Russia Claims Bakhmut Road Cut, Ukraine Troop Cauldron; G7 Russia Blockade as Russia Economy Surges (Alexander Mercouris)

Summary comment from You Tube:

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- Battlefields 0:32
- Bakhmut 0:32
- Rumor instrumentalizing Kurds in Syria /Ukraine 06:45
- Lugansk Militia: Ukrain unlikely to be able to attack now 11:38
- Foreign Policy article draws false conclusions 13:10
-Russian Economy
--- Russian grain harvest slightly down yoy 21:50
--- Inflation down 24:10
--- Industrial production prices up 30:10
--- Central bank analyts: 0.1% contraction 31:55
--- Lower Interest rates demands 34:10
--- Central bank analysis re growth 37:50
- Russia refuses to implode. Duuh. Now what? 43:40
- Galbraith Article: Sanctions counter-productive 50:20
- Patrica Adams: Sanctions monumenta f-up for West 57:10
- National interest: How could Russia sustain sanctions? 59:35

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 23, 2023.]