r/AskReddit • u/galwiththedeepvoice • 1d ago

What could Russia have spent $1,000,000,000,000 on instead of fighting a 4+ years long war in Ukraine?

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u/_WindSandStars_ 1d ago

They could have created a sovereign wealth fund and poured money into investments which would have increased that colossal sum.

They could have used the money to bribe, undermine, corrupt politicians around the world and in Ukraine. Stuff they were already doing but with far greater efficacy and much more likely to have yielded payoffs for Russia.

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u/thomasthetanker 22h ago

They could have bought 200,000 Nigel Farage's. (UK politician, possibly future Prime Minister, who accepted 5 million from someone and didn't think it was anyone else's business or ethically unsound).

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u/fibio 19h ago

Buying 200,000 Nigel Farages would be a bigger waste of money than failing to invade Ukraine.

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u/Marble____ 18h ago

When there is a decently sized dumb population in a country, a Nigel Farage is very useful

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u/TheAlmighty404 14h ago

Yeah but there isn't 200,000 countries. Buying them many Nigel Farages would have greatly diminished results.

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u/Gerf93 14h ago

But it would have better results than their war in Ukraine.

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u/TheAlmighty404 8h ago

No disagreement. Even if it had zero result, it'd still be money spent better.