Most of the effect of "Ukraine"/"Putin"/"Russia" on inflation is actually the effect of sanctions, which were chosen by the West, not by Russia.

— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) April 20, 2022

Ian, can you bring to mind any reason these sanctions occurred? Some possible thing that spurred them? I know it’s hard for you, being a front for the Russian propaganda machine, but think for a minute about it.

Anyway, that’s not a valid point as it mostly isn’t true. According to Welsh, Ukraine is a Nazi-infested backwater that deserves what Russia does to it. I really don’t understand what happened with that dude.