The Russian economy could lose “billions of rubles” after a destroyed dam in the Siberian region of Buryatia caused a river to burst its banks and damage a key transit railway, according to a local Russian official.

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    1 year ago

    Titles like this are cancer since they intentionally mislead. It’s “a billion rubles”, thus tens of millions $. Pretty insignificant.

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      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.

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    1 year ago

    A ruble is worth a penny right?

    So this is basically saying their economy could lose 10million$

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    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.

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      Of course because there’s absolutely no issue with tracks that were under water. The foundation is just fine.

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      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.