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Hopefully I got something wrong but to me it looks like evil genius from hell:

The drop of the ruble made the war much cheaper for Russia.

1. They pay their soldiers in rub, machinery was already paid or is bought from domestic suppliers in RUB.

2. Russia earns eur or usd by selling oil and gas to the EU. They earn more rub because the rate decreased so much.

As a result: Russia silently decreased the payment of their soldiers by the exact amount that the ruble fell. A truely evil plan. Fighting your brother nation and not even paying for it. The more the rub falls, the cheaper the war gets for them.

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The soldiers on the battleship Potemkim weren't treated well either.