Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25

[The Brain]

Wait, rupees are real?

No, reals are different.

[Barrister]

Wait, rupees are real?

No, reals are different.

p.s. Reals are pronounced not at all like you'd expect.

[Grey Fox]

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

[Barrister]

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

  Don't think so.

In Brazil they pronounce it like "ey-eyes".

[HVC]

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

  Don't think so.

In Brazil they pronounce it like "ey-eyes".

That's for reais (plural). Real is ey-al

Brazilians have trouble with Rs at the beginning of words

[Barrister]

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

  Don't think so.

In Brazil they pronounce it like "ey-eyes".

That's for reais (plural). Real is ey-al

Brazilians have trouble with Rs at the beginning of words

Yeah but how often do you talk about a single dollar?

[HVC]

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

  Don't think so.

In Brazil they pronounce it like "ey-eyes".

That's for reais (plural). Real is ey-al

Brazilians have trouble with Rs at the beginning of words

Yeah but how often do you talk about a single dollar?

But reals would be pronounce ey-als, so we're both wrong

[mongers]

I wouldn't get too hung up on this rupee issue, iirc over the last year Russian oil transported by ships of the global ghost-fleet* to India has massively increased, so that around 50% of India's 2nd oil refinery is given over to processing the russian oil into 'cleaned' new Indian originated oil products like kerosene and diesel. These are then shipped back to Western Europe including the UK.


*up to 500 tankers flagged and managed in such a way that it's very hard to find out who are the real owners and controllers of these vessels.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah, India's replaced Saudi as Europe's biggest refined oil supplier. No doubt there are problems but I think it's like Turkey in, to some extent, arbitraging between Russia and the West (obviously not enough to outweigh the general and growing impact of sanctions).

[Zanza]

There is no question that this is an extremely beneficial deal for India. They pay with rupees, sell in dollar. But Russia at least does not get the hard currency. 

[mongers]

There is no question that this is an extremely beneficial deal for India. They pay with rupees, sell in dollar. But Russia at least does not get the hard currency.

They, the Indians, don't have ownership of the refined products, which are owned by complex opaque entities and sold onto Western companies including Shell, so there are several ways in which the Russians get their money.

[Legbiter]

Prigozhin always ready with helpful advice...

Priggy calls for execution of Shoigu and Gersaimov

[Sheilbh]

Of course I know nothing. But can't help but feel that nothing says "successfully repelling all attacks" like blowing up dams to flood the land and calls for the minister of defence to be executed.

[Duque de Bragança]

Wait, rupees are real?

No, reals are different.

p.s. Reals are pronounced not at all like you'd expect.

It's pronounced like a proper first name.

  Don't think so.

In Brazil they pronounce it like "ey-eyes".

Reais (not reals) and réis are both accepted, or common tender, linguistically speaking. 
It's a former Portuguese currency actually, still somewhat used in the escudo days (1000 réis = 1 escudo)

[Jacob]

Of course I know nothing. But can't help but feel that nothing says "successfully repelling all attacks" like blowing up dams to flood the land and calls for the minister of defence to be executed.

It's the Russian way.