Russia largest trade partner is China, there other large trade partners are all European countries and the US. To say they have decoupled from the west isnt true in the least.
Russian invasion into Ukraine is imminent
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Russia largest trade partner is China, there other large trade partners are all European countries and the US. To say they have decoupled from the west isnt true in the least.
All commodity exports. Anything agriculture, energy, or metals will be well bid, sanctions or not. Hence, why Putin has the leverage now to make his move. The EU went crazy with green, and guess what, it ain't gonna work. Now they are energy dependent with no leverage. If the little bit sold to Italy and Germany is turned away, Russia will find buyers elsewhere and likely get more premium.
Today, the PPT came to the rescue on stocks, which was an embarrassment frankly. They stepped on the gas too hard and overshot turning markets green on the day of what could end up WWIII 🤦♀️ Keep throwing gas on the fire and the bubbles will start reflating again, which inflation could entirely get away from the Fed if they are not careful
Exports The top exports of Russia are Crude Petroleum ($123B), Refined Petroleum ($66.2B), Petroleum Gas ($26.3B), Coal Briquettes ($17.6B), and Wheat ($8.14B), exporting mostly to China ($58.1B), Netherlands ($41.7B), Belarus ($20.5B), Germany ($18.9B), and Italy ($16.7B).
Tough sanctions? I don't see ANY sanctions. Please tell me CNN is not trying to spin this as tough. 🤣 🤦♀️ 💰
Electronics will be provided by China and other Asian countries. Sbarbank doesn't have hardly anything to do with US. It's a joke and a scam. Another failure of Brandon. Looking for an additional entry point tomorrow in Russian stocks. Lukeoil, Sbarbank, NILSY
I hope Brandon is gonna take the hammer to them one more day.
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Electronics will be provided by China and other Asian countries. Sbarbank doesn't have hardly anything to do with US. It's a joke and a scam. Another failure of Brandon. Looking for an additional entry point tomorrow in Russian stocks. Lukeoil, Sbarbank, NILSY
I hope Brandon is gonna take the hammer to them one more day.
Biden says US will sanction Russian banks, impose export controls
President Biden on Thursday said the U.S. would sanction major Russian banks and impose export controls on Russia to curtail Russian high-tech imports as part of a coordinated effort with allies to…
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It isnt Biden's fault. His hands are pretty much tied at this point.Tough sanctions? I don't see ANY sanctions. Please tell me CNN is not trying to spin this as tough. 🤣 🤦♀️ 💰
Electronics will be provided by China and other Asian countries. Sbarbank doesn't have hardly anything to do with US. It's a joke and a scam. Another failure of Brandon. Looking for an additional entry point tomorrow in Russian stocks. Lukeoil, Sbarbank, NILSY
I hope Brandon is gonna take the hammer to them one more day.
Biden says US will sanction Russian banks, impose export controls
President Biden on Thursday said the U.S. would sanction major Russian banks and impose export controls on Russia to curtail Russian high-tech imports as part of a coordinated effort with allies to…
The west is weak. A China-Russian alliance would mow through all of Eurasia with relative ease. Who’s going to stop them? Certainly not the same generation that has been mobilized against the evils of western civilization for the last 2+ years.
If the democrat base thinks old white guys can be oppressive, wait till they get a load of Russian & Chinese regimes.
I don't envision many of our current government "leaders" representing our country like this:
www.foxnews.com
Ukrainian parliament member 'sure that Putin will lose' war: 'I'm ready to fight'
Alexey Goncharenko called for Western support Thursday on "Your World."
Thanks for sharing... Curious what the score is.
I gotta believe Ukraine has been bracing for this... Relocating military assets so they're not just sitting ducks on their bases.
Wow. The comments and videos. Feel bad for these people. Totally pointless war
That’s some pretty good spin.
Ukraine - Nazi Occupation, Soviet, Genocide
Ukraine - Nazi Occupation, Soviet, Genocide: The surprise German invasion of the U.S.S.R. began on June 22, 1941. The Soviets, during their hasty retreat, shot their political prisoners and, whenever possible, evacuated personnel, dismantled and removed industrial plants, and conducted a...
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Agree, he was busy doing other important work like getting his butt wiped. And watching Jill count all the China $$ that Hunter delivered in the AM.
Counterpoint - if the right thinks mask requirements were government tyranny run amok, go watch Russians tossed in jail for holding up an anti-war sign.
The reality is that we're all spoiled and entitled. But what you and I are criticizing are actually examples of how good we have it. The democrat and republican bases both have the FREEDOM to bitch and moan about whatever they want.
Only because this isn't Canada yet. The left has this little problem in shutting down the right, called the Constitution.
This makes no sense, and trying to compare Canada to Russia is preposterous.
He was commenting on a post about Russia and decided to bring up Canada as a comparison. What is the purpose of comparing the US to Canada in response to a post about Russia?
I was comparing our ability to complain to Canada's lock down on protest. referring to Boosted's comment The democrat and republican bases both have the FREEDOM to bitch and moan about whatever they want
Your point isn't quite aligned though...
Mandates are real, and resistance (not complying) leads to job loss;
"Oppression" is perceived, "resistance" is being encouraged for political gain... AND nobody is losing jobs because of it.
I do agree many in this country take our blessings for granted, and the loud complainers that disrespect this country should consider living elsewhere to get a dose of reality. I'll support government funded relocation expenses, in exchange for their SS ID, citizenship, and all the tax payer benefits that go with them...will be an immense net savings for this country.
They do in Canada in well, but you are ignoring that in Canada they werent just bitching and moaning, they were blockading entire areas of a major city, which is of course illegal. And lets not pretend that many of the same people celebrating truckers blocking streets, were also the same people pissed off at BLM protestors who did the same.
It's a good discussion. I think people often confuse the sausage-making process with the sausage itself. In other words, the process is FAR more important than the end product.
What I mean is this. Even something like a vaccine mandate is transient. Those who enact the mandate will eventually have to face the electorate. The mandate will have to survive legal challenges. That feedback loop is how the sausage gets made, and it's integrity is how you actually protect rights and freedom over the long haul.
A government that oversteps but is subject to that feedback loop should not be compared to a government that has eliminated the loop all together, which is the point I'm trying to make.
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I disagree with your harsh take on dissenters who "disrespect this country" wholeheartedly though. That's way to nationalistic for my tastes.
I think the spirit of our founding is much better captured by an ethos that aligns with this famous misattribution of Voltaire:
“I wholly disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quality post from a fake Twitter account
Is this your example of adding to a conversation? 🤦🏻♂️🙄
As some know, I read a lot of foreign media ... France24 is one of my gotos from the EU, along with some from the Netherlands and Czechs.
www.france24.com
It looks like the new iron curtain has been drawn ... Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine -- the last now being taken by force.
Who's to blame for this, whether EU/NATO 'encroachment' as Putin has long argued after Clinton and, then, W. (as a result of his 'coalition of the willing' in 2003+) approved expansion with EU nations, or Russia pushing for a new COMECON in the European Economic Union (EEU), will be debated for decades. China is blaming the US, and the heavily restricted media-Internet in the country is ensuring most Chinese believe it as well.
My main fear is that any and all 'Cold Wars' tend to inhibit freedoms, especially as more and more American given into unilateral edicts and mandates post-9/11 and, now even more so, COVID-19. Anyone who resists and calls for due process and scientific review are labeled misogynistic and white supremicsts supremacists (no longer just sexists or racists, even if women and minorities), much like they were labeled Communists early into the Cold War by McCarthyism.
Americans, especially the younger generations, need to remember that differing with leadership is not just a right, and one that shouldn't be labeled bigotry ... but it's what makes us Americans. We should disagree. We need to question authority. We must make official statements be proven by facts and science. But we haven't learned that from the Covington Kids, sadly enough, among other 'wake up calls' more recently.
Moldova, then Georgia, now Ukraine: How Russia built ‘bridgeheads into post-Soviet space’
Moscow’s recognition of breakaway Ukrainian territories has prompted comparisons with past Russian operations aimed at countering Western influence and bolstering its strategic depth in the former Soviet…
www.france24.com
It looks like the new iron curtain has been drawn ... Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine -- the last now being taken by force.
Who's to blame for this, whether EU/NATO 'encroachment' as Putin has long argued after Clinton and, then, W. (as a result of his 'coalition of the willing' in 2003+) approved expansion with EU nations, or Russia pushing for a new COMECON in the European Economic Union (EEU), will be debated for decades. China is blaming the US, and the heavily restricted media-Internet in the country is ensuring most Chinese believe it as well.
My main fear is that any and all 'Cold Wars' tend to inhibit freedoms, especially as more and more American given into unilateral edicts and mandates post-9/11 and, now even more so, COVID-19. Anyone who resists and calls for due process and scientific review are labeled misogynistic and white supremicsts supremacists (no longer just sexists or racists, even if women and minorities), much like they were labeled Communists early into the Cold War by McCarthyism.
Americans, especially the younger generations, need to remember that differing with leadership is not just a right, and one that shouldn't be labeled bigotry ... but it's what makes us Americans. We should disagree. We need to question authority. We must make official statements be proven by facts and science. But we haven't learned that from the Covington Kids, sadly enough, among other 'wake up calls' more recently.
Nothing because that isn't on-topic, so it's irrelevant. Russia destroyed a power plant. Try to keep up.
I was just trying to get you to stay on topic and not derail a thread.
So do you have any thoughts on Russia invading Ukraine?
Yes. Bout time Pusstin shit and got off the pot. I know he kept you losers going imminently for over a month.
To be honest, though, a month is pretty imminent when you're talking about mobilizing an assault force.
