Chuckanut
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
One thing seems certain. If Putin sells at $60 - he's still making money - and a lot of it - which he seems to need right now. YMMV
He needs it. Keep in mind the Russian economy is the about the same size as Italy and South Korea. IOW, while it is a big economy on a world wide scale, it's not so big that the country can fight a sustained war with little consequences for the public.
Keep in mind that Russian has to spread its wealth over more people than countries with similar sized economies. Same size pie, but many more mouths to feed.
Russian - 146 million
Italy - 62 million
S. Korea- 51 million
One wonders if Russian is fighting for a Pyrrhic victory at best.
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