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“Russia Doesn’t Stand a Chance!” — The Experts, 2022
A Greatest Misses Compilation

Joe Biden, Mar 26, 2022
“The ruble almost is immediately reduced to rubble.”
(Declaring economic collapse was imminent.)

Bruno Le Maire (French Finance Minister), Mar 1, 2022
“We are going to cause the collapse of the Russian economy.”

Boris Johnson, Mar 4, 2022
“The Russian economy under Putin is going down the lavatory.”

Ursula von der Leyen, Feb 27, 2022
“Our measures will weaken Russia’s technological position… from which the elite makes most of their money.”

Justin Trudeau, Mar 2, 2022
“These sanctions will continue to rise and bite… Russia will pay a heavy price.”

Ben Hodges (Former US Army Commander in Europe), Mar 2022
“The Russians are about 10 days away from… not having the ammo or manpower to keep going.”

Mick Ryan (Retired Australian General), Mar 2022
“The Russian army is only capable of brutal sledgehammer tactics.”

James Stavridis (Ex-NATO Supreme Allied Commander), Mar 2022
“The Russians have run an incompetent campaign… they’re in danger of getting stuck in a quagmire.”

Lindsey Graham, Mar 2022
“The Russian military is inept and demoralized.”

Carl Bildt (Former Swedish PM), Feb 2022
“Putin’s war machine is not the juggernaut it was thought to be.”

Jens Stoltenberg (NATO Secretary General), Mar 16, 2022
“Putin wanted less NATO, he’s getting more NATO.”
(A confident “own goal” prediction.)

Liz Truss, Mar 2, 2022
“The Russian economy is in freefall – which is Putin’s own making “