790461214792) 2025-07-20 12:11:26 UTC 8276 followers, 2055 engagements "@MichaelAArouet Yes. And its due to socialist-style polices: eg. full-time state support for Haredim who average XX kids and dont work. And generous child allowances and secure paid maternity leave for the rest of the population. The government pays families to grow. It works"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948664263972647289) 2025-07-25 08:38:59 UTC 8280 followers, 5343 engagements "Russias only aircraft carrier the troubled Admiral Kuznetsov may be scrapped according to VTB chief Andrey Kostin. He says repairs no longer make sense due to the ships age (40+ years) and cost. The vessel damaged by fire in 2022 is now docked in Murmansk"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948700580836171854) 2025-07-25 11:03:18 UTC 8279 followers, 1306 engagements "@AydarBuran The World Bank classifies Russia as a high income country. The only BRICS founding member or former Soviet state in this bracket"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1948399380471452076) 2025-07-24 15:06:26 UTC 8277 followers, 1048 engagements "@AbubakerAbedW @georgegalloway @BBCWorld Presumably because Hamas is designated a terror group in the UKand the BBC is a state-controlled broadcaster that has to follow UK policy lines Even if it tries not to admit it"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949060756839727397) 2025-07-26 10:54:30 UTC 8281 followers, 4978 engagements "Russia media reporting that the offices of Telegram channel Bazagenerally regarded as pro-Kremlinhave been raided in Moscow. Police searched Bazas newsroom and the home of editor-in-chief Gleb Trifonov who was detained and taken to an unknown location dispatches say. Lawyers were initially blocked from entering. The raid is reportedly tied to a criminal case involving police officers accused of selling law enforcement data to journalists. At least one female journalist was taken to a station. Baza despite its broader editorial line has covered sensitive topics involving security services"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947615093409096016) 2025-07-22 11:09:57 UTC 8276 followers, 2249 engagements "Billionaire Alexei Mordashov says Russias economy is shifting toward a chaebol modeldominated by giants like Severstal Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel. He warns of monopolies and weak SME growth. But is this really worse than the old oligarch model 👇 Where the likes of Abramovich Friedman and Melnichenko made fortunes in Russiathen moved their assets families and loyalties West. Buying mansions in London chalets in Switzerland and docking mega-yachts in the Med. One tycoon in Moscow told me that he believes over $X trillion (net) was stripped out of Russia between 1991 and 2021. A staggering"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947963809508855879) 2025-07-23 10:15:38 UTC 8277 followers, 6990 engagements "Russia managed to cushion the impact of sanctions in 2024 thanks to large foreign exchange reserves a flexible exchange rate and tight financial controls the IMF says. 👇 The current account surplus rose to XXX% of GDP above the EU benchmark of XXX% driven by strong oil and gas exports. The ruble strengthened by XXX% last year and by March 2025 its real effective exchange rate was XXX% above the 2024 averagereflecting structural trade shifts. Russias net international investment position rose to XXXX% of GDP up from XXXX% in 2023. The IMF also noted that Russias economy in 2024 was broadly in"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1947994706576609417) 2025-07-23 12:18:24 UTC 8276 followers, 1065 engagements "@piersmorgan The British Lions had as many foreign players as British today. Three from New Zealand and eight from Ireland. What happened to British rugby Piers"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949078632346865756) 2025-07-26 12:05:32 UTC 8280 followers, 4844 engagements "Worth noting that for all the EU/NATO hype Estonia ($2552) Latvia ($2534) and Lithuania ($2874) still have monthly wages roughly on par with (omitted from this chart) Belarus ($2414) when adjusted for PPP. That's according to IMF data. Which is publicly available"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949178070427943003) 2025-07-26 18:40:40 UTC 8281 followers, 31.9K engagements "@CTrot35 @jimmy_dore Americans drive BMWs on American highways. Does that make the highways German Better shut down the interstate system before Berlin claims it. 😉"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949054919165485143) 2025-07-26 10:31:19 UTC 8280 followers, XXX engagements "@DraganBajic Belarus has lost about XX% of its population since 1991. Not as bad as Latvia and Lithuania (off top of my head one of them is around 30%) but not exactly great either"  [@27khv](/creator/x/27khv) on [X](/post/tweet/1949272759202165154) 2025-07-27 00:56:56 UTC 8280 followers, XX engagements
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"Russias Central Bank reports that for the first time ever more than XX% of the countrys export payments are conducted in rubles. In May 2025 the ruble accounted for XXXX% of all export settlements. The shares were recorded by region: Oceania XXXX% Caribbean XXXX% Africa XXXX% Europe XXXX% North America XXXX% Asia XXXX% Officials say the shift is driven by sanctions reduced use of so-called unfriendly currencies and increased demand from partner countries to avoid conversion losses"
@27khv on X 2025-07-25 10:36:42 UTC 8281 followers, 1437 engagements
"Wrote a Substack post on this: Too rich for BRICS too Russian for Brussels Sanctioned by the West aligned with the Global South but still dreaming in European cadencesMoscows place in the world is as unsettled as ever" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 19:39:01 UTC 8279 followers, XXX engagements
"Russias regional wage gap has hit a record high: 182000 ($2330) between the richest and poorest parts of the country. But average ruble incomes are up XX% year-on-year RBK reports.👇 The highest average official salary is in Chukotka ($2855 monthly) and the lowest in Ingushetia ($525). The national average is 97K ($1240). Other top-paying regions: Yamalo-Nenets Moscow Magadan all over $1855. Meanwhile at the other end of the scale in Chechnya Dagestan & Ossetia: $560$650. ⚠Caveat: Russias informal economy is vast 3040% of GDP. Many incomes are off the books. Real earnings may be much higher" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 11:24:20 UTC 8281 followers, 7549 engagements
"@RealPatrickWebb Epstein was Russian intel now Not Mossad. Never Mossad. Just a humble Kremlin sex trafficker with a Boeing XXX and scores of Western politician and tycoons in his contact list" @27khv on X 2025-07-27 10:38:37 UTC 8277 followers, X engagements
"Russias oil and gas revenues are set to fall XX% year-on-year in July down to XXX billion rubles ($8.66B) according to Reuters estimates. The drop is driven by cheaper oil and a stronger rublea big blow for a budget. Contrary to what most Western pundits think the Kremlin actually welcomes falls (within reason) in the currency. Total JanJuly energy revenues may drop XX% year-on-year to XXX trillion rubles" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 12:44:33 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements
"Russias Central Bank has cut its oil price forecast for tax purposes to $55/barrel (Urals) for 202526down from $XX. Analysts now expect near-stagnant economic growth and warn Russians face another year of tightening belts with weak consumption and slowing investment" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 10:59:35 UTC 8281 followers, 1703 engagements
"Tragic news in Russias Far East. An An-24 plane carrying XX people including X children has crashed near Tyndadeep in the remote Amur region. The aircraft lost contact on approach after a go-around. Wreckage was found 15km from the airport. No survivors confirmed so far" @27khv on X 2025-07-24 11:32:04 UTC 8281 followers, 1196 engagements
"@jimmy_dore Why cant America build high speed rail In wealthy European countries a trip like LA to Vegas would take about 1.5-2 hours on a TGV ICE or Sapsan etc. Its so bizarre that you need to fly such a short distance. Trains are much safer too" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 01:04:44 UTC 8281 followers, 124.3K engagements
"@bneeditor For all the NATO hype the Baltics still have living standards comparable to Belarus which remained allied to Moscow. PPP-adjusted net monthly salaries: Estonia $2552 Latvia $2534 Lithuania $2874. Thats IMF data. Russia btw is now over $3300" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 18:34:05 UTC 8280 followers, XXX engagements
"Russias passenger car imports fell a staggering XX% in the first half of 2025 with just 149000 vehicles brought in vs. 408000 a year earlier according to Autostat. The culprit is high interest rates. China now accounts for XX% of imports. Top brands: Changan Geely Haval TANK and Toyota. Most popular models include the Changan UNI-S Geely Monjaro and TANK 300" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 12:27:40 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements
"Russian oil shipping costs are surging after new EU sanctions bite. Last week transport to Turkey jumped XX% with XXX more tankers blacklisted by Brusselshitting XX% of the global oil fleet. Port loadings fell XXX% to 418k t/day. Logistics tightening but no export collapse" @27khv on X 2025-06-28 19:36:54 UTC 8276 followers, 1090 engagements
"The EU is totally dependent on two countries it regards as adversaries for rare earths. In 2024 it imported XX% from China and XX% from Russia. Thats nearly three-quarters of the total. Good luck making fighter jets drones batteries etc if Moscow and Beijing pull the plug" @27khv on X 2025-07-19 11:14:23 UTC 8280 followers, 91.9K engagements
"A Chinese company has created a robot that can replace its own battery. Meanwhile in Europe Fighting over centuries-old disputes about language maps statues and identity. Sanctioning each other and leaving ourselves dependent on China and/or the US" @27khv on X 2025-07-21 09:56:33 UTC 8281 followers, 11K engagements
"Russia trades with BRICS but lives like Western Europe. New data shows its average living standards are now higher than Italys and not far off the UK. And way ahead of Chinalet alone Brazil India and South Africa. So where does it belong It doesn't really fit BRICS. It's not an emerging economy. But a developed and high-income country (says the IMF and World Bank). Russia is not fully out of Europe. Its caught between orbits spinning under a sky that no longer knows how to name it. Maybe thats the most Russian place to be of all. A new Substack: (link below)" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 19:22:53 UTC 8281 followers, 39.9K engagements
"Electricity generation per capita (2024) sourced from Embers Global Electric Power Review: United States: 12941 kWh/person Russia: 8333 kWh/person Japan: 8000 kWh/person China: 7163 kWh/person European Union: 6000 kWh/person India: 1469 kWh/person" @27khv on X 2025-07-21 17:55:41 UTC 8281 followers, 2759 engagements
"Surprise surprise: the EUs tough new diesel sanctions on Russian oil wont actually take effect until January XX Bloomberg reports. So yes Brussels is planning to crack downjust not until winters nearly over stocks of fuel are high and markets calm down" @27khv on X 2025-07-21 14:00:04 UTC 8271 followers, 1307 engagements
"Once mighty Gazprom ($38B) now has a lower market value than Popmart the Chinese maker of Labubu toys ($41B). The St Petersburg energy giant was once Europes most valuable company with a $360B market cap in 2008" @27khv on X 2025-07-21 18:28:08 UTC 8277 followers, 1291 engagements
"China has slashed wheat imports from Russia nearly 16-fold in the first half of 2025 down from $38.9M to just $2.5M according to customs data. In June Beijing imported no Russian wheat at all. 👇 By contrast China bought: $361M of wheat from Canada $190M from Australia and $5.8M from Kazakhstan. In all of 2024 China imported $87M worth of Russian wheat already 2.5x more than in 2023. But the sharp drop in 2025 suggests a major shift. No explanation yet from either side" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 12:36:20 UTC 8277 followers, 5053 engagements
"The EUs new sanctions may look tough on paper but Moscow is likely to sidestep the worst effects according to an analysis from Reuters Workarounds include expanding the shadow fleet and disguising oil origins via ship-to-ship transfers. India and China are expected to keep buying discounted Russian crude while fuel once bound for the EU will find new markets. Bottom line: the price cap may dent official stats but its unlikely to sever Russias (real) main revenue stream" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 13:45:00 UTC 8276 followers, XXX engagements
"Former EU Commissioner Gnter Verheugen says the sanctions on Russia have completely backfired on their authors. He calls it an absurd case where a political goalto break Russia economicallyended up hurting Western Europe more especially Germany" @27khv on X 2025-07-20 20:07:07 UTC 8277 followers, 20.2K engagements
"@philippilk The vast majority of the German electorate seem to be satisfied with the country's situation. In Februarys general election XX% voted for parties which are happy that Nord Stream was blown up (CDU SPD FDP Grne). 🤷♀" @27khv on X 2025-07-22 07:13:06 UTC 8270 followers, 1828 engagements
"@CTrot35 @jimmy_dore X. I said "European countries" in the OP. X. Russia has a domestic high-speed rail-line from Moscow to St Petersburg (Sapsan). And it's currently building an upgrade. Hope this helps. Have a nice day" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 10:19:15 UTC 8281 followers, 1432 engagements
"And here is the link: Too rich for BRICS too Russian for Brussels Sanctioned by the West aligned with the Global South but still dreaming in European cadencesMoscows place in the world is as unsettled as ever" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 19:22:54 UTC 8281 followers, 3441 engagements
"@disclosetv Cant wait for the same crowd that fled to Germany and Austria to now complain Serbias full" @27khv on X 2025-07-19 08:59:02 UTC 8265 followers, 19.2K engagements
"@MichaelAArouet Russias average living standard is almost identical to Poland and its economy is far more state-controlled. So maybe markets arent the only story here" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 15:19:27 UTC 8265 followers, XXX engagements
"This means Russias PPP-adjusted net average salary is now $3340/monthputting it above mid-tier by European standards. It's comparable to: Poland ($3376). And head of Italy ($3307) Czechia ($3022) and Lithuania ($2870). But slightly behind Spain ($3459) Britain ($3597) and Finland ($3688). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 11:34:22 UTC 8281 followers, 7308 engagements
"Interesting take on an Irish breakfast at Paddys Bar (near Belorussky Vokzal) in Moscow. A homemade sausage and white and black pudding; bacon fried tomato mushrooms eggs beans; a potato farl and then a sort of soda bread with marmalade. XXX rubles. Or 6.68/$7.77" @27khv on X 2025-07-20 12:11:26 UTC 8276 followers, 2055 engagements
"@MichaelAArouet Yes. And its due to socialist-style polices: eg. full-time state support for Haredim who average XX kids and dont work. And generous child allowances and secure paid maternity leave for the rest of the population. The government pays families to grow. It works" @27khv on X 2025-07-25 08:38:59 UTC 8280 followers, 5343 engagements
"Russias only aircraft carrier the troubled Admiral Kuznetsov may be scrapped according to VTB chief Andrey Kostin. He says repairs no longer make sense due to the ships age (40+ years) and cost. The vessel damaged by fire in 2022 is now docked in Murmansk" @27khv on X 2025-07-25 11:03:18 UTC 8279 followers, 1306 engagements
"@AydarBuran The World Bank classifies Russia as a high income country. The only BRICS founding member or former Soviet state in this bracket" @27khv on X 2025-07-24 15:06:26 UTC 8277 followers, 1048 engagements
"@AbubakerAbedW @georgegalloway @BBCWorld Presumably because Hamas is designated a terror group in the UKand the BBC is a state-controlled broadcaster that has to follow UK policy lines Even if it tries not to admit it" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 10:54:30 UTC 8281 followers, 4978 engagements
"Russia media reporting that the offices of Telegram channel Bazagenerally regarded as pro-Kremlinhave been raided in Moscow. Police searched Bazas newsroom and the home of editor-in-chief Gleb Trifonov who was detained and taken to an unknown location dispatches say. Lawyers were initially blocked from entering. The raid is reportedly tied to a criminal case involving police officers accused of selling law enforcement data to journalists. At least one female journalist was taken to a station. Baza despite its broader editorial line has covered sensitive topics involving security services" @27khv on X 2025-07-22 11:09:57 UTC 8276 followers, 2249 engagements
"Billionaire Alexei Mordashov says Russias economy is shifting toward a chaebol modeldominated by giants like Severstal Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel. He warns of monopolies and weak SME growth. But is this really worse than the old oligarch model 👇 Where the likes of Abramovich Friedman and Melnichenko made fortunes in Russiathen moved their assets families and loyalties West. Buying mansions in London chalets in Switzerland and docking mega-yachts in the Med. One tycoon in Moscow told me that he believes over $X trillion (net) was stripped out of Russia between 1991 and 2021. A staggering" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 10:15:38 UTC 8277 followers, 6990 engagements
"Russia managed to cushion the impact of sanctions in 2024 thanks to large foreign exchange reserves a flexible exchange rate and tight financial controls the IMF says. 👇 The current account surplus rose to XXX% of GDP above the EU benchmark of XXX% driven by strong oil and gas exports. The ruble strengthened by XXX% last year and by March 2025 its real effective exchange rate was XXX% above the 2024 averagereflecting structural trade shifts. Russias net international investment position rose to XXXX% of GDP up from XXXX% in 2023. The IMF also noted that Russias economy in 2024 was broadly in" @27khv on X 2025-07-23 12:18:24 UTC 8276 followers, 1065 engagements
"@piersmorgan The British Lions had as many foreign players as British today. Three from New Zealand and eight from Ireland. What happened to British rugby Piers" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 12:05:32 UTC 8280 followers, 4844 engagements
"Worth noting that for all the EU/NATO hype Estonia ($2552) Latvia ($2534) and Lithuania ($2874) still have monthly wages roughly on par with (omitted from this chart) Belarus ($2414) when adjusted for PPP. That's according to IMF data. Which is publicly available" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 18:40:40 UTC 8281 followers, 31.9K engagements
"@CTrot35 @jimmy_dore Americans drive BMWs on American highways. Does that make the highways German Better shut down the interstate system before Berlin claims it. 😉" @27khv on X 2025-07-26 10:31:19 UTC 8280 followers, XXX engagements
"@DraganBajic Belarus has lost about XX% of its population since 1991. Not as bad as Latvia and Lithuania (off top of my head one of them is around 30%) but not exactly great either" @27khv on X 2025-07-27 00:56:56 UTC 8280 followers, XX engagements