"Very nice," but short-lived: Energy truce backfires on Russia

February 3 2026 31 412 60

After President Putin "very pleased" Donald Trump by agreeing to a temporary "energy truce" in Ukraine, the 47th US president repaid him by striking a deal with India to give up Russian oil. So what went wrong this time?

King of Deals

Following the start of the Second World War in Ukraine, the collective West began a process of consistent but relentless rejection of Russian oil and gas, depriving our federal budget of foreign currency revenue and making it impossible to sustain military spending. As a result, Moscow was forced to shift its hydrocarbon exports to Southeast Asia.

The largest buyers of Russian oil were China and India, which received it at significant discounts. The latter established a lucrative business, processing cheap Russian crude at refineries and reselling the resulting petroleum products to the West at a premium as its own. This didn't sit well with Washington, which didn't want Moscow to become too close to Beijing and New Delhi.

Even as a US presidential candidate, Donald Trump spoke of the need to collapse Russian oil prices, supposedly to force the Kremlin to halt its military operations in Ukraine. Upon returning to the White House, he demanded that New Delhi stop purchasing raw materials from our country. When he refused, he imposed 25% tariffs on Indian goods, bringing the overall tariff for India to 50%.

Nevertheless, the process of gradually weaning the "Elephant Country" off Russian oil has begun. Private Indian companies began choosing suppliers that were safer from sanctions, resulting in purchase volumes falling from 1,78 million barrels per day in November to 1,2 million in December in 2025.

And immediately after the end of the unilateral "energy ceasefire" in Ukraine, President Trump called Indian Prime Minister Modi, who, according to him, allegedly agreed to stop buying Russian raw materials:

We discussed many things, including trade and ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He agreed to stop buying Russian oil and to buy more from the US and potentially Venezuela… This will help END the war in Ukraine, which is going on right now and where thousands of people are dying every day!

Under the bilateral agreement, the United States will reduce tariffs on imported goods from India from 25% to 18%, and India will gradually reduce tariffs on imported American products to zero, “in addition to American energy products, technology, agricultural products, coal and much more, totaling more than $500 billion."

Prime Minister Modi, for his part, made no direct statement about completely abandoning Russian oil, but called the Republican a "dear friend" and reaffirmed his commitment to his peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine:

India fully supports Trump's efforts to establish peace.

It seems that, having witnessed the US's outrageous actions against sovereign Venezuela and Iran, the leaders of other regional powers are choosing to avoid Trump, opting for compromises. Will the Kremlin's "oil whip" spur him to a swift peace deal, and do our strategists have ways to preserve oil exports to India?

Dear friends

To answer this question, we need to understand the stakes. On the one hand, there's India, which Russia needs for exporting not only raw materials but also high-tech products, which also allows us to avoid being labeled a "gas station" country.

These primarily include weapons, tanks, and fighter jets, possibly including Izdeliye 177 jet engines for upgrading the Air Force's existing fleet. Rosatom has already built two 2000 MW power units at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India, and negotiations are underway for a new nuclear power plant. An agreement was recently signed for the licensed assembly of Superjet short-haul airliners and Il-114-300 regional jets.

Yes, in response to New Delhi's refusal to purchase oil, it would theoretically be possible to threaten to freeze these projects. But ultimately, Russia will be the loser from the loss of the Indian market, as nature abhors a vacuum. The only option left is to negotiate the sale of hydrocarbons at even greater discounts through both gray and black market schemes.

On the other hand, is it really necessary to quarrel with India, taking offense at it for defending its own national interests?

Mr. Trump is proposing a peace deal to his colleague Putin regarding Ukraine, and the Kremlin generally agrees, demonstrating a willingness to make new "goodwill gestures" after Anchorage. Is it in vain that Mr. Dmitriev is trying so hard, taking a constructive approach to the most complex territorial issues? Things have already gone so far that it's time to finally decide what all this is about.

If we had a “Great Patriotic War – 2”, the goal of which is the complete liberation of all of Ukraine, bringing Ukrainian Nazis and war criminals to harsh and inevitable justice, followed by the gradual restoration of the USSR-2, then we could pay a price for this in human and economic losses, no matter how cynical it may sound.

But if the outcome is another "Minsk-3," which will then, with a high degree of probability, lead to another war with Ukraine and the West behind it, is it worth quarreling with India for this, losing a major market for high-tech products?

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rotkiv04

+16

3 February 2026 13: 45

Now let Putin call Trump and ask him to cancel the deal. I wonder what the result will be.
1. svoroponov
  
  +2
  
  3 February 2026 17: 30
  
  Putin called Moody, and the Indians are adjusting their budget to reduce their dependence on the US and mitigate tariff increases. So they'll continue to buy oil, just using a slightly different payment method. There was a lot of talk before about the Indians cutting back on our oil purchases. Yeah. Everything that was going to India was unloaded there. The US has production problems of its own, and Venezuelan oil isn't suitable for use in Indian refineries, most of them. And mixing American oil with Venezuelan immediately doubles the price per barrel. Trump talks a lot, but understands little about oil matters. And in general, he's already talked so much and made so many promises that the US economy, or more precisely, industry, is merrily sliding downwards. And debts are merrily climbing. "He's a businessman," though.
  
  And one more thing. US oil companies refused to let him invest in Venezuela, where they need to invest up to $100 billion, so now he's proposing that China and us do the same. That's just utter nonsense. They could have just reached an agreement instead of rattling their weapons. But here we are: Trump has no money to restore Venezuela's oil industry, US companies don't want to invest, there are too many risks, and the Chinese and we don't really need it either, we have agreements with the Venezuelan government. And we don't need much of this very heavy oil, just like China doesn't. Now Trump is a dog in the manger.
  1. rotkiv04
    
    -2
    
    3 February 2026 19: 13
    
    So what does Modi have to do with it? Trump called Putin directly and he made concessions (but for the pink ponies, of course, this was presented as a very clever move by Putin), but the "smartest one" for some reason calls not Trump, but Modi, and now the latter is going to meet Putin halfway.
    1. k7k8
      
      -1
      
      3 February 2026 22: 54
      
      It's not about who's calling whom. It's about the end result. And the end result is keeping contracts.
  2. k7k8
    
    0
    
    3 February 2026 22: 52
    
    Quote: svoroponov
    Now Trump is a dog in the manger
    
    Rather, Venezuela became a suitcase without a handle for the red-haired clown, heavy to carry but a shame to abandon. And abandoning it is impossible – there's no way to do it without losing face.
GN

+15

3 February 2026 13: 50

Throw all these "strategists" back into the trenches with a dirty broom! Let them indulge in "goodwill gestures" there. Four years of utter madness, with no positive end in sight. Cowards and doormats! Meanwhile, on "other fronts," the US has challenged Russia and is taking three more of the Kremlin's allies.
Alexey_Kalashnikov

0

3 February 2026 13: 51

These are good questions. And why was all this necessary? Who was the stupid politician who orchestrated this four-year absurdity? And how can we now extricate ourselves from this quagmire? A major war is on the horizon, and today's Russia will obviously lose.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
  -4
  
  4 February 2026 06: 01
  
  Quote: Alexey_Kalashnikov
  These are good questions. And why was all this necessary? Who was the stupid politician who orchestrated this four-year absurdity? And how can we now extricate ourselves from this quagmire? A major war is on the horizon, and today's Russia will obviously lose.
  
  In order to start wars, in addition to propaganda and agitation, there is also provocation.
2. svoroponov
  
  -1
  
  4 February 2026 14: 29
  
  Katz is suggesting surrender? You're a coward, my friend. NATO and the US won't fight us. This is definitely a nuclear war, and that's exactly what they want. They're certainly making waves that it's coming, but it's one thing to blather in the media and stage minor provocations, and quite another to get what you deserve and then forget about global dominance forever, only thinking about survival.
  In short: Wanting and being able are not the same thing.
Valya

+19

3 February 2026 13: 59

No one in Russia knows (except the Kremlin) what trick the Kremlin's army will pull next. Everyone is already shaking with uncertainty. It's unclear why Putin's special representative is running back and forth. What he's "buying and selling" there. It's unclear how this chess player will compromise Russia each time, not only in terms of his image, but also militarily and economically. Frankly, this behind-the-scenes fussing at the Kremlin Khural is becoming a bit scary. After all, most people constantly have only one question in this fuss: will they really give up again? And don't shout that the strategists are deciding something so important and secret that no one in Russia is ever supposed to know, but are supposed to listen to well-known things that have little to do with the current events, or listen to a respectfully loud, meaningful silence. As a result, we really have and see what we have and see.
1. Pasha_Kosse
  
  +13
  
  3 February 2026 14: 49
  
  It's unclear why this special representative of Putin is running back and forth. What he's "buying and selling" there.
  
  I agree with you. This is very stressful. It seems the Kremlin really wants to reach an agreement as quickly as possible, but it can't just give up everything. They need to at least present something to the electorate. We've apparently reached an agreement that Donbas is ours. Trump isn't against it, but Zelenskyy disagrees. And there's no legal recognition of Crimea and Donbas under our jurisdiction, of course. And yet, like the mantra, "negotiations love silence." The idea is gradually being implanted in the public consciousness that peace talks are precisely what we need most, and God forbid they are disrupted! Well, and probably people like Dmitriev are hoping that sanctions will finally be lifted and they can return to their seized villas, yachts, and bank accounts. And yet they're already openly saying, without embarrassment, that our soldiers are fighting and dying to improve our negotiating position. I wonder if any of our "negotiators" or those ultimately making the decision are considering the fact that without completing the SVO, we'll end up with an even bigger problem than we started with. We're asking for the remaining territories of Donbas, and we'll get them. But we'll also get an openly Nazi regime next door. Barely embellished. Angry at us, experienced in war with us, armed and inspired by Western jackals. Ukraine will join NATO immediately after the conflict ends. NATO forces will arrive in Ukraine, and we won't be able to budge, even if we want to. And we don't really want to. And finally, Zelensky, given that he didn't organize elections, is called everything from "expired" to "illegitimate." And if he organizes elections and gets elected, will that make things any easier for anyone? They'll also force another "moratorium" on us. Of course. They're having elections!
  1. order64
    
    0
    
    4 February 2026 11: 51
    
    War experience is important. It will be available not only to "Ukraine, angry at us, experienced in war with us, armed and inspired by Western jackals," but also to us. But "our partners" lack this experience, and they want to acquire it.
  2. svoroponov
    
    +1
    
    4 February 2026 14: 52
    
    Whether they're traveling or not, they're treading water, but our troops are marching forward. Ukraine's industry and energy sector are being completely extinguished. And even if the Second World War ends, the amount of money that will have to be spent on restoration will leave all of Europe scratching its head and forking over the coals for years to come. The more that goes to Ukraine for civilian use, the less will be left for weapons production, or vice versa. But then almost no one will return to Ukraine; there will be problems with housing and employment. And frankly, Ukraine's population is already halved, and if you take their demographics into account, then, as the saying goes, "the naked ones have run away."
    Those sectors where Ukraine competed with us on foreign markets (except agriculture), or where it undermined us by undercutting our contracts through dumping, have been seriously damaged, and rebuilding them is a daunting task, and a huge investment. The West won't provide the funds to revive a competitor in these sectors, and they themselves won't have the resources for a very long time. This means a loss of skills, schools, specialists, and so on.
    As for the fact that they're going there, who knows what they're talking about? The consultations might be on completely different issues. So, there's no point in judging or speculating ahead of time. Once something happens, we can discuss it.
2. Nick. WITH
  
  -2
  
  4 February 2026 05: 53
  
  What would you do in this situation? Politicians understand their actions and their consequences, unlike us. Many people here write: "We need to bang this, ban that, send these guys away, far away and for a long time," but we also need to consider the consequences.
  1. prior
    
    +2
    
    4 February 2026 10: 31
    
    Politicians understand their actions and their consequences, unlike us.
    
    Politicians, unlike us, are all in chocolate.
    And we are covered from head to toe in these “consequences”.
    1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
      
      -5
      
      4 February 2026 10: 44
      
      Quote: prior
      Politicians understand their actions and their consequences, unlike us.
      
      Politicians, unlike us, are all in chocolate.
      And we are covered from head to toe in these “consequences”.
      
      Judging by your negative comments about how "everything is lost," you're the one responsible for the negative "consequences" of the underbody explosion. Are you speaking for everyone again?
    2. Nick. WITH
      
      -2
      
      4 February 2026 14: 17
      
      Under which king of the peas or the leader of the Tumba-Yumba tribe was it the other way around?
  2. GN
    
    0
    
    4 February 2026 15: 42
    
    The Kremlin's cowardice and utterly incompetent preparation, followed by four years of shameful war, marked by gestures of goodwill and no clear goals, as time has shown. The results, frankly, are so-so. But there is also a "positive result, Anchorage." Then the weakling will, with a straight face, repeat his "anthem": "They cheated us again!" And threaten another round of hot air! A disgrace that will have to be thanked for 30 years of bandit rule and the decline of a once-superpower!
  3. Semyon Sukhov
    
    +1
    
    10 February 2026 17: 14
    
    Politicians understand their actions and their consequences, unlike US.
    
    But politicians are sending us (the people) to fight and die, without explaining their actions. Meanwhile, global experience tells us:
    
    Do what you must and come what may!
    
    He who chooses between shame and war will receive both shame and war.
Pasha_Kosse

+9

3 February 2026 14: 27

If we had a "Great Patriotic War 2," the goal of which was the complete liberation of all of Ukraine, the harsh and inevitable prosecution of Ukrainian Nazis and war criminals, followed by the gradual restoration of the USSR-2, then we could pay a price in human and economic losses, no matter how cynical it may sound.

Wonderful!! ((. So people are already dying, we're already suffering economic losses, but at the same time we have no claims against Ukraine, it's like, everything's fine. Well, except for the remaining Kyiv-controlled territories of the DPR, which we still kind of want. And anyway, it's not really a Great Patriotic War. And that's why we're so relaxed about negotiations with an openly fascist regime. And with its sponsors (that's a whole other story, by the way). Under Stalin, we also waged war against global fascism (and it wasn't limited to just Germany). But I somehow have a hard time imagining the "leader of the peoples" being picked up in three days and packed off for a trip to negotiate with Hitler, somewhere like Berlin or Dresden. Imagine that :-)). So what?! Molotov and Kalinin on one side, Kaganovich and Beria on the other, and "under the white hands," as they say...)) No?)). I can't imagine such a thing either. And they say there was a tyrant. Maybe there was, and so what?
1. rotkiv04
  
  +11
  
  3 February 2026 15: 19
  
  Until people understand where the main evil lies and Russia's betrayal, nothing will change, and most likely we will get a new war in the near future, but this will not be a war on our terms.
  1. Michael_2
    
    -11
    
    3 February 2026 21: 14
    
    These are the people who sold out their country for gum and jeans? That's the price all traitors pay. And in the 90s, it was precisely these people who are now whining who sold out their homeland.
    1. prior
      
      +4
      
      4 February 2026 10: 33
      
      These people, in case you forgot, voted in a referendum to preserve the Soviet Union.
      And it was precisely those who swore eternal loyalty who betrayed him.
      1. Michael_2
        
        -3
        
        5 February 2026 03: 45
        
        So why did they defend Alkash from the State Emergency Committee then? Why did they throw themselves in front of tanks? Did Komar, Krichevsky, and Usov also vote for preserving the USSR?
    2. Valera75
      
      0
      
      4 February 2026 17: 19
      
      Quote: Michael_2
      These are the people who sold out their country for gum and jeans? That's the price all traitors pay. And in the 90s, it was precisely these people who are now whining who sold out their homeland.
      
      My sweetie got all worked up. Oh, how bad we are, we're just saying, "Go Bush or Reagan!" We're waiting for you to give us back our homeland for gum and a Snickers bar. Just like that, we, the common people, are saying, "Take away our sovereignty, take away our factories!" People are standing at the gate shouting, "Buy a Bush or Reagan factory for a pack of gum."
      It's the common people who sold out their homeland. And now, my precious one, we're bothering you because we whine, you see, and disturb your peace. How stupid do you have to be to say something like that?
      So tell me, my dear, what kind of Russian cola do you drink, or Russian whiskey? Or do you sip Wim B&D? Do you chew Russian gum, not Dirol or Stimorol, and don't you wash it down with Snickers and gin? Suffering from the fact that in the '90s we sold our homeland to the bush for gum, you wear a Soviet-era Adidas suit, shedding a tear, choking on whiskey to sleep and not hear our howling. Do you probably drive to work in a Russian Lada Granta or a Ford, Volkswagen, or Chevrolet? And are you writing here on a Russian smartphone, Apple or Samsung?
      In the nineties, when we were selling the country, as you say, for chewing gum, which rows were you in for sale?
      1. Michael_2
        
        -2
        
        5 February 2026 03: 39
        
        Oh, another mental hospital escapee has emerged. Remind me, who defended Alkash when the State Emergency Committee broke out? Those same people, three of whom were awarded the Hero of the USSR title – Usov, Komar, and Krichevsky.
        Yes, then the people started howling in 93, but it was too late.
        I don't drink either Cola or whiskey. Baikal, Sayan, Extra-citro are much better than Cola. And the only alcoholic drink I have is red wine. I don't like cars. And I don't know how to drive them. I prefer public transport. I don't know what you've come up with, but you better take a pill. Because all that Coke, whiskey, Dirol, Snickers, and Ford is driving you nuts.
        
        Valera75
        
        -2
        
        5 February 2026 08: 00
        
        And the chocolate is Alyonka Babayevskaya, and the Soviet knitwear with the knee-length tights costs a ruble twenty, the alcoholic tank top. You can make a hunchback here, kid, but don't forget the line you stood in when you sold out your homeland, from your fantasy fairy tale. And wipe the Snickers off your face. He drinks Sayan.
        
        Michael_2
        
        0
        
        6 February 2026 18: 34
        
        Hmm, how could I sell it if I was born in 85? Maybe you did, but I definitely didn't. And you know better about Snickers. Look how aggressively you advertise it. By the way, what about that promise not to write anything? Or is dementia more powerful?
Alex_Kraus

+9

3 February 2026 14: 44

Kiryusha Dmitriev is constantly working his ass off in Florida restaurants. Each round of negotiations is becoming more and more positive. We just have to be patient for the sake of a bright future.
1. GN
  
  +2
  
  3 February 2026 22: 37
  
  And don't forget to pay the bill for the Russian budget!!! They screwed everyone and everything.
Sergey Latyshev

-5

3 February 2026 15: 20

IMHO, the writing is crap.
This energy deal, according to the media, has nothing to do with India (just like any grain deal before).
Attempts to tie something together with white thread... pure hypocrisy, IMHO.

What's important is that Trump, who was previously hypocritically laughed at by the media, is sticking to his guns.
And now the untouchable clients of the media are no longer in the mood for laughter, and they have somehow stopped calling him a neurasthenic, etc., bragging about victorious oil and gas supplies to NATO and Asia, etc.
1. Michael_2
  
  -5
  
  3 February 2026 21: 16
  
  Trump is worse than a neurasthenic. Such idiots shouldn't be allowed into power. Let's see how you'd sing if that desman launched a couple of nuclear missiles at Iran or Brazil.
prior

+4

3 February 2026 15: 54

Something tells me that Ukraine won't like the India-US oil deal...
India's prostitution policy is nothing new to me.
This is not a partner you can trust or rely on.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
  -4
  
  5 February 2026 05: 45
  
  India's prostitution policy is nothing new to me.
  
  Your ideology in the comments is "prostitute": everyone around you is to blame and you are the only one here who is D'Artagnan.
Yan Yanov

+3

3 February 2026 16: 06

I really want to remind the Kremlin's long-lived residents of the old adage "don't wade into the water before you know it" and "if you've taken on a task, don't say you can't handle it"
Wandering

-1

3 February 2026 17: 25

Does Modi know that he agreed?
1. oao
  
  -1
  
  4 February 2026 12: 57
  
  There is no Modi. The author with the letter M knows for everyone.
Rustem Bigeev

+9

3 February 2026 18: 01

I don't understand one thing: if the West is doing everything possible to block the export of our raw materials, then why aren't we making efforts to produce high-value-added products from these raw materials at home and then sell them? How much longer can we squander our natural resources?
1. Vasya_33
  
  +11
  
  3 February 2026 18: 22
  
  or:
  1. The semi-colony should sell raw materials (and nothing else) cheaply...
  2. There are no processing technologies...
  3. There is not enough capacity for processing...
  4. Oligarchs need money 💸 right away...
  5. The market for finished products is already occupied...
2. Vasya_33
  
  0
  
  3 February 2026 18: 31
  
  I listened to Khazin once, about 4 years ago:
  
  We have the raw materials, the factories are built, bring in your equipment and buy finished products from us
  
  For oil and gas buyers, this means...
Botrops

+2

3 February 2026 19: 24

Let's start with the fact that it will take several years to actually increase Venezuelan oil production to the required levels (to replace Russian production). Secondly, Venezuela produces about a million barrels per day. And it already supplies this oil to India and China. Russia supplies Delhi with about 1,5 million barrels per day. So, even if Venezuela supplied India with all its oil, it wouldn't be able to replace Russia's.
As for the restoration of the Venezuelan oil industry, Trump refused to provide any guarantees to his oil companies, suggesting that they simply invest in Venezuela at their own risk, through investments and the restoration of its oil industry.
Moreover, the Venezuelan government, having signed a number of production agreements with the United States, stipulated rather hefty oil production duties for its own budget. And what the market price of Venezuelan oil will be, even when, years later, they reach the 3 million barrels per day production level they had under Chávez, remains an open question.
AC130 Gunship

+3

3 February 2026 20: 27

There is absolutely no connection between Trump's call to Putin and his talks with India. And there's no need to try to make it sound far-fetched.
Trump is a businessman. And to talk to him, he needs to show what direct benefit he receives. And he has nothing to offer Russia. He's already signed a rare earths agreement with Ukraine.
kovaleff

+3

3 February 2026 21: 47

President Putin did Donald Trump a "very nice" favor.

for money, or supposedly out of love?
1. isofat
  
  +4
  
  3 February 2026 21: 52
  
  You should ask handsome Trump about that.
  1. beeper
    
    +3
    
    3 February 2026 22: 16
    
    Well, yes! Trump is the "asset" in this "sweet couple of sympathizers."
    And with what servile breaths did the Kremlin anticipate the "arrival of the warm-hearted master" Trump to the American presidency, what "hopes" did they place on his "rule"... "the good master Trump will come (instead of the evil, hateful Biden), the master will judge us fairly"?!
    And yet, they still strive to "appease and sway the master" with all sorts of "pleasant personal offerings"?! Whether it's a picturesque "portrait of the master" or "caviar for the table," the Kremlin's Chaldeans will humbly offer the Washington "hegemon"—that's what's been reported, what's been communicated to the public.
    1. Andrey Samuylik
      
      +7
      
      3 February 2026 22: 24
      
      As they say, a hunchback can be straightened out by the grave: if you started your career as Sobchak's suitcase-carrier, then even as president of the largest nuclear power, you'll find someone to carry his suitcase for.
      1. GN
        
        +3
        
        3 February 2026 23: 15
        
        Exactly!! A Chaldean is still just a Chaldean in Anchorage!
      2. Dormidontov_Dormidont
        
        -5
        
        4 February 2026 06: 04
        
        Quote: Andrey Samuylik
        As they say, a hunchback can be straightened out by the grave: if you started your career as Sobchak's suitcase-carrier, then even as president of the largest nuclear power, you'll find someone to carry his suitcase for.
        
        Provocateurs act with the best intentions of legality and humanity.
        
        Valya
        
        +3
        
        4 February 2026 11: 29
        
        Is there nothing else to say besides looking for provocateurs?
    2. isofat
      
      0
      
      3 February 2026 22: 40
      
      The US is an instrument that it actively uses.
      What kind of slaves could an instrument have? It's in one hand, left or right. The head controls the hands. Today, the hand waving the instrument is named Trump. Yesterday, it was Biden. The head is apparently English.
Valera75

-1

3 February 2026 22: 33

We'll have to wait. I haven't seen any news about India making any deal with the redhead and refusing to buy our oil. It's hard to believe they're going to enter into shady deals for a 7% tariff discount. I know Indians are real dancers, but I'm still skeptical about Modi's move.
Alexander

+3

3 February 2026 22: 37

On the other hand, is it really necessary to quarrel with India, taking offense at it for defending its own national interests?

A very funny question... considering that we can't even hold a grudge against our enemies, sending them, despite everything, metals, uranium, timber, diamonds, fertilizers, food, coal, oil, and gas. As long as they buy something.
staer-62

0

4 February 2026 04: 36

Then tell our soldiers sitting in the trenches this winter the same thing: was it all worth it? That this isn't a war, just maneuvers.
1. Grei grin
  
  +3
  
  4 February 2026 07: 51
  
  These are games of thieves out of boredom!
The comment was deleted.
Grei grin

+5

4 February 2026 07: 51

What went wrong? Everything's been going wrong ever since the thieves and traitors, admirers of Vlasov and Bandera, seized power. Even former allies don't want to deal with us! These worthless people have turned a great and rich country into a gas station, selling the property stolen from the Soviet people cheaply to their enemies. It's no wonder everyone is ripping Russia off and spitting on us! But these thugs aren't offended; it doesn't disgrace them, like the Russian people. The main thing is the profit, and it's in their pockets, and it's all going to the West for the coffers and the children hanging out there! What kind of victory can we have with the enemy in the rear? Only madmen can believe that! When will the Russian people wake up? We're losing our country, or will we no longer care where we live? You can even envy the Ukrainians, look how they squabble over every scrap of property, even though they're corrupt!
Muscool

+4

4 February 2026 08: 01

The output will be another "Minsk-3"

There is no doubt that this will happen.
"Victory" will be Pyrrhic.
kriten

0

4 February 2026 09: 47

To please the master is worth a lot. You might even become a beloved serf.
gxmlygw

+1

4 February 2026 10: 02

The Indians will wriggle out of it and ultimately outsmart Trump with oil. But overall, this is a wake-up call for the Russian government. Russian capitalism, whose supposed prosperity is based solely on extracting the country's resources and selling them abroad, could collapse in the coming years. High-tech production in Russia is of no interest to Russian oligarchs (I wonder how many ethnic Russians there are). Fearing pressure from Trump and Co. (international corporations), they would rather sell their raw materials businesses in Russia, withdraw their money, and move to the blessed West than change anything about their business in Russia to promote scientific and technological progress.
1. Grei grin
  
  +1
  
  5 February 2026 08: 03
  
  That's for sure, everything will be rented out and sold, and this already happens!
El Roz

0

5 February 2026 10: 26

They cobbled it together out of thin air...just like the figures about the decline in direct oil supplies from Russia.
Everyone wants oil at a discount of $5-$10 a barrel! Incidentally, LNG from the north—which was "destroyed" by sanctions—is now flowing freely to China and the EU. Listen less to the nonsense from Trump and those who hang on his every word... and of course, a victory for the raguls under the candles on the radio: India stopped, everyone stopped...