Q1: Why? so the soldiers of Vladimir are paid in toilet papers.
What's your opinion to get the fastest results? How do you evaluate this :
1. Increase the spread to oblivion
2.
Increase the volatility why? the goal isn't to have an easy trade... meaning to the sewer straight. No that's too easy. I think that by having positive and negative swings of 100% more in days will make the currency simply unusable (the btc volatility argument). On day it's @64 then @32 then @128 and so one... like the paper toilet it is.
1+2 = Russian peons are left with toilet papers... which can only be useful to clean their dirty ass and mouths or to ignite the vodka bottle they will throw to all those that have hypothecated the future of Russia for Tartoos and what's the name of the spot in iran?
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result they will put in gold, hijack the price, sell to them at mof inflated price, crash later... more win.
Pharaoh of the North vs Wall Street : 0 - ∞ (so what ever points you score dear Russians, it will not be enough).
It must be pathetic to work or produce in Russia, at every moment the pharaoh can take everything from you...
edit: I agree with Lavrov, Russia will not be isolated... it's ain't the goal.