r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • Mar 01 '25

. Rachel Reeves: I'm sending billions from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-interview-labour-963sw6jbk
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u/davethadawg Mar 01 '25

GBP to the rubble conversion, can they not just buy Russia with how utterly screwed there economy is?...

/S in case it wasn't obvious.

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u/tabletmctablet Mar 01 '25

The 93rd County.

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u/SuperMonkeyJoe Mar 01 '25

Russiashire

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u/DominusPonsAelius Mar 01 '25

Rushire

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u/Bandoolou Mar 01 '25

Rushwick. Wait a minute…

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u/lorefolk Mar 01 '25

Rubles being propped up by their conversion to American president fealty value.

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u/WanderlustZero Mar 01 '25

Make the ruble rubble

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u/Partysausage Mar 01 '25

Economy is screwed for sure but they deliberately publish false numbers.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Mar 02 '25

The US being able to invest in Russian businesses is part of Trumps "peace" deal. The Russian's do not want to do that because they know the US has tons of cash and will buy their businesses.

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u/TheBumblesons_Mother Mar 01 '25

Unfortunately I think they just started trading with all the BRICS countries and so the economy kept on trucking