• mughaloid@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    Russia got duped by India where India promised to build large ship tankers for Russia. I just don’t understand how Russia agreed on it. It’s a total scam from India’s side. India will not pay Yuan because of it’s racism and nationalism but it doesn’t have a credible currency to back their transfers.

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      9 months ago

      INR in itself shouldn’t be terrible at least as part of a currency mix, my understanding was the rupees used to pay Russia were blocked currency and only usable for Indian exports, which Russia has only limited use for.

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        9 months ago

        Correct, INR is a dead currency for Russia. Because Russia needs good amount of automobiles, high grade finished products which India has none.

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          After liberalization destroyed the little industry India had developed during state capitalism we basically had nothing to offer the world except for cheap software engineers.