pcr has a low opinion on the putin and my take is scattered. sometimes he's good and others i wonder who he works for as there are rumors he's part of an organization called chabad which also hosts the orange man and bibi; 

 

Dear Readers, my hopes for a week of non-work have come a cropper from foreign readers who say that my obligation to them is not cancelled by America’s celebration of what it formerly was.  There is to be no holiday for me.

Putin Is Destroying Russia

Paul Craig Roberts

Yulia Shapovalova, Moscow correspondent for Al Jazeera, reports that Pusillinamous  Putin’s ever-widening war has, as I said it would, expanded deep into Russia far from the Donbas battlefield.   Shapovalova reports “The crisis is deep,” as civilian fuel shortages worsen.  Ukraine’s successful strikes on Russian refineries and fuel storage have imperiled supply and resulted in gasoline rationing throughout the country and long lines as Russians wait hours for their rationed supply. What Putin has achieved is a reduction in Russians’ confidence in their government.  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/2/the-crisis-is-deep-the-view-from-russia-as-fuel-shortages-worsen 

Russia has had to halt export sales of gasoline and jet fuel, and lower the fuel grade standards for gasoline. In Crimea, a state of emergency has been declared.  Concerns are being expressed that to insure adequate fuel supply for agricultural harvesting could result in industry shutdowns.  Russia has had to purchase 80,000 tons of gasoline from India and hopes to be able to import 400,000 tonnes of gasoline each month from wherever Russia can get it.  This clearly will not help the Russian balance of payments, which the pro-American Russian bank director will use for more punishment for Russians.

Confronted with a genuine crisis, what is Putin’s response?........more.........