It’s Starting, the Economic Collapse of Russia.
What is the emergency meeting of the Duma about? What about all the laws further closing the Russian state that read like the Stalinist code of the 1930s? What about backyard chickens and rabbits? Well, now it’s clear. We have had rumors of how badly the Russian economy is doing.
We have seen rumors of industrial strikes, and the ever-so-popular fights for sugar. Russia has presented a happy face to the world as it goes about telling us that the sanctions were not affecting them. We saw signals to the contrary early on. They cannot produce modern tanks for example. They use modern western components. For that matter, the car industry is dead for all intents and purposes. This from Reuters covers both.
Here is the tale of this emergency meeting from one of the liberal channels on Telegram.
Today the council of the Duma may issue the prescribed valiant whistle and appoint an extraordinary session of the chamber for July 15.
Since the holy terms of the parliamentary recess are at stake, it is clear that they will gather not because of trifles. It is alleged that “urgent government initiatives” are awaiting consideration, but under this sauce they can take radical, militaristic, and criminally punitive measures.
And although the State Duma is a long-standing and…