RawStory: 'Gloomy' Russian oligarchs think country is in trouble even with Trump win

[Dennis Donovan]

RawStory - 'Gloomy' Russian oligarchs think country is in trouble even with Trump win

Matthew Chapman
November 12, 2024 8:59AM ET



The Russian government has long held that Donald Trump is to their benefit, as it went so far as to interfere on his behalf in the 2016 election, and then enjoyed years of relative friendliness as Vladimir Putin and Trump were together on the world stage. But that doesn't mean Russia's rich and powerful are skipping with joy about his re-election this time around.

According to Bloomberg News, the Russian billionaires colloquially known as "oligarchs" do not expect Trump to lift the sanctions imposed by the West on the Russian economy, and don't believe his promises of peace.

"While they don’t expect a collapse that would force Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine, half a dozen tycoons interviewed by Bloomberg News said Russia’s economy has changed significantly since the fighting started and that makes long-term targets look unreachable," said the report.

Furthermore, with respect to Ukraine, "most doubted the war will end soon, even as Trump has pledged to bring it to a rapid conclusion."

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[ck4829]

1. The Cold War II is on. Reagan failed.

With the Russia-backed Houthis attacking our vessels at sea, GRU trying to blow up our planes in the sky, the Russians hacking critical infrastructure, and Russia poisoning dissidents in NATO countries with novichok and polonium; it has time to realize the Cold War has resurfaced in the form of the Cold War II.

Russian oligarchs realize the Cold War II is happening, when will we?

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I think Trump is going to back out of every conflict we're involved in

...every mutual defense treaty. He probably won't officially pull us out of NATO, but boots-on-the-ground will be redeployed back to base. This will give Putin his biggest win.

[ck4829]

3. Sigh, and that's a problem. We are in a conflict right now.

The Russian army could be killing people in our streets this time next year and if we fight back or even complain about it, I am half-convinced there will be people in this country saying responding to them would be tantamount to causing "world war 3"

[Lovie777]

4. It's hard to believe anything from...

corporate media.

Russia/Musk and the billionaire’s secured shithole along with down ballot wins with lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories.

Why not provide fake positive information again regarding shithole.