The reason for this is that we've promised the bond markets that we have a plan to balance the budget in five years time, and it's on the basis of this promise that they are relatively sanguine about… (View Post)

I think Bart means normal sex, as in not paid-for sex, with his use of the word regular. (View Post)

Also some speculation that one of the large explosions in Novorossiysk was a warehouse storing Kalibr cruise missiles being hit. (View Post)

I think the export capacity of the oil terminal is nearly 1 million barrels of oil per day. Almost 20% of Russia's maritime export capacity, or nearly 10% of their total production levels. That's a b… (View Post)

Not only did the Ukrainians hit the oil terminal in Novorossiysk (the explosion there was massive), and air defences there, but they also hit the Saratov oil refinery again and a fuel depot near the … (View Post)