Baldrick,

Lying again I see. Also, Russia had another A50 shot down over Russia by the Ukrainians. I see that a Russian mil blogger who stated that more than 17000 Rotting Russians were killed taking Avdivvka was harassed and needed to shoot himself.

The Losers (Russia) have to lie to their population about their massive losses in Ukraine to prevent riots.

There is zero chance that Navalny killed himself which is why the Russian state won't surrender the body to the family.

Russia's economy is circling the drain and Russia is losing this war.

"Lying again I see. Also, Russia had another A50 shot down over Russia by the Ukrainians."

Well, it's probably not entirely unexpected...
Since the Ukrainian military is running out of men and ammunition the US has to do something right?
Providing intel on the A-50's is probably something they can do including the limited number of long range weapons available to them.
And the sanctions haven't had the desired effect, Russia is still selling it's resources and goods, so they have money to provide lots of jobs and build more planes...

Russia can replace the planes, but Ukraine isn't getting it's territory back, it's losing territory all across the front, and it's going to get worse.

"The Losers (Russia) have to lie to their population about their massive losses in Ukraine to prevent riots."
- Russia losing?
It does not look like Ukraine is winning sorry
Where's their military? I'm confused... it's all gone.
With air defence almost non-existent in many villages, Russia is going to drop FAB 1500's on them, then hit the with TOS heavy flamethrowers and then walk in and mop up the mess, hopefully not too many conscripted women.

"There is zero chance that Navalny killed himself which is why the Russian state won't surrender the body to the family."
- Have you heard what his mums been saying?
She said Yulia Navalnaya hadn't visited him for 2 years.
- but she visits him a day before he dies with 'medicine' and gifts (novichok) and then heads straight to the Munich Security Conference standing by ready to give her speech. And wtf was she doing meeting with Biden a few days later?
- Either Navalny willfully took one for the cause, since he was jailed for like 20+ years anyway, and had no more use to the West, or she was the one who likely poisoned him.
This is the likely scenario in my opinion.
There was no reason for Putin to get rid of him.
They're whingeing about returning the body, because they know exactly what they will find, because they gave it to him.

They will try to exploit Navalny's death every way possible, and in that, was the motive to get rid of him.

Putin wasn't risking anything in leaving him to rot in Siberia for the next 20+ years.
Navalny was discredited in Russia already and had no political future.

Baldrick,

Firstly another Su34 bites the dust in Kherson ;)

"They will try to exploit Navalny's death in every way possible, and in that, was the motive to get rid of him."

This has to be the stupidest post you have ever made. I suggest you read what you write before posting. However, thanks for admitting that Navalny was murdered by Putin (who is becoming more like Stalin every day)

Finally, your complete ignorance of economics or History is clear in your posts.

The reason the Soviet Union collapsed was because the government spent so much on the military until the economy collapsed, much like what Russia is doing now. Russia is now running a war economy with 40% of its budget spent on the war with Ukraine.

Here are some stats:

It costs $35 to $45 to extract a barrel of oil in Russia depending on location. The sale price is capped at $60. The net revenue from oil and gas has dropped by nearly 70% from 2021. Revenue from most other exports has also dropped as Russia has to sell it at a discount.

The only export getting near to the full price is gold which as a reserve, Russia has flogged off most of its stocks to pay for the war.

Russia has been heavily dipping into its "wealth fund" which is nearly exhausted. 2023 saw Russia running massive deficits mostly due to the massive cost of the war to Russia and the huge casualties they are suffering.

Banks in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and China are now refusing to deal with Russia due to the risks of secondary sanctions.

"This has to be the stupidest post you have ever made. I suggest you read what you write before posting. However, thanks for admitting that Navalny was murdered by Putin."
- Only because you can't comprehend cui bono or occum's razor and I never admitted Putin killed him.

I see Ukraine is losing Robotyne.
There goes their one counter-offensive accomplishment.

I needed a good laugh.

Russian DRONE chases German FM Baerbock motorcade, scares her to death, runs with tail between legs.
http://youtu.be/fsowbXzfJ0Y