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Dr Livci's avatar

Look if you don't want to use the digital rubles you don't have to. The Kremlin will not deprive its citizens of privacy its just that citizens who value privacy more than the well being of central bank share holders will not be able to participate in the economy as fully as before. But there is no compulsion involved here, the Kremlin is simply going to provide positive incentives like being able to legally buy and sell goods. Its obvious that the biggest obstacle to economic growth in Russia is lack of transparency on the part of average citizens who lack foreign bank accounts and make less than 50

billion rubles a year.

The guys fighting on the frontlines in Zaporozhye, Adveeka, Bakhmut etc aren't giving their all every day so that the bottom 97% of Russian wage earners can continue parasiting off the top 3%. Like some anonymous guy on the internet famously said, Russia has only 3 allies, the army, navy, and the shareholders of the central bank and all their friends and respected partners.

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FranzFerdinand's avatar

Really interesting how the real movers and shakers within high finance can always play so much people,and no not only the "normies" but also the oh so awake indy media content creators and consumers,by providing simple dichotomies either left-right or east-west but no matter what happens "trust the scam!"

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