The Russian economy could lose “billions of rubles” after a destroyed dam in the Siberian region of Buryatia caused a river to burst its banks and damage a key transit railway, according to a local Russian official.

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    1 year ago

    It’s actually “billions” of rubles. Assuming for the sake of easy math that it were 10 billion rubles, that’s over 100 million usd. Not insignificant especially during a war. Obligatory fuck Putin.

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        1 year ago

        Eh, I’d say “billions” could go all the way to 20 billion before switching terminology to tens of billions.

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      1 year ago

      Regardless, according to a quick Googling, Russia’s real inflation adjusted GDP in 2022 was ~$1.5 Trillion. Even if it was $100 million, that’s a drop in the bucket overall for them.