Russia has initiated the sale of physical gold from its reserves, marking a pivotal shift in budget management amid ongoing military expenses.

Buying one way tickets to hell for Russian soldiers by selling off Russia’s gold and treasure… What will be left when all the humans and gold have been carelessly traded away by Putin to power the mindless Russian war machine?

  • tuff_wizard@aussie.zone
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    16 hours ago

    Absolutely but most of its value is due to it being rare…. And shiny. The industrial uses were just a bonus we worked out later. In the early days it was valuable simply because we all told ourselves it was worth a certain amount of chickens.