lol, WTF are you guys actually on? 😆😆😆

ohhhhh, Silk Road. 🤦‍♂️ bro! MFs got you? What the hell. Thank God you survived.

either one of us or both of us can be bots. I really do not care that much about those charts in the end if they are only used to cement a delusion about a "crumbling Russia". If you won't engage and challenge your charts with real life then this is not a conversation, but only "a platform for you to drop some charts". If that is the way "a real person, with a reputation to uphold" engages with me then you're right, I might as well be a bot. I think I am not the only one (here or IRL) you see as a bot. Es tut mir leid, dass wir uns nicht ein bisschen ehrlicher unterhalten konnten (sorry, mein Deutsch war schon mal besser. Ist aber paar Jahre her 😉).

The issue I have with the picture you paint is the same I have with legacy media (like, I can literally just use the same website you got the screenshot from to check that the decrease in sales to China has been offset elsewhere) It seems you are trying to make it look like Russia is on the brink of collapse, at the end of their rope, etc. But they have been there since before February 2022. And they're still alive and kicking. And even if they have to face adversity it seems they are not doing that bad. You don't have to watch/read Sputnik or any other state affiliates to see that it is not really the case. Plenty of Russian sources out there (regular people on Telegram) painting a quite different picture. And, TBH, I really dislike being told to not trust my eyes and ears because "Putin is bad". At least be honest. With me and with yourself. I don't mind people having different opinions. I do mind if they don't discuss in good faith.

the AI got its data from ceicdata.com and statista.com Maybe they have the wrong data?🤷 Can I take a look at your numbers anywhere? "And it wouldn't make sense for it to be flat, as they consume most of what they produce. What is there left, to export?" - even without searching anywhere, it would probably make sense that they ramped up production for war-time needs, right? They probably also had larger stockpiles? This page claims that in September of 2024 their breakeven was "at $41 per barrel, ... the second lowest among major hydrocarbon exporters". https://www.intellinews.com/russia-s-budget-oil-breakeven-price-world-s-second-lowest-as-oil-revenues-recover-343171/ The price has recently fallen because traders expect an end to the conflict and sanctions ... and there's also "170 million barrels of Russian oil are currently stored on water" https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/oil-prices-plummet-below-60-reasons-behind-the-sudden-drop-amid-russia-ukraine-conflict/126028857

Hmm, according to this Wikipedia article, the turnout was 83% of registered voters of whom 96% voted in favor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum

AI slop incoming, so take it with all the grains of salt necessary: prompt "give me an broad overview of Russian arms and energy (oil & gas) exports and total numbers over the past 5 years. also cite sources" Overall Assessment Arms: Export values have stayed roughly flat around 1.3 billion USD (SIPRI TIV) despite sanctions, with a clear shift toward Asian customers. Oil: Daily crude exports have slipped modestly from ~5 mb/d in 2021 to ~4.5 mb/d by end‑2024, reflecting both market pressures and logistical constraints. Gas: After a sharp drop in 2022, export volumes rebounded slightly in 2024, but remain well below pre‑war levels. Dunno, this doesn't read like a collapse, nor like capitulation. More like a slight decrease or even rebound.

So they risked starting a war, out of the blue, because they thought it would be a breeze? Is their export market collapsing? I seem to remember they annexed Crimea without firing a shot and then everyone in Crimea thought it was a good idea to be annexed.

As a isolation/supplemental exercise after back squats?