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Russian Profits BOOM As Sanctions Backfire On West | Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

2022-08-30 News & Politics
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Krystal and Saagar point out how Russian corporate profits spiked and their economy mitigated western sanctions as energy prices jump in the west To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E005CD6DBFF6D47 Freddy Brewster: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-08-12/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-political-donations Opening: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@firefighter0585 2022-08-30

Remember when the Germans laughed out loud at Trump when he warned them about depending on Russia for their energy? Pepperidge farm remembers.

548 50 replies
@laker6943 2022-08-31

Germany closed down about a dozen nuclear power plants so they could “go green “. How’s that working out?

74 11 replies
@scottm4975 2022-08-30

man who could've predicted this would happen? So unfortunate

69 13 replies
@PepeToTheMooon 2022-08-30

What did they think would happen??

66 3 replies
@jaywiscon3145 2022-08-30

No sympathy for the self-righteous European Union members, especially Germany. Tell them to wrap themselves in blankets and don't go to work this winter. That will show the Russians! Re-fighting the Vietnam war and the Afghanistan war but in Europe. Not a good idea.

56 17 replies
@hobb125 2022-08-30

Soooo. Technically we are still getting oil from Russia. You can't make this stuff up.

33 6 replies
@albatross5466 2022-08-30

Germany shut down all their nuclear power plants because they wanted to be more environmentally friendly with natural gas. Who told them that was a good idea on any front?

29 14 replies
@GallantFox 2022-08-30

Actively tearing down all your nuclear plants and further integrating yourselves to a foreign power for gas. I’m no geopolitical expert, but this sounds kinda dumb

19 2 replies
@LivingWithCognitiveDissonance 2022-08-30

Didn't EVERY Multinational Oil and Energy Company in the world just make record profits?

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@s_a_n_e 2022-08-30

shocking turn of events i have never been so surprised

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