humanspiral@lemmy.caM to Endless War@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agoIn 2014, Ukraine needed a loan. There were two offers: Politically suicidal austerity/privatization conditions from IMF, or no conditions from Russia. 1/3 of Ukrainian land owned by US capitalx.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down12
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkIn 2014, Ukraine needed a loan. There were two offers: Politically suicidal austerity/privatization conditions from IMF, or no conditions from Russia. 1/3 of Ukrainian land owned by US capitalx.comhumanspiral@lemmy.caM to Endless War@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agolol I’m so sure Russias offer was purely humanitarian with no ulterior motive.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·15 days agoLess evil than IMF offer is. You’d need a specific problem with the loan that would make it corrupt/unacceptable, which I’ve never seen pointed out.
lol I’m so sure Russias offer was purely humanitarian with no ulterior motive.
Less evil than IMF offer is. You’d need a specific problem with the loan that would make it corrupt/unacceptable, which I’ve never seen pointed out.