I believe it was "Ze" Germans
Russia-Ukraine war has begun
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I believe it was "Ze" Germans
A quick look after the last question Biden was asked, and it does appear India is not behind sanctions. They are "closely following" the situation.
Increased supply depresses prices. Depressed prices leave less money for Russia, Iran, Venezuela, etc. to play with.
Trump was right about the Germans. I don't care what anyone else says. They are going to have to truly pick a side.
Just pull out a map, look at the size of the Ukraine, and you will see that Putin cannot possibly occupy Ukraine for an extended period of time. He would suffer so many losses and his country would suffer so much war weariness that it would ruin him politically.
Add on top of that international sanctions which will only increase with time.
Blood is on Merkel's hands. She was horrendous for Europe.
Trump has long wanted to kill a Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline. Navalny's poisoning could do it for him
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled a possible reversal of her support for the controversial gas-pipeline project.
But Merkel has so far backed Nord Stream 2 very firmly, despite criticism not only from the U.S., but also from closer to home.
Germany’s eastern neighbors, particularly Poland, have long criticized the scheme because they fear their own energy security is at stake.
One serious thread without the normal BS, people. That's all we are asking.
Absolutely but it also hurts drilling. It costs big bucks to complete a frack. Those countries much like China can produce without the consequences. We see it in the commodity market all the time. China almost took out our Aluminum industry in 3 short years. Increasing supply to the point of depressing markets isn’t in our handbook.
Putin just traded major international sanctions for an embroiled military conflict in Ukraine. Putin is hoping for a quick surrender. I don’t think Ukraine has to resist for a long time to push Putin back at least to those eastern regions that he covets the most.
Putin is actually losing this war already. Long-term speaking, internationally speaking, economically speaking.
Like Biden or not, thank God we have a long-time statesman at the helm right now. Putin has met his match.
Putin is actually losing this war already. Long-term speaking, internationally speaking, economically speaking.
Like Biden or not, thank God we have a long-time statesman at the helm right now. Putin has met his match.
Here's serious for ya Goat.... the area surrounding Chernobyl nuclear disaster site has been retaken by Russian forces? WHY?
Of course, she grew up in Eastern Germany, greatly influenced by the USSR.Blood is on Merkel's hands. She was horrendous for Europe.
Trump has long wanted to kill a Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline. Navalny's poisoning could do it for him
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled a possible reversal of her support for the controversial gas-pipeline project.fortune.com
But Merkel has so far backed Nord Stream 2 very firmly, despite criticism not only from the U.S., but also from closer to home.
Germany’s eastern neighbors, particularly Poland, have long criticized the scheme because they fear their own energy security is at stake.
We might be amazed at what the nation of Cossack's might do-they were always the heart of the Russian army and then the White Army that defended the royal family against the Bolsheviks which by the way did not surrender until June of 1923. Putin may really be surprised how this plays itself out.
Blackmailing Eastern Europe that he will release the radioactivity?
Easiest path to Kyiv. Being an exclusion zone not many people or troops around.
Probably nothing. But it's scary. And Putin's a troll.
They aren’t interested in the plant. It just so happens to be in the path of the main prize. Path of least resistance and it’s defendable.
This is likely the correct answer.
It’s worthless material. If it had worth it would’ve been removed by now.
Russia likely wants it contained for the same reason we would. Didn’t see the original post but I’m not buying reports that Russia would want to use it to threaten broader Europe. Seems undoable.
Merkel‘s fanciful vision of a rational Russian future is understandable. Russia has the wherewithal To be a stronger superpower economically than China. Russians are phenomenally intelligent people. Sadly they are culturally Destined to self-destruction by tyrannical corruption.Blood is on Merkel's hands. She was horrendous for Europe.
Trump has long wanted to kill a Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline. Navalny's poisoning could do it for him
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled a possible reversal of her support for the controversial gas-pipeline project.
But Merkel has so far backed Nord Stream 2 very firmly, despite criticism not only from the U.S., but also from closer to home.
Germany’s eastern neighbors, particularly Poland, have long criticized the scheme because they fear their own energy security is at stake.
Not sure I agree with this. Russia’s geography allows and kinda forces it to be a military super power (huge geography, costly infrastructure, huge/ diverse pop, can mostly feed itself, many hostile neighbors, vast resources, etc) but keeps it from being an economic one (not enough good ports and most are too cold, bad rivers, vast geography, too many hostile neighbors, etc). I agree about the destined for self-destructing part but it’s also always destined for rebirth for the very same reasons. Russia’s geography forces it to govern like it does and manage foreign relations like it does IMO
It appears that Ukraine will go down swinging. Much respect to the Ukranian soldier! What a horror story.
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I agree that’s what the caption says. The video is a bunch of people standing around. I don’t speak Ukrainian.
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Their leaders know what it’s like under Russian/Soviet rule.
Start with Roman Abramovich. He owns Chelsea FC in England. Force a sale.
Putin has been preparing for this:
www.nytimes.com
Since 2015, Russia, by diverting oil and gas revenue, has expanded its currency reserves to a staggering $631 billion, equivalent to a third of Russia’s entire economy. It is the fourth-largest such reserve in the world, among the largest of any petrostate’s.
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Mr. Putin has also learned how to keep Russia’s all-important political and business elite (who keep him in power the way that voters keep democratic leaders in power) loyal even under sanctions.
Political insiders or oligarchs who lost their London flats or foreign investments after 2014, for example, may have been granted a construction or energy contract at home as recompense.
“This actually strengthens regime coherence,” Mr. Gabuev said of sanctions targeting the elite, “because all of the key people now have no option to go back to normal with the West.”
Putin, Facing Sanction Threats, Has Been Saving for This Day (Published 2022)
Since paying the price for annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has tried to make its economy sanctions-proof, hoarding currency to insulate the country.
I wonder how Putin handles this guy: Semion Mogilevich. He is Ukrainian and said to be the boss of bosses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semion_Mogilevich
