They killed the elites, political dissidents, and religious leaders. Then they forced farmers to smelt their tools for building metal. Next, they parceled small amounts of farmlands to uneducated and underprepared workers while demanding an unattainable yield relinquished to the state.
The Russian Revolution is fascinating.
Yeah, cool, I'll just keep a cow in my backyard then.
Societies have always relied on trading food and other items. The marketplace has been the center of towns for thousands of years. The problem is globalization - they should be getting grain from their countrymen, not from foreigners.
The Russian state is set to fail to pay foreign bondholders a coupon due on a bond for the first time since 1998.
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Also, the default in 1998 was caused by inflation and other factors, not the inability to deliver cash-in-hand.
It has to do with 'just in time' manufacturing. This article explains it better than I can https://www.ft.com/content/8fd09156-434c-45c6-8d26-3765b98f1980
They want to appeal to the youths but absolutely don't know how the internet works. I bet they had an hour meeting where they came up with "get with the joegram" slogan and all decided that Yes - this will go viral on the TickTocks.