Today’s Russian papers focus on economic problems: “Russians braced for unprecedented rise in utility bills”, “Saudi Arabia ready to reduce oil prices to $50. That threatens Russia with budget cuts” & “Russian authorities triple budget deficit forecast.” #ReadingRussia

If they didn’t drag Europe back to 1939 then they wouldn’t be in trouble, anything bad that happens to Russia is entirely their own fault.

The more pain inflicted on ruZZia the better to end putin’s grip on power as well as HIS war in otherwise peaceful Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Hopefully they suffer.

I hope to see food lines in Russia soon. Regime of war criminals and murderors should end in misery.

The Russian regime has absolutely no interest in the climate extremes caused worldwide and in Russia by the Oil and Gas exported. That's also the case for countries that buy from Russia eg India. Those countries don't care that they are funding death and destruction in Ukraine.

Putin: "They don't need 37 lamps!" It's a small World.

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Thank you Steve, stay safe.

When my son worked in Russia his utility bills were extremely low…..his electricity and gas bills per annum were something like a couple of hundred pounds per year and his tax was a fraction of the UK.

Will reduction in oil revenue in Russia lead to a fall in GDP rather than the 1.7% rise? The 40% rise in utilities suggests an exceptionally large rise beyond the 12% electricity rise, in which utilities? No mention of the economic impact of the war in Ukraine though.

Russia, within OPEC+, was also pushing for an increase of oil production. So they themself can be "blamed" for the reduced oil price, not just Saudi.