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Last Checked Feb. 24, 2022

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu

This article came out last year. Russia’s economy was not doing well. Putin’s approval was waning. He thinks invading Ukraine will help him. It will not. Like the Soviet Union, the economy is Russia’s Achilles heal. Putin just exposed and magnified it. https://t.co/79Y8lj0dgf — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 24, 2022 Deleted after 2 hours Just a Typo

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The Soviet Union collapsed not because it lacked military might, but because of its economic weakness. Russia is in a similar position. Russia’s GDP is half of California’s. Putin put in austerity measures. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will further weaken Russia’s economy. — PolitiTweet.org

Financial Times @FinancialTimes

The scale of the shock to markets suggests that investors had expected the Russian president to back down in his pl… https://t.co/JNpWSe6XOY

Posted Feb. 24, 2022

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu

This article came out last year. Russia’s economy was not doing well. Putin’s approval was waning. He thinks invading Ukraine will help him. It will not. Like the Soviet Union, the economy is Russia’s Achilles heel. Putin just exposed and magnified it. https://t.co/79Y8lj0dgf — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 24, 2022

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