Scandinavian Outlook
@oelier
Interested in international politics and the world in general. I’m a liberal conservative, or as they say in the US a flaming socialist borderline communist.
Intressant att se hur stor dominoeffekt det blir av detta. Wildberries -> Företag -> Bank -> Skatter ... Läste att Wildberries står för några % av ryssk GDP, så
Ah, found 2025 data at the worldbank.org Threw in Ukraine too. The Russian data looks wildly optimistic.
2024 Russia was ahead for GDP per capita. 2026 not so much I assume, anyone got reliable numbers for Russia?
the rich may profit -in the short run. But eventually even they will suffer discomfort.
We all know what DJT will do Slimming the US status as a world superpower!
To be clear, this is bad news for the seal. The beach is not safe. Photo credit: www.flickr.com/photos/delno...
Chelyabinsk is 2100 km from Kyiv. Well within range if there are any strategic targets. Anyway, I hope he's not bringing his family. FAFO.
Based on the IMF data, one can reset the baseline to year 2000 Now we can see that the small differences add up. 2024 the US is at 165,4 Sweden 155,7 UK at 143,5 France 134,5 Germany 127,7
That the US economy is pulling ahead is something that is publicly known. The push to embrace low taxation of wealth and have lax regulation of AI is real. But looking at the statistics, how does it measure up?
Even CNN dares calling him out (or the Chyron guy did) *pic credit someone else here on Bsky, will look for you!
Ah, thanks. Now RU history makes so much more sense. I know Swedish diplomats had a hard time in Russia back in the days. Impossible to negotiate with that kind of backdrop! Think if you had a country leader stating that they've "won the war" in spite of evidence today? That would be weird.
Its going to be filled to the brim, like the office space FIFA rented in the Trump Tower.
The Kiel institute tracks commitments to Ukraine, both defense and civilian. Note that the latest numbers bring Germany close to US aid due to the snooze the current regime put on aid. Also note that some smaller economies match aid from the larger countries in size. Read the graph for add info!
I am trying to understand the NWF. Asked AI to make me a graph showing the liquid assets, stranded/sanctioned assets and the illiquid assets (reinvestments in Russia) -shocked me to see the amount of what I assume is stranded assets in RU.
Drastic pictures! And just to make it more poignant, as far as I understand the annual rainfall is trending down?
People tend to omit energy for transport. If we look at the total energy used by the EU this graph is useful.
I found this map helpful. Quite a few bases to chose from, but I note that there are no airbases in Poland and Romania on this map -so it might be outdated.
IOC have learned from 1936. Today they would just disqualify Jesse Owens for disrespecting the hosts. #ioc
The Kiel institute puts DKs contribution slightly higher at € 9,6B and 0,88B military/financial-humanitarian aid -excluding EU contribution. #GoDenmark !
The Stock is at 431 with analysts ranging target price from 600 to 34 (sic!)