Billions in Russian oil sale profits are stuck in Indian banks, marking a blow to President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to stop using the U.S. dollar for trade.

Commodities such as oil, gold and wheat are typically traded around the globe in U.S. dollars, the world’s reserve currency.

However Russia’s financial system was essentially isolated by Western sanctions imposed after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, making his country unable to make transactions in greenbacks, thus limiting trade.

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    You think everything goes according to the plan on Russian side? This “special operation” is the largest clisterfuck imaginable for them.

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      You only think that getting your defensive line breached and continuing to lose ground 565 days into your 3 day offensive is bad if you’re in a propaganda bubble.

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        No no, it’s all part of Putin’s 4D-chess masterplan!

        [Snorts copium]

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        getting your defensive line breached and continuing to lose ground

        Oh dear. And you’re accusing others of being in a propaganda bubble.

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          defensive line breached

          propaganda

          You do have a point. It’s actually the second defensive line breached now.

          (If you click on the link, hit the little castle icon to show the defensive fortifications.)

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            You can read in more detail about that infinitesimal advance here.

            Ukraine’s military said on Monday that its forces had retaken the southern village of Robotyne, a tactical victory that underlines the immense challenge Kyiv’s counteroffensive faces in punching through deep and dense Russian defenses.

            The Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in early June has advanced only a few miles southward to reach Robotyne, in intense fighting with heavy casualties and equipment losses, and a similar distance on another axis to the east. The ultimate target of the thrust to Robotyne is the city of Melitopol, about 45 miles farther south, and more layers of Russian defenses lie in the way.

            This is the topographic map. They’ve walked into the lowest lying aread surrounded on all sides by higher ground.

            This is what they got for months of throwing tens of thousands of lives into the meat grinder for burgerland. Bravo!

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              Your map also agrees the first defensive line has been breached. Will you recant your statement that such a claim is propaganda?

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      No. But it seems ya’ll think nothing goes to plan on the Russian side. Which just isn’t true, unless you live in a propaganda bubble.

      Lol.

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            That doesn’t even make sense in context. Is English your second language? I’m happy to change how I phrase things.

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              You’re desperate to move goalposts to fool yourself into thinking you’re right.

              Theme? What? Lol. I never said ‘generally.’ I never referred to ‘trends.’ I was talking about specifics. Specifically, you incorrectly interpreted my comment as ‘everything goes according to russian’s plans.’ Which is asinine. I never insinuated that. Just like with your ‘theme’ argument, you’re making stuff up that’s easier to argue against because you don’t really have a point.

              Look, I’m sorry you’ve fallen for the propaganda. I support Ukraine. I believe they are winning the war. However, that doesn’t mean Russians aren’t doing anything right, which is what everyone here seems to believe.

              If you can’t conceive of how much content is being filtered and censored to garner as much support for the war as possible, I literally can’t help you. You need more life experience.

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                So you actually think there’s not a general theme of things going poorly for Russia?

                There are drones bombing their capital and their currency dropped significantly. International companies are leaving. They’re spending LOADS of money and lives and not really getting very far.

                What part of that sounds like it’s going not poorly, in a general sort of fashion?

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                  I never mentioned what a general theme for russia would or would not be.

                  This is you making up an argument because you need something to argue against, and it can’t be what I’m actually saying.

                  Since you’re going to carry this on forever, you may have the last word.

                  Goodbye, and good luck. lol.

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                    “Russia’s _____ not going according to plan” seems to be the running **theme ** lately.

                    Only if you live in a propaganda bubble.

                    So they said the theme is bad, you said no it isn’t. And now you’re saying you didn’t say that. And does that make you seem like a clear thinker? Someone whose opinion on the matter should be valued?

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                    I just read the whole thread lol, you originally responded “only if you live in a propaganda bubble” to the first comment about things going for Russia being a theme.

                    Sad to say, you’re incorrect in this chain of comments and are clearly just trying to deflect after making an unpopular reply in the first place.

                    Go touch some grass.

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                    I’m not who you’re responding to, but you may wish to check the first comment in the thread again.

                    The first comment says “running theme,” which most people would interpret to mean generally.