Russia collapsing

[SchlongConery]

You really think Russia has no spares, and even if they don't that Uncle Xi cannot provide them with as many transformers as they need?

What I really think is that you don't read, watch or listen before you reflexively post your self-admitted laughable "" pro-Russian excuses.

Time will tell if they have spare transformers, or leftovers from Societ times. But These are HUGE FUCKING 300 TONNE units taht take a year or two to build. And part of Ukraine's strategy to destroy Russia's own transformer factories.

As for Uncle Xi. These transformers are HUGE, like 300 tonnes.

Time will tell.

In any case, Russians are already well on their way to another cold winter by mere fact that Putin, his regional puppets and oligarchs steal all the money for infrastructure, including central heating and electricity grids.

 

[SchlongConery]

AI Overview


Reports confirm that thousands of Russians experienced failed heating systems, resulting in apartments freezing and flooding during the exceptionally cold winter of 2024
. The crisis, which affected regions from Moscow to Siberia, was primarily caused by the dilapidated state of Soviet-era infrastructure, chronic underfunding, and systemic corruption.

Causes of the heating failures

• Decaying infrastructure: Much of Russia's centralized heating grid was built during the Soviet era with a lifespan of about 25 years. Decades later, with many pipes still in use, officials cited wear and tear as a primary reason for the numerous breakdowns. As of early 2024, some reports indicated that as much as 40% of the communal heating grid needed urgent replacement.
• Inadequate funding: Russian authorities acknowledge that existing funding is insufficient to address the scale of the problem. Military spending for the war in Ukraine has been prioritized over domestic infrastructure, further reducing the budget for municipal upgrades. In fact, the budget for Russia's housing and utility sector is set to be cut significantly between 2024 and 2026.
• Corruption: High levels of corruption are deeply intertwined with the utility system's failure. In Klimovsk, near Moscow, executives were arrested for embezzling funds meant for residents' heating bills. In other cases, bribes to officials mean that contractors use cheap, low-quality counterfeit pipes for repairs.
• Lack of oversight: In some cases, heating facilities are run by military enterprises with tight security, preventing city officials from conducting proper winter preparations and inspections.

Widespread impacts across Russia
The failed heating systems led to extreme conditions for residents across the country in early 2024:

• Freezing and flooding apartments: When heating systems fail in sub-zero temperatures, water freezes inside the pipes. When the system is turned back on, the cracked pipes burst, causing apartments to flood with boiling water. In Irkutsk, for example, temperatures of
  
  -14∘C
  caused heating pipes in a building to collapse, covering the walls and floors in ice.
• Mass outages: Tens of thousands of residents were left without heat and hot water for days or even weeks. In one incident in Podolsk, near Moscow, a heating main at a private ammunition plant burst, affecting nearly 150,000 people during a period when temperatures dropped to
  
  -20∘C
  .
• Disruption of public services: Critical infrastructure like schools and hospitals were also affected. In Novosibirsk, a failure left 124 residential buildings and 10 public facilities, including schools, without heat. Students were forced to switch to remote learning.
• Public anger and protest: The heating failures sparked outrage from local residents, who posted appeals to President Vladimir Putin on social media. In Elektrostal, residents lit bonfires on the street to keep warm and protest the situation.
• Accidents and deaths: In severe cases, failed heating systems have turned deadly. In 2022, a person died in Nizhny Novgorod after falling into a hole filled with boiling water from a burst pipe. There were also reports of a car falling into a similar pit in Penza, killing two people.

 

[Uwauwa]

The reason Ukraine people are doing well is all the money they have been receiving from the West.

I don’t want my taxpayer dollar go to Ukraine tho.

I don’t believe Russia is a real threat to us.

 

[Frankfooter]

The reason Ukraine people are doing well is all the money they have been receiving from the West.

I don’t want my taxpayer dollar go to Ukraine tho.

I don’t believe Russia is a real threat to us.

At this point its Ukrainian drones that are doing the damage.
Not american weapons.

That should be the lesson.

 

[Uwauwa]

At this point its Ukrainian drones that are doing the damage.
Not american weapons.

That should be the lesson.

Ok that only reinforces that we must stop giving them our money.

 

[oil&gas]

I don’t want my taxpayer dollar go to Ukraine tho.

I don’t believe Russia is a real threat to us.

Putin is not a real threat to us but our leaders want you
to believe Russia will invade us from Arctic north after
Ukraine is conquered. I wish Trudeau had the honesty to
confess our tax money had to be spent on Ukraine for
his virtue-signalling and photo op with Zelensky.

 

[SchlongConery]

You really think Russia has no spares, and even if they don't that Uncle Xi cannot provide them with as many transformers as they need?

And what will Papa Putin pay Uncle Xi with since China is now reportedly not going to be buying Russian oil?

" "

 

[SchlongConery]

Putin is not a real threat to us but our leaders want you
to believe Russia will invade us from Arctic north after
Ukraine is conquered. I wish Trudeau had the honesty to
confess our tax money had to be spent on Ukraine for
his virtue-signalling and photo op with Zelensky.

Putin IS a threat to Canada and the free world democracies.

The Russian shrimp's ability to fight above it's weight is due to his absolutely superior, second-to-none, ability to sow chaos. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.

And NO present day Canadian leader has said Russia is going to invade Canada from the Arctic north. (Please stop saying "us" when referring to Canadians, Vatnik)

The sovereignity threat to Canada ahs to do with Russia's ability to use their superior arctic marine resources (nuclear icebreakers and submarines) to exert influence or be the "little green men" who simply arrive in Canada's Northwest Passage. And we have no ships nor other ability to assert our soveriengity , least of all protect or defend ourselves freom that absolute threat.

So, de-fanging Putin through letting him bleed himself and Russia's overall resources out, in in our best interests. Maybe not your misguided pro-Russian interests, as a Russian living in Canada. But it is our loyal Canadian interests as a country and as a people.

 

[SchlongConery]

An oil refinery a day, keeps the Orc's away!

 

[boobtoucher]

The reason Ukraine people are doing well is all the money they have been receiving from the West.

I don’t want my taxpayer dollar go to Ukraine tho.

I don’t believe Russia is a real threat to us.

Not to us, but you also can't believe that Russia would stop at the Ukrainian border if they were given free reign.

Finland, Poland, Former Eastern Bloc countries, etc.

All of a sudden, we're knocking on the door of Italy, where I have family and property.

I also have fighting-aged sons.

So I'd rather my tax money go to stop Russia in Ukraine, using Ukrainian blood than my sons go and protect the rest of Europe.

Morally reprehensible? Probably, but fewer total resources and fewer total lives to do it this way than to allow Russia to start a conflict with NATO.

 

[jalimon]

The reason Ukraine people are doing well is all the money they have been receiving from the West.

I don’t want my taxpayer dollar go to Ukraine tho.

I don’t believe Russia is a real threat to us.

No money is sent. The money is spent here on our military to help Ukraine.

 

[oil&gas]

And NO present day Canadian leader has said Russia is going to invade Canada from the Arctic north. (Please stop saying "us" when referring to Canadians, Vatnik)

Our leaders don't have to explicitly tell us precisely what Putin's future strategy of
military invasion into the west will be to fool Canadians. Apparently some folks are
already fooled into the anticipation of having to defend Canada on European soil.
I am sure I did read about Russian invasion from the north as one of the justification
of Trudeau squandering our money on funding Ukraine.

And yes when referring to Canadians I'll say "us' because I am, like most
of you I believe, also a tax paying citizen. As such I decide that I have a say
on why my money is better not squandered on defense of a country other
than my own.

 

[nottyboi]

And what will Papa Putin pay Uncle Xi with since China is now reportedly not going to be buying Russian oil?

" "

You are funny, of course he will buy Russian oil, he just forced Orange Clown to back down on secondary sanctions, and the 50% rule. (don't suppose you know what that is) lol. But essentially they can now import Russian oil sanction free.

 

[squeezer]

You really think Russia has no spares, and even if they don't that Uncle Xi cannot provide them with as many transformers as they need?

Uncle XI and the other POS dictators are the ones who have been having a proxy war against Ukraine. Without them, Putin, along with Russia, would have fizzled out a long time ago. I include Trump in the POS dictators, although at this point, he's a wannabe dictator.

 

[oil&gas]

Uncle XI and the other POS dictators are the ones who have been having a proxy war against Ukraine. Without them, Putin, along with Russia, would have fizzled out a long time ago. I include Trump in the POS dictators, although at this point, he's a wannabe dictator.

I am sure Xi, Modi and other POS dictators are the ones making money
Putin has to give away to earn their support. I am sure Kim wasn't the
one to pay allowances to the mercenaries he sent to Putin's rescue. Wish
Ukraine will reimburse us taxpayers on Trudeau's expense on gifting
Zelensky.

 

[Frankfooter]

Vlad better stay away from the windows.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1985205365605306797

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1985614878766174276

 

[SchlongConery]

You are funny, of course he will buy Russian oil, he just forced Orange Clown to back down on secondary sanctions, and the 50% rule. (don't suppose you know what that is) lol. But essentially they can now import Russian oil sanction free.

you are right I don’t know about that 50% rule or the secondary sanctions

Can you please explain.

 

[nottyboi]

you are right I don’t know about that 50% rule or the secondary sanctions

Can you please explain.

The US extended sanctions to subsidaries that they owned more then 50% equity, this increased the sanctions entities 40 fold. China forced them to cancel this provision AND the traiff for buying oil. So this means Chinese companies can avoid all number of sanctions by creating subsidiaries for this purpose.

 

[oil&gas]

COMEDY OF CONTRADICTION: Troops Starve in Trenches, Zelensky Exports Weapons |

 

[Uwauwa]

No money is sent. The money is spent here on our military to help Ukraine.

I don’t want any taxpayer money to be spent on helping Ukraine, in any way.