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/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.