The negative economic effect from the decrease in the number of the working-age population of Russia due to the fact that people leave the country in order not to go to war, this is only one and not the biggest problem that awaits Russia because of the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has clearly miscalculated and cannot defeat the Ukrainians on the battlefield. It seems that they have decided to wage war on the depletion of resources. But more than 50 states are helping the Ukrainians, and their potential far exceeds the Russian one. This will lead the Russian Federation to the inevitable disintegration into separate independent states. And this problem is much more global.

Of course, hackers of various kinds must be dealt with systematically and resolutely, as well as at the level of state and interstate decisions. And fight not defending, but advancing. Therefore, the tactics of "destroy and dismantle" hostile networks are quite justified at this stage. It is only important to adequately respond to hacker attacks without abusing your capabilities.

Rich and smart Russians are unlikely to choose neighboring countries such as Kazakhstan, Armenia and even Georgia to flee the war. They will go further, where there will be no influence of the Russian government at all and where the standard of living will be much higher. Those who do not have the opportunity to flee further flee to neighboring states. It seems to me that such refugees from Russia are more likely to create more problems for these countries than good.

Of particular note is the political side of this Russian resettlement. Russia is attacking neighboring states, including now Ukraine, under the pretext of protecting the Russian-speaking population. The Kremlin has already threatened Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Georgia with war even recently. Therefore, it is better for these states to get rid of everything connected with Russia. They will be more wholesome.

Altcoins have a wide variety of useful features and therefore potential investors hope for a good return on their investments. In addition, some altcoins in the first stage grow very quickly in price. There is a big risk of losing your investment, but also a big profit if the project is successful. Bitcoin already has a very high price and its further price growth in this regard causes certain problems. Therefore, there will always be interest in altcoins.

If a user is arbitrarily added to telegram groups or other social networks to perform certain actions, promising to pay in cryptocurrency in the future, this is almost one hundred percent fraud. It's not often that bounty hunters get paid by new companies, even on this forum. Bounty campaigns previously started as signature campaigns, there were almost no other campaigns. Now the situation with bounty campaigns has become very difficult, and there is no need to talk about the amount of remuneration, they have fallen so much. But sometimes you can still get a good profit by participating in them. But this happens very rarely.

Sanctions work: in Russia there will soon be no sausages, sausages and other meat products. The problem of shortage of sausage products is connected with EU sanctions: film for meat products was supplied to the Russian Federation from seven European factories at once. Now the Russians are forced to buy raw materials in "friendly" China, which, in turn, set them very tough conditions: prepayment or "parallel imports", while the delivery time from China is about 10 months. Because of this, Russian producers are forced to stock up on sausage films for the year ahead, and the costs of Russians have increased in some places up to 70%. It remains only to calculate how many losses this Russian industry will suffer due to the aggressive war unleashed by Putin, and how long the Russian producers will be able to work on such unfavorable conditions.

Big events happen unexpectedly and simply as usual. The world is now more than ever on the verge of World War III. Some experts say that it has already begun. In Europe, the most brutal and bloodiest war since the Second World War has now been going on for almost a year. Tens of thousands of shells are fired every day. Thousands of tanks and armored vehicles are participating on both sides. And although not many states support Putin, the world is quickly divided into those who support Ukraine and those who support Russia. Its results will determine whether other states, such as China, will follow the path of Russia, attacking neighboring states.

If Germany had not thought to use oil and gas in large quantities from Russia, then it would not have supported the construction of the Nord Stream almost until very recently. In Europe, they planned to switch to alternative energy sources, but gradually, stretching this pleasure for more than a dozen years. Russia's attack on Ukraine has confused all plans, and not only Europe.
As for nuclear energy, nuclear power plants are very sensitive to natural disasters. How would Turkey feel now during the current earthquakes, if there were many nuclear power plants on its territory? Therefore, the energy of both the sun and wind is much safer.

I do not think that many cryptocurrency holders spend it on the direct purchase of goods and services. Indeed, in my opinion, a significant number of cryptocurrency holders still use cryptocurrency as an investment tool for profit in the future. An important role in this is played by the lack of proper infrastructure for the practical use of cryptocurrency. It is quite difficult for people to find a store that accepts cryptocurrency and at the same time have the goods we need. It is much easier to use cryptocurrency for investment profits, and only then transfer part of it to fiat to make purchases. But cryptocurrency continues to evolve and the situation will change over time.

These are the numbers of Russian losses in manpower according to the data of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

However, according to the latest report, which was provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense to Putin on January 28, the irretrievable losses of the dead and missing in the war in Ukraine amount to more than 176,000 people. Of these, the losses of the regular army - 126,567 people, the losses of private military companies - 44,012 people, the losses of the National Guard - 6284 people. These data do not include the losses of the mobilized so-called DPR and LPR, since these losses are not of interest to Russia.

The price of a cryptocurrency depends entirely on the balance of supply and demand. Therefore, if demand falls or a significant part of investors sell their cryptocurrency assets, this will negatively affect the market. But this is hardly worth worrying about now. After the coronavirus, natural disasters and wars, the economic situation in the world continues to deteriorate, inflation increases, and interest in cryptocurrency increases.

In January, Russia's oil and gas export revenues collapsed: Reuters reported that the decline in the first month of 2023 will be almost 30% compared to the same period last year.

Russia's oil and gas export revenues collapsed by about $8 billion (more than 565 billion rubles) in January, Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said. Thus, the decline in the first month of 2023 will be almost 30% compared to the same period last year, said Birol, quoted by Reuters.

The growth in oil demand this year will be provided by China, which has become one of the two largest oil importers from Russia, Birol noted. This may force the OPEC + countries to revise the agreement on the level of production, the head of the IEA added.

The European embargo and the ceiling on oil prices led to a collapse in budget revenues by 400 billion rubles in December compared to forecasts.
Going forward, Russian energy export revenues may fall even further. On February 5, the European embargo on oil products from Russia came into force, which is expected to affect the Russian economy more seriously than restrictions on crude oil that have been in place since early December.

It is hardly possible to agree with the statement that long-term investment in cryptocurrency is very profitable. This may only be true for Bitcoin and a few top altcoins, but not for the rest of the altcoins. Probably more than 98 percent of the altcoins that I have had since 2017 now are dead and this trend, with minor deviations, continues. In addition, the frequent replacement of tokens, the transition from one platform to another, is very annoying. This means that if certain actions are not taken in time, then the cryptocurrency in our wallet will be absolutely useless.

The German energy giant Uniper is known for reporting a record 40 billion euros in net losses in the first 9 months of 2022 - after the Russian Federation cut off gas supplies, and therefore sued Russian Gazprom, as well as for the fact that in Germany it is planned to partially nationalize.
Of course, Uniper CEO Klaus-Dieter Mobach is interested in renovating Nord Stream. But the German government has already categorically stated that in connection with the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine, the work of the Nord Stream will not be resumed and completely refused to purchase Russian gas and oil. Yes, and it is becoming more and more difficult to resume the Nord Stream every day, since sea water got into the pipes, which quickly corrodes the metal inside, where protection is not provided.

Klaus-Dieter Mobach himself plans to retire due to the nationalization of the enterprise by the German government, Reuters reports citing a company statement.

Yes, both countries have reasons for ending these senseless hostilities. But the whole problem is that Russia is an authoritarian country and all power there is concentrated in the hands of Putin, for whom not achieving his crazy and absurd goals means defeat both as a politician and as an individual. Russia does not like weak rulers and will remove him anyway if he loses. He understands this and tries to drag out the time of defeat as long as possible, throwing new hundreds of thousands of his citizens into the furnace of war, who mean nothing to Putin. As long as the Russians will meekly obey and go to the slaughter in Ukraine, Putin, already hoping more for a miracle, will stay in power. Here, either the people will kill Putin, or Putin will continue to exterminate his people in this war, because the Ukrainians have no other choice but to defend their freedom and independence.

Russia wants to seize Ukraine, partially destroy Ukrainians, partially take them to remote and sparsely populated regions of Siberia, that is, destroy Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a nation. Therefore, the Ukrainians have no choice but to fight, even despite Russia's nuclear weapons, which it periodically threatens, especially when it loses big on the battlefield. Russia has already lost almost its entire regular army in the war with Ukraine - about 200,000 who invaded last February. After that, Putin mobilized volunteers from places of detention for the war, out of 50,000, about 10,000 people are already left. There is a mass mobilization going on in Russia right now, Putin wants to call up about 500,000 more people to this war. But in Russia there is already a big problem with the availability of armored vehicles, other weapons and ammunition. February and March will be decisive in this war. But strategically, Russia and Putin have already lost this war.

To do without Russian gas, as well as the need to bow to the unpredictable and wayward Kremlin, the Bulgarians and Serbs began building a gas pipeline.

Energy Minister of Bulgaria Rossen Hristov announced that Bulgaria has begun capital construction of a gas pipeline to Serbia. Its length is a 170-kilometer gas pipeline, and it will run from the Bulgarian Novy Iskir to the Serbian Nisha, Reuters informs.

Serbia, which has also already begun the construction of the pipeline on its territory, and back in February 2022, will fully complete its preparation by the coming autumn.
It is noteworthy that this new gas pipeline is partly financed by EU countries. It will give both Serbia and Bulgaria access to non-Russian supplies from the Southern Gas Corridor and LNG terminals in Greece and Turkey. The pipeline will allow the "blue fuel" to flow in two directions at once and diversify the routes connecting Bulgaria with the European gas network.

This project will be put into operation by the end of 2023 and will allow Bulgaria and Serbia to almost completely avoid gas dependence on Moscow. Russia is definitely losing the "gas" war with Europe.

Absolutely agree with this. The upcoming update will only increase the credibility of the ethereum network and this coin. If validators get the opportunity to manage their coins again, this does not mean that they will begin to sell them in bulk. Perhaps for some time we will get such a short-term effect, based on the fact that in some of them unforeseen expenses could arise during this time, but in general, such an update will only benefit the survivability of this network.

A year ago, before the Russian attack on Ukraine, there were still certain opportunities in Russia to implement projects in the field of microelectronics. But this year the situation has changed a lot and not in favor of Russia. Of course, the military industry is now very interested in microchips, but the tough sanctions imposed to prevent this will do their job. Russia will be set back economically for many decades. Therefore, the next grandiose plans are unlikely to come true.

Unfortunately, the economic situation in the world continues to deteriorate. This is facilitated by new varieties of coronavirus, and ongoing climate change, and the continuation of the most brutal Russian aggression in Ukraine since World War II, which has largely disrupted food supply chains around the world. Destruction is always material losses, loss of production capacity, unemployment and inflation. All this is very slowly restored. Therefore, in the coming years, the economic situation in the world will be very difficult and there are practically no hopes for the return of low prices.