Denis Zakharov
@betelgeuse1922.bsky.social
Guess, I have to yell here too
HOPE YOU FIND THIS THREAD USELESS. DON'T LIKE, NEVER RETWEET, FORGET THAT WE MET.
Better read @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , this sexy wisdom hunk who knows everything. Thread over.
Better read @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , this sexy wisdom hunk who knows everything. Thread over.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
HOPE YOU FIND THIS THREAD USELESS. DON'T LIKE, NEVER RETWEET, FORGET THAT WE MET.
Better read @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , this sexy wisdom hunk who knows everything. Thread over.
Better read @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , this sexy wisdom hunk who knows everything. Thread over.
And if you are somehow russian opposition, PLEASE, don't try to explain people what the fuck is going on and why they are about to eat dirt from used paper plates imported from Hungary.
DON'T DO THAT, YOU HEAR ME. I AM A NAKED ANIME WAIFU BY THE WAY. DON'T READ THIS.
DON'T DO THAT, YOU HEAR ME. I AM A NAKED ANIME WAIFU BY THE WAY. DON'T READ THIS.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
And if you are somehow russian opposition, PLEASE, don't try to explain people what the fuck is going on and why they are about to eat dirt from used paper plates imported from Hungary.
DON'T DO THAT, YOU HEAR ME. I AM A NAKED ANIME WAIFU BY THE WAY. DON'T READ THIS.
DON'T DO THAT, YOU HEAR ME. I AM A NAKED ANIME WAIFU BY THE WAY. DON'T READ THIS.
So if you (for some unexplainable reasons) dislike this country of Pushkin, LADA's and Jesus, you were given a cheat sheet titled "All the top secret kneecaps you can now break".
Please don't read it, pleasy-please.
Please don't read it, pleasy-please.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So if you (for some unexplainable reasons) dislike this country of Pushkin, LADA's and Jesus, you were given a cheat sheet titled "All the top secret kneecaps you can now break".
Please don't read it, pleasy-please.
Please don't read it, pleasy-please.
From now on, every hit on oil/gas/coal infrastructure will have even more impact, as Russia cuts even the tiniest of its alternative economic streams .
From now on, even the most inefficient package of sanctions against import will cause bigger turbulence.
From now on, even the most inefficient package of sanctions against import will cause bigger turbulence.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
From now on, every hit on oil/gas/coal infrastructure will have even more impact, as Russia cuts even the tiniest of its alternative economic streams .
From now on, even the most inefficient package of sanctions against import will cause bigger turbulence.
From now on, even the most inefficient package of sanctions against import will cause bigger turbulence.
They want to lower VAT application threshold, cutting it to 10 million rubles ($120,000) from the current 60 million. Basically, if you are doing nails for a living or own a bar, they came for your customer base. And that is the real bomb.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
They want to lower VAT application threshold, cutting it to 10 million rubles ($120,000) from the current 60 million. Basically, if you are doing nails for a living or own a bar, they came for your customer base. And that is the real bomb.
I am not (the only) economy mega genius out here. Russian government knows all that. And by openly killing off any opportunities, making people noticeably poorer, gluing itself to China even stronger, Russia says:
- I am out of other options.
And if you think that's it...
- I am out of other options.
And if you think that's it...
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I am not (the only) economy mega genius out here. Russian government knows all that. And by openly killing off any opportunities, making people noticeably poorer, gluing itself to China even stronger, Russia says:
- I am out of other options.
And if you think that's it...
- I am out of other options.
And if you think that's it...
But in short term, no. Black economy doesn't evade VAT, because economy is a sexy '50 shades of grey chain of contractors'. You can't just turn all black in a second, and for some time you will receive a hefty cashflow bonus.
While your people grow angry and learn to hide.
While your people grow angry and learn to hide.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
But in short term, no. Black economy doesn't evade VAT, because economy is a sexy '50 shades of grey chain of contractors'. You can't just turn all black in a second, and for some time you will receive a hefty cashflow bonus.
While your people grow angry and learn to hide.
While your people grow angry and learn to hide.
Congratulations, random twitter commenter, you are thinking more strategically than the entire government apparatus of the biggest country in the world.
Put it in your CV.
Put it in your CV.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations, random twitter commenter, you are thinking more strategically than the entire government apparatus of the biggest country in the world.
Put it in your CV.
Put it in your CV.
So you as a citizen:
1) Have less options to make money.
2) Pay more for basically everything.
3) Can't hide.
4) See where this burden comes from.
1) Have less options to make money.
2) Pay more for basically everything.
3) Can't hide.
4) See where this burden comes from.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So you as a citizen:
1) Have less options to make money.
2) Pay more for basically everything.
3) Can't hide.
4) See where this burden comes from.
1) Have less options to make money.
2) Pay more for basically everything.
3) Can't hide.
4) See where this burden comes from.
And even those goods become way more expensive because every step of every step is also under VAT now.
Not just the logistics, but the logistics of parts required for logistics. Don't forget the logistics of logistics of logistics.
VAT is Inception-grade toxic.
Not just the logistics, but the logistics of parts required for logistics. Don't forget the logistics of logistics of logistics.
VAT is Inception-grade toxic.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
And even those goods become way more expensive because every step of every step is also under VAT now.
Not just the logistics, but the logistics of parts required for logistics. Don't forget the logistics of logistics of logistics.
VAT is Inception-grade toxic.
Not just the logistics, but the logistics of parts required for logistics. Don't forget the logistics of logistics of logistics.
VAT is Inception-grade toxic.
All of a sudden, local production (unprofitable even in better scenarios) becomes basically lucrative, as every step gets extra 2% fee. In a giant country with expensive logistics being mandatory by default, imported goods become the only feasible options.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
All of a sudden, local production (unprofitable even in better scenarios) becomes basically lucrative, as every step gets extra 2% fee. In a giant country with expensive logistics being mandatory by default, imported goods become the only feasible options.
Look at VAT as a highly-effective yet toxic medicine - it will heal (fast) while fucking up everything on its way. So you only use it as the last possible option, and only if your body can handle it. And even then it's a gamble.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Look at VAT as a highly-effective yet toxic medicine - it will heal (fast) while fucking up everything on its way. So you only use it as the last possible option, and only if your body can handle it. And even then it's a gamble.
VAT is crazy efficient - your only way to avoid this tax is to stop doing everything including eating. You don't need any policing but mother nature, you don't have to wait for the end of fiscal period, it's a constant flow of fast money.
But everything has its price.
But everything has its price.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
VAT is crazy efficient - your only way to avoid this tax is to stop doing everything including eating. You don't need any policing but mother nature, you don't have to wait for the end of fiscal period, it's a constant flow of fast money.
But everything has its price.
But everything has its price.
VAT - value added tax - is the indirect tax levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution (thanks, wiki).
Simply put: imagine paying 10 cents for watching every second minute of "How it's made".
Simply put: imagine paying 10 cents for watching every second minute of "How it's made".
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
VAT - value added tax - is the indirect tax levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution (thanks, wiki).
Simply put: imagine paying 10 cents for watching every second minute of "How it's made".
Simply put: imagine paying 10 cents for watching every second minute of "How it's made".
That's why the news are so important. Raising VAT is frank as Sinatra.
It's the economic equivalent of "we are running out of options". And more importantly, "we are running out of options AND TIME".
It's the economic equivalent of "we are running out of options". And more importantly, "we are running out of options AND TIME".
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
That's why the news are so important. Raising VAT is frank as Sinatra.
It's the economic equivalent of "we are running out of options". And more importantly, "we are running out of options AND TIME".
It's the economic equivalent of "we are running out of options". And more importantly, "we are running out of options AND TIME".
This facade-centric approach works, especially when your adversary is ill-informed, easily distracted and lacks focus. By this time I don't even know if this is more about Trump or New York Times. Both I guess.
But the point here: Russia tends to hide its weakness.
But the point here: Russia tends to hide its weakness.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This facade-centric approach works, especially when your adversary is ill-informed, easily distracted and lacks focus. By this time I don't even know if this is more about Trump or New York Times. Both I guess.
But the point here: Russia tends to hide its weakness.
But the point here: Russia tends to hide its weakness.
Russian economy is very "performative" - basic metrics should look top-notch, while problems are swept under some hidden fees or new concepts.
Unemployment rate is a good example - during COVID people were sent to 'unpaid vacation', so on paper they are still employed.
Unemployment rate is a good example - during COVID people were sent to 'unpaid vacation', so on paper they are still employed.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Russian economy is very "performative" - basic metrics should look top-notch, while problems are swept under some hidden fees or new concepts.
Unemployment rate is a good example - during COVID people were sent to 'unpaid vacation', so on paper they are still employed.
Unemployment rate is a good example - during COVID people were sent to 'unpaid vacation', so on paper they are still employed.
I usually end the thread with "thread over" but this thread will fucking never end
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I usually end the thread with "thread over" but this thread will fucking never end
WE FOUND OUR LEAD. LEADS. TWELVE TRANS LEADS.
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
WE FOUND OUR LEAD. LEADS. TWELVE TRANS LEADS.
ELON APPROVES! FUCK TRANS!
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ELON APPROVES! FUCK TRANS!
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT WE ARE ONTO SOMETHING
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT WE ARE ONTO SOMETHING
THESE ARE NOT VOICES. THESE ARE FACTS.
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THESE ARE NOT VOICES. THESE ARE FACTS.