• Russia’s gas giant Gazprom won’t recover gas sales lost to the Ukraine war for at least a decade.
  • A study seen by the Financial Times says pre-war export volumes will return by 2035.
  • Gazprom will likely lose its leading role in Russia’s energy sector over time.
  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    My understanding is Ukraine is a large grain producer and exporter. So I wouldn’t say the land is very barren. There’s definite upsides, but you and I would probably agree its going to be a huge cost for Russia.

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      5 months ago

      yes but with the immense amount on money that they literally blew in ukraine + all the money they’re losing with sanctions they could have done some geoengineering megaproject to transform a similarly sized amount of land already in their possession into grain farms

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      5 months ago

      Ukraine is a large grain producer and exporter. So I wouldn’t say the land is very barren.

      That’s it. He wants the farmland, doesn’t care who used to live there nor who has to farm the minefields after. They’re just the subjugated ‘others’ like before.