Wow , some people are such miserable misers . <| sep |> My cats make me feel so good after a shitty day . <| sep |> Interesting . How self sufficient was Syria before this mess ? If it ' s possible to be self sufficient then a low value currency would be beneficial in terms of imports being kept at a minimum . Perhaps you can also shed some light to your comment Russia ' s economy is bankrupt . I ' ve checked GDP , external debt and foreign currency reserves for Russia as I ' ve heard this talk that the economy was broke but all figures I see figures and world ranking GDP of $ US 1 . 3 trillion 12 th , external debt of 515 billion down by 83 billion 20 th , foreign currency reserves of 400 billion 6 th in the world . The GDP has dropped from 2 trillion because of the devaluation which has spurred their domestic industry . The figures all indicate to me at least a country living well within it ' s means . Am I missing something ?