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Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Soldato
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I don't think China would care unless the fallout, either politically or literally affected them
The first family from Ukraine seems to be in the UK now, seems they got no furniture with the house offered apart from a few couches.
when they leave the person basically gets all the furnishings for free then, if they do leave and go back to Ukraine anyway
when they leave the person basically gets all the furnishings for free then, if they do leave and go back to Ukraine anyway
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Or they they end up taking it with them or sell it. Not uncommon to see cars with trailers and vans loaded heading south or east. Probably depends on how long they stay, what their economic status is when they leave, and if their relatives are still alive in Ukraine by the time this ends.
I'll also add that I lived quite happily in my flat for years with just a futon and a lamp as my only furniture. Only had to get a sofa and table when I had a GF move in.
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Yawn. Another uneducated comment.
It would definitely cause friction considering their strategic policy is no-first-use, though it's probably just rhetoric I don't think they'd enjoy being exposed earlier than they intended to.
Reports suggest he has been moved units, the unit he originally joined when he got to Ukraine did not want the extra attention nor did it agree with his use of social media etc, They wanted anonymity, secrecy and as little attention as possible to allow them to conduct operations.
In other words from what I've read, it sounds like their priorities didnt align, and Wali was more interested in big juicy hits and satisfying his followers and glorifying his image.
I get it these guys are doing a hard enough job as it is. Snipers are already high value targets, they just dont need that drama.
Considering how well his badass state of the art army is doing I'm not sure he should be putting that much faith in a 40+ year old mainframe, even if it's only job is to send some emails to tell people to turn some keys xD
I can see how that would be an issue. I guess it's a matter of weighing his effectiveness vs the hassle he may bring.
yes I now listened to the video and the CNN presenter was just adamantly & ignorantly baiting Putins press secretary and exploiting his poor english, more context V
if that stupid women had been on the end of the phone during cuban crisis we'd(e
arents would) be toast.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5xFcK6EfM
Russia Leaves Nuclear Option On The Table For Ukraine
Well the carrier pigeons that the oligarch sold as mainframe processing/messaging is probably bone dust by now.
I wouldn't diss the old technology - the MIG radar used a 8550 vacuum tube until the 80s. The same tube makes a rather awesome OTL amp power tube. It's probably more nuclear proof than Putin's bunker.. unused tubes from the 1930s are often still perfectly usable however once powered up and in use they have a limited shelf life.
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That pretty much guessable as the next step in the Putin-schedule.
Well, as you can get gazillions of roubles for a dollar bill, gas should be cheaper, no?
I would have thought he would be looking for suitcases of Uncle Sam greenbacks delivered to his post restante address in Switzerland c/o Mrs Putin.
This means in order to continue buying gas from Russia countries will have to buy rubles, thus raising the value/price of rubles. Quite a smart counterplay tbh.
Agreed there's probably a family trust but Putin hardly seems to trust anyone so he probably uses the oligarch nuts in a vice to extract uncle sam's greenbacks..
You purchase in Rubles and who sets the exchange rate? Putin I would expect as it's probably only available from the RU central bank.
The value of Rubles would only apply to internal markets, if Putin wants to buy from a friendly country then he may still find that there's a difficult exchange rate.
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It'll be interesting to see if the unfriendly nations still using Russian gas will be happy to prop up the Ruble in order to have that gas
It's only smart IF the nations are so desparate they will buy Rubles, as said above it will be interesting to see what happens
1-2hrs ago:
*Putin: Russia Will Keep Rates Unchanged for Special Mortgage Programmes Despite a Recent Surge in Cost of Lending
*Kremlin Spokesman Confirms Chubais Resigned, Says Did So of His Own Accord – RIA
https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1506627954180296712 - 'The RF has opened an anti-EU front. Putin announced the gas payments transfer to Ru and the rejection from $/€, leading to operational failures and pressure on public opinion - second step to escalation. First one is threat of strikes on Eu logistics centers for the help to UA'
*Two Additional Yachts in Southern France Linked to Russian Oligarchs Immobilised by French Authorities – French Media Reports
*Russian Authorities Have a Week to Implement the New Ruble System for the Gas Buyers
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: It Is Too Early to Discuss the Necessity to Change Russia’s OPEC+ Quota as a Result of Sanctions.
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: In April-May, Russian Firms Predict Logistical and Payment Issues with Energy Supplies.
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: I Don’t Know of Anyone in OPEC+ Proposing to Increase Oil Output Beyond the Plan.
Past Hour:
*Zelenskiy Says French Companies Must Leave Russian Market
*Zelenskiy Tells French Lawmakers to Hold Minute of Silence on Ukraine War
*Zelenskiy Asks France for More Military Help for Ukraine
*Zelenskiy Says Inclusion of Ukraine in the European Union Will Be a Historic Decision
*European Delegate to the UN: We Are Witnessing the Fastest Refugee Crisis in Europe Since World War II
*Russia’s Novak: Sanctions Undermine Trust in Trading Oil in Dollars and Euros – RIA
*Russia’s Novak: EU Discussion to Stop Buying Russian Oil Is Itself Negative for Oil Market – RIA
*Russia’s Novak: The Market Will Reconfigure If EU Stops Buying Russian Oil – RIA
*US Senate Majority Leader Schumer Calls for Senate Passage of the Russia Trade Bill This Week.
*Fed’s Mester: I Have No Concerns That Rate Increases Are Going to Push the US Economy into Recession.
*Fed’s Mester: My Forecast Is Conditional on War Not Escalating a Lot.
*Fed’s Mester: The Fed Must Make Some 50 Basis-Point Rate Hikes in 2022.
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Grain Crop 54.6% Down to 38.9 Mln Tonnes Due to Russian Invasion
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Wheat Crop 53.7% Down to 14.9 Mln Tonnes
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Corn Crop 55.8% Down to 18.5 Mln Tonnes
*European Gas Surges 34% as Putin Seeks Payments in Rubles.
*Italy Government Economic Adviser: Italy Is Bringing to the European Council on Thursday a Proposal to Cap Gas Prices.
*Italy Government Economic Adviser When About Support for Gas Price Cap Proposal: We Have Portugal, France and Spain, We Need to Get Germany.
*Italian Government Economic Advisor: Another Suggestion Rome Would Present to the EU Council on Thursday Is to Use EU Bonds to Pay Shared Spending, Including Defence.
*Italy’s Government Economic Advisor: The Government’s Goal Is to Establish a Single Network.
*Italy’s Government Economic Advisor, When Asked If Italy Will Pay for Energy in RUB: I Think We Will Most Likely Pay in Euros.
*Bloomberg Users Expect U.S. Crude Stockpile Drop of 623K BBL
*Polish Delegate to UN: Rising Energy and Fuel Prices Will Increase World Food Crisis
*US Gulf Coast Percent Refinery Utilization Rises in Latest Week to Highest Since January 2020 – EIA.
*EU’s von der Leyen: Will Talk to Biden About Prioritizing LNG
*EC Pres. Von der Leyen: We Are Aiming at Having Commitment from US for Additional Supplies in LNG for the Next Two Winters.
*Chinese foreign minister to make surprise visit to India after clash two years ago- source
https://www.reuters.com/world/chinese-foreign-minister-visit-india-friday-bloomberg-quint-2022-03-23/
Now:
*7,000-15,000 Russian troops likely killed in Ukraine, per a NATO official briefing reporters on condition of anonymity
*Total Losses -Including Wounded, Captured or Missing- Could Be in the 30,000–40,000 Range
Twitter thread - much more detail here: https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1506646337856675842
*Bank of Russia: March Inflation Expectations Rise to 18.3%
*Russia’s Nabiullina Tried to Quit Before Putin Renominated Her
*Ukraine’s President Zelensky: UK’s Prime Minister Johnson & I Spoke, and He Assured Me of Assurance of His Support.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1506653207476506635
ECB’s Visco: Amid the War, Markets Have Been Relatively Calm.
*Putin & Israeli’s PM Bennett Spoke About Ukraine via Phone. – RIA
*German Gas Association “Zukunft Gas” – Have Noted with Great Irritation News of Trade in Roubles, Effects of Which Cannot Yet Be Assessed – RTRS
*German Gas Association – However Putin’s Move Gives the Impression That Sanctions Are Having an Effect and Putin Is Coming Under Increasing Pressure – RTRS
*Danone to Keep Essential Dairy Production in Russia: DJ
*Steel Giant Set to Be First Major Russian Debt Default of Ukraine War – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/ru...t-reach-issuer-s-account-eNIcyC1ggR56yDz70CgR
*Mayor of Kyiv: World War III Has Already Begun and Ukraine Is the Beginning
*Russia States It Is Having Some Issues Funding Embassies Abroad. – IFX.
*Swedish Defence Minister Says to Provide Ukraine with Additional 5,000 Anti-Tank Weapons – TT News Agency
*US Delegate to the Security Council: Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Has Tragic Repercussions on Global Food Security
*US Republican Senator Capito: We Need to Look at Other Ways to Pressure Russian Tycoons.
*US Republican Senator Capito: We Need to Unleash Our Energy Innovation.
*US Republican Senator Capito: Europe Is Buying Us Coal and Building Two LNG Terminals.
*Western Official: Resignation of Russian Official Chubais Encouraging, but May Do Little to Undermine President Putin’s Iron Grip
*Gazprom Books Marginal Day-Ahead Yamal Link Capacity to Germany.
*Norway Finance Ministry Says Is Preparing for a Situation in Which Jens Stoltenberg Cannot Become Norway Central Bank Governor at End-2022 as Planned
https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1506660815390351361
https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1506660809757319177
*Putin: Russia Will Keep Rates Unchanged for Special Mortgage Programmes Despite a Recent Surge in Cost of Lending
*Kremlin Spokesman Confirms Chubais Resigned, Says Did So of His Own Accord – RIA
https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1506627954180296712 - 'The RF has opened an anti-EU front. Putin announced the gas payments transfer to Ru and the rejection from $/€, leading to operational failures and pressure on public opinion - second step to escalation. First one is threat of strikes on Eu logistics centers for the help to UA'
*Two Additional Yachts in Southern France Linked to Russian Oligarchs Immobilised by French Authorities – French Media Reports
*Russian Authorities Have a Week to Implement the New Ruble System for the Gas Buyers
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: It Is Too Early to Discuss the Necessity to Change Russia’s OPEC+ Quota as a Result of Sanctions.
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: In April-May, Russian Firms Predict Logistical and Payment Issues with Energy Supplies.
*Russia’s Deputy PM Novak: I Don’t Know of Anyone in OPEC+ Proposing to Increase Oil Output Beyond the Plan.
Past Hour:
*Zelenskiy Says French Companies Must Leave Russian Market
*Zelenskiy Tells French Lawmakers to Hold Minute of Silence on Ukraine War
*Zelenskiy Asks France for More Military Help for Ukraine
*Zelenskiy Says Inclusion of Ukraine in the European Union Will Be a Historic Decision
*European Delegate to the UN: We Are Witnessing the Fastest Refugee Crisis in Europe Since World War II
*Russia’s Novak: Sanctions Undermine Trust in Trading Oil in Dollars and Euros – RIA
*Russia’s Novak: EU Discussion to Stop Buying Russian Oil Is Itself Negative for Oil Market – RIA
*Russia’s Novak: The Market Will Reconfigure If EU Stops Buying Russian Oil – RIA
*US Senate Majority Leader Schumer Calls for Senate Passage of the Russia Trade Bill This Week.
*Fed’s Mester: I Have No Concerns That Rate Increases Are Going to Push the US Economy into Recession.
*Fed’s Mester: My Forecast Is Conditional on War Not Escalating a Lot.
*Fed’s Mester: The Fed Must Make Some 50 Basis-Point Rate Hikes in 2022.
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Grain Crop 54.6% Down to 38.9 Mln Tonnes Due to Russian Invasion
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Wheat Crop 53.7% Down to 14.9 Mln Tonnes
*Analyst APK-Inform Sees Ukraine 2022 Corn Crop 55.8% Down to 18.5 Mln Tonnes
*European Gas Surges 34% as Putin Seeks Payments in Rubles.
*Italy Government Economic Adviser: Italy Is Bringing to the European Council on Thursday a Proposal to Cap Gas Prices.
*Italy Government Economic Adviser When About Support for Gas Price Cap Proposal: We Have Portugal, France and Spain, We Need to Get Germany.
*Italian Government Economic Advisor: Another Suggestion Rome Would Present to the EU Council on Thursday Is to Use EU Bonds to Pay Shared Spending, Including Defence.
*Italy’s Government Economic Advisor: The Government’s Goal Is to Establish a Single Network.
*Italy’s Government Economic Advisor, When Asked If Italy Will Pay for Energy in RUB: I Think We Will Most Likely Pay in Euros.
*Bloomberg Users Expect U.S. Crude Stockpile Drop of 623K BBL
*Polish Delegate to UN: Rising Energy and Fuel Prices Will Increase World Food Crisis
*US Gulf Coast Percent Refinery Utilization Rises in Latest Week to Highest Since January 2020 – EIA.
*EU’s von der Leyen: Will Talk to Biden About Prioritizing LNG
*EC Pres. Von der Leyen: We Are Aiming at Having Commitment from US for Additional Supplies in LNG for the Next Two Winters.
*Chinese foreign minister to make surprise visit to India after clash two years ago- source
https://www.reuters.com/world/chinese-foreign-minister-visit-india-friday-bloomberg-quint-2022-03-23/
Now:
*7,000-15,000 Russian troops likely killed in Ukraine, per a NATO official briefing reporters on condition of anonymity
*Total Losses -Including Wounded, Captured or Missing- Could Be in the 30,000–40,000 Range
Twitter thread - much more detail here: https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1506646337856675842
*Bank of Russia: March Inflation Expectations Rise to 18.3%
*Russia’s Nabiullina Tried to Quit Before Putin Renominated Her
*Ukraine’s President Zelensky: UK’s Prime Minister Johnson & I Spoke, and He Assured Me of Assurance of His Support.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1506653207476506635
ECB’s Visco: Amid the War, Markets Have Been Relatively Calm.
*ECB’s Visco: To an Extent, Inflation Has Been a Surprise.
*ECB’s Visco: We Are Seeing Supply and Negative Demand Shock Simultaneously.
*ECB’s Visco: Addressing the Supply Disruptions Is a Fiscal Responsibility.
*ECB’s Visco: In Europe, We Are Not Seeing Excessive Increases in Wages.
*ECB’s Visco: For the ECB, All Options Are Open.
*ECB’s Visco: We Will Continue to Maintain Attractive Funding Conditions.
*ECB’s Visco: Balance Sheet Reduction Won’t Happen Soon.
*ECB’s Visco: When Making Decisions, the ECB Considers the Exchange Rate.
*ECB’s Visco: We Are Seeing Supply and Negative Demand Shock Simultaneously.
*ECB’s Visco: Addressing the Supply Disruptions Is a Fiscal Responsibility.
*ECB’s Visco: In Europe, We Are Not Seeing Excessive Increases in Wages.
*ECB’s Visco: For the ECB, All Options Are Open.
*ECB’s Visco: We Will Continue to Maintain Attractive Funding Conditions.
*ECB’s Visco: Balance Sheet Reduction Won’t Happen Soon.
*ECB’s Visco: When Making Decisions, the ECB Considers the Exchange Rate.
*Fed’s Daly: The Real Neutral Rate Is 0.5%, So the Nominal Neutral Is 2.5%.
*Fed’s Daly: 2.5% Is the Amount We Want to March Rates to, and Then Perhaps Slightly Above It.
*Fed’s Daly: In 2023, Some Increase in the Policy Rate Above the Neutral Line Will Be Needed.
*Fed’s Daly: If Inflation Moves Up, We Will Need to Be More Restrictive.
*Fed’s Daly: A Little Restrictive May Be Just Right If Inflation Comes Down.
*Fed’s Daly: We Are Prepared to Do Whatever It Takes to Get Price Stability.
*Fed’s Daly: We Will Need to Be More Restrictive If Inflation Moves Up.
*Fed’s Daly: Fed Policymakers Project the Frontloading of Rate Increases.
*Fed’s Daly: Another Rate Hike Worth of Tightening Would Be Delivered Alongside Balance Sheet Adjustments.
*Fed’s Daly: Compared to Previous Cycles, This Is Quite a Bit of Front Loading.
*Fed’s Daly: Data Will Indicate Whether 50 Bps Is the Right Recipe.
*Fed’s Daly: If We Need to Raise Rates by 50 Bps, We Will Do So.
*Fed’s Daly: I Have Everything on the Table
*Fed’s Daly: Data Will Help Us Determine How Much Is Necessary
*Fed’s Daly: Although Conflict Is a Modest Risk to Growth, We Do Not Expect It to Deliver Stagflation.
*Fed’s Daly: It Is Too Soon to Call Whether or Not We Will Have a Global Recession.
*Fed’s Daly: Very Limited Chance of U.S Recession
*Fed’s Daly: I Do Anticipate Global Growth to Slow Down.
*Fed’s Daly: It’s Not Unusual That We Can Achieve a Soft Landing, Which Is What We Are Aiming for.
*Fed’s Daly: Moving Too Quickly on Tightening May Be Disruptive, Which We Are Trying to Avoid.
*Fed’s Daly: I Don’t Want to Be Disruptive by Moving Too Quickly on Tightening.
*Fed’s Daly: Shocks Related to the Pandemic Is the Reason Inflation Is Too High, Not the Fed’s Framework.
*Fed’s Daly: 2.5% Is the Amount We Want to March Rates to, and Then Perhaps Slightly Above It.
*Fed’s Daly: In 2023, Some Increase in the Policy Rate Above the Neutral Line Will Be Needed.
*Fed’s Daly: If Inflation Moves Up, We Will Need to Be More Restrictive.
*Fed’s Daly: A Little Restrictive May Be Just Right If Inflation Comes Down.
*Fed’s Daly: We Are Prepared to Do Whatever It Takes to Get Price Stability.
*Fed’s Daly: We Will Need to Be More Restrictive If Inflation Moves Up.
*Fed’s Daly: Fed Policymakers Project the Frontloading of Rate Increases.
*Fed’s Daly: Another Rate Hike Worth of Tightening Would Be Delivered Alongside Balance Sheet Adjustments.
*Fed’s Daly: Compared to Previous Cycles, This Is Quite a Bit of Front Loading.
*Fed’s Daly: Data Will Indicate Whether 50 Bps Is the Right Recipe.
*Fed’s Daly: If We Need to Raise Rates by 50 Bps, We Will Do So.
*Fed’s Daly: I Have Everything on the Table
*Fed’s Daly: Data Will Help Us Determine How Much Is Necessary
*Fed’s Daly: Although Conflict Is a Modest Risk to Growth, We Do Not Expect It to Deliver Stagflation.
*Fed’s Daly: It Is Too Soon to Call Whether or Not We Will Have a Global Recession.
*Fed’s Daly: Very Limited Chance of U.S Recession
*Fed’s Daly: I Do Anticipate Global Growth to Slow Down.
*Fed’s Daly: It’s Not Unusual That We Can Achieve a Soft Landing, Which Is What We Are Aiming for.
*Fed’s Daly: Moving Too Quickly on Tightening May Be Disruptive, Which We Are Trying to Avoid.
*Fed’s Daly: I Don’t Want to Be Disruptive by Moving Too Quickly on Tightening.
*Fed’s Daly: Shocks Related to the Pandemic Is the Reason Inflation Is Too High, Not the Fed’s Framework.
*Putin & Israeli’s PM Bennett Spoke About Ukraine via Phone. – RIA
*Senior EU Official: Europe Paying in Roubles for Russian Energy Could Be Discussed by EU Leaders
*German Gas Association “Zukunft Gas” – Have Noted with Great Irritation News of Trade in Roubles, Effects of Which Cannot Yet Be Assessed – RTRS
*German Gas Association – However Putin’s Move Gives the Impression That Sanctions Are Having an Effect and Putin Is Coming Under Increasing Pressure – RTRS
*Danone to Keep Essential Dairy Production in Russia: DJ
*Steel Giant Set to Be First Major Russian Debt Default of Ukraine War – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/ru...t-reach-issuer-s-account-eNIcyC1ggR56yDz70CgR
*Mayor of Kyiv: World War III Has Already Begun and Ukraine Is the Beginning
*Russia States It Is Having Some Issues Funding Embassies Abroad. – IFX.
*Swedish Defence Minister Says to Provide Ukraine with Additional 5,000 Anti-Tank Weapons – TT News Agency
*US Delegate to the Security Council: Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Has Tragic Repercussions on Global Food Security
*US Republican Senator Capito: We Need to Look at Other Ways to Pressure Russian Tycoons.
*US Republican Senator Capito: We Need to Unleash Our Energy Innovation.
*US Republican Senator Capito: Europe Is Buying Us Coal and Building Two LNG Terminals.
*Western Official: Resignation of Russian Official Chubais Encouraging, but May Do Little to Undermine President Putin’s Iron Grip
*Gazprom Books Marginal Day-Ahead Yamal Link Capacity to Germany.
*Norway Finance Ministry Says Is Preparing for a Situation in Which Jens Stoltenberg Cannot Become Norway Central Bank Governor at End-2022 as Planned
https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1506660815390351361
https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1506660809757319177
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