Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Russia posts another $25billion deficit for January

In recent weeks the Kremlin has tried to compensate by selling off currency reserves and also announced it will try to raise $20billion from domestic bonds

The main cause of Russia's budget woes is the price of its oil, gas and the lack of ability to move it around. Russian oil revenue were cut I half last year and they make up half of Russia's budget revenue, and so going forward of this continues and Russia runs out of assets to sell the Kremlin has to come to terms with a 30 to 40% reduction in tax revenue and it has to cut spending to cover that

And along with this massive reduction in tax revenue, at the same time the Kremlin is looking to rapidly increase defence spending. Russia has never tried to increase spending so much when its revenues were dropping so fast

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Russia’s budget deficit soars as energy revenues slump by almost half

Fall in oil and gas sales coupled with sharp rise in defence spending highlight economic damage of Ukraine conflict
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According to some posters I thought Western sanctions had no impact.......
 
sityeuropa said:
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I knew this already, I'm not surprised and Bojo was also stirring the pot with it.

Ukrainian blood to get one over Russia.
This is not about Ukraine's sovereignty for the West it is a selfish act to drain Russia. This is all it is about.
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LOL

You don't know anything tbh. you recently just accepted at face value some obviously BS claims about Russian and Ukrainian losses (supposedly form "Mossad") and now you're lapping this up too.
 
sityeuropa said:
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I knew this already, I'm not surprised and Bojo was also stirring the pot with it.

Ukrainian blood to get one over Russia.
This is not about Ukraine's sovereignty for the West it is a selfish act to drain Russia. This is all it is about.
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Do you have a source that is NOT pro-Russian or anti-war as such? When I search, all I get is RT, and other random sources and nothing else.

I want to know the context for 'blocked'. If the West is saying 'Hey, that's a really terrible deal. We'll give you support to help fight', that really is different to 'blocking' for example.
 
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Goodie said:
I've asked this question to one of your previous incarnations, I'd love to know your background to hold such thoughts. Where are you from? What's your level of education?
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This is perfect strategy according to game theory, and the difference between an infinite player vs a finite player.

Of course, peace deals must be blocked, putin can have peace at any time, he simply withdraws.
 
Firestar_3x said:
According to some posters I thought Western sanctions had no impact.......
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Some sanctions have had a small impact on the overall economy and some have had no impact but the type of the sanctions that have been the nail in the coffin was making it so ships carrying Russian products can't get insurance, which means most ports won't let them dock or pass through certain straights and of course that oil price cap.

Some sanctions haven't worked, for example bans on selling electronics for military use because the Russians found ways to get around it using convoluted and complicated supply chains and foreign businesses in friendly countries like China, India and Iran. To make sure all sanctions work the US would need to declare Russia to be a terrorist state so that the US government has to aggressively enforce sanctions on its own companies and foreign ones
 
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I mean they have worked somewhat in that convoluted supply chains are easier to skim from (just blame the extra costs on top on the seller) and also inherently more expensive as well as inconsistent in quality of goods.
 
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This video I watched years ago, for some reason was super hard to relocate.

You never see this stuff on the mainstream TV and in such depth
Putin talking directly to the media leaders in 2016. He recognised that they would not filter it through to their audiences but wanted to tell them anyway.

This is Putin talking about the geo political balance of the world.
You might say the missile defence system in Romania should not be provocative but I tell you this is not how Russia see it.

 
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I don't care if it's provocative, Russia has aimed missiles at the rest of Europe for decades and we're just supposed to take it?

His invasions are proof it's necessary and also proof his rationale is contradictory as the missiles would be closer to his empire if he'd conquered Ukraine. It's pretty clear that his only regret was that Romania(+Baltics and well everything really) was no longer on the table to conquer which is cleanly proven by the fact that his allies practically cried when Finland said it had enough of it's evidently pointless neutrality.

Also a country doesn't need to violently attempt to overthrow their neighbour's governments if they have a positive, friendly relationship... this is simply what Russia is and always has been, they weren't forced into anything they didn't intend to do from the outset.
 
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Russia has FOR DECADES been provocative to other countries by intentionally flying near or into foreign airspace, and other such games. Please don't even come here and try to sell us the story of "poor old Russia, look how they are the victim".

"I urge you". This phrase is itself telling IMO. No one says that, unless they are ON THE SIDE OF the person they are saying it about. So, which commie party are you aligned with exactly?

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Long story short: Russia wants it all, whilst telling everyone else they can't or shouldn't have it.
 
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sityeuropa said:
You never see this stuff on the mainstream TV and in such depth
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Hilarious nonsense.

sityeuropa said:

Putin talking directly to the media leaders in 2016. He recognised that they would not filter it through to their audiences but wanted to tell them anyway.

This is Putin talking about the geo political balance of the world.
You might say the missile defence system in Romania should not be provocative but I tell you this is not how Russia see it.
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I don't give a **** how Russia sees it, the bottom line is that Russia has consistently been the aggressor in that region for well over 100 years, and there's no valid justification for Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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I'm sorry, I'm absolutely dumbfounded by anyone that actually takes what Putin says at face value. Routinely invades his neighbours, murders his opposition and anyone that tries say anything bad about him. Belittles and murders parts of his own citizenship that he doesn't believe to be ethnically good enough etc. Good god.
 
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Sankari said:
Hilarious nonsense.



I don't give a **** how Russia sees it, the bottom line is that Russia has consistently been the aggressor in that region for well over 100 years, and there's no valid justification for Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia/USSR? Is there one just for Russia rather than dragging The Ukraine through the mud too?
 
We don't tend to include France or The Netherlands when talking about Germany's conquests during any of those wars, so not sure it matters? Russia was the principle power behind it.
 
sityeuropa said:
This is Putin talking about the geo political balance of the world.
You might say the missile defence system in Romania should not be provocative but I tell you this is not how Russia see it.
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The same Putin/Russia who since the Cold War have repeatedly probed other nation's air space with nuclear capable bombers and other combat capable aircraft while Western nations long ago were only flying unarmed ISR missions and the occasional B-52 missions for training/skill retention purposes which aside from a couple of recent ones which were in response to Putin's nuclear sabre rattling have been non-provocative flight paths.

The same Putin who routinely raises the spectre of nuclear war in attempts to intimidate.

The West might not be perfect, but it is a far sight better than what you are siding with.
 
Scougar said:
I'm sorry, I'm absolutely dumbfounded by anyone that actually takes what Putin says at face value. Routinely invades his neighbours, murders his opposition and anyone that tries say anything bad about him. Belittles and murders parts of his own citizenship that he doesn't believe to be ethnically good enough etc. Good god.
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There is always this revenge going on. Anyone who left Rashka and is helping foreign agencies with information is being poisoned. So the one who orders it can feel satisfaction when one is suffering before the death.
 
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