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

[Colonel_Klinck]

lol Boris wanting $1m to do an interview with Tucker after calling him out, basically doesn't want to be challenged on anything

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760040681853067439

Zero time for Boris, he is corrupt, a professional liar and everything is about him but then Tucker is also a professional liar. As cj newman said why would a private citizen do an interview with Tucker for free? Boris has at least 10 children to feed doesn't he? And who wants to watch 2 liars lying for 2 hours anyway.

 

[dlockers]

The same Tucker who Putin was critical of for not asking challenging questions?

Boris has spent his political career dodging actually answering difficult questions when put to him... in fact it has become something of a Tory speciality.

Like labour isn't any different? Lol.

 

[GordyR]

An excellent thread from Ed Conway, with some seriously shocking charts.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760348194741891241

Here’s the accompanying article:

British firms' exports are almost certainly bolstering Russia's war machine in Ukraine, Sky data analysis finds

Items including drone equipment and heavy machinery are being sent from the UK to countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan and are then being moved to Russia, analysis indicates. Exports to former Soviet satellite state Kyrgyzstan have risen by over 1,100%.

news.sky.com

 

[Freakbro]

An excellent thread from Ed Conway, with some seriously shocking charts.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760348194741891241

Here’s the accompanying article:

British firms' exports are almost certainly bolstering Russia's war machine in Ukraine, Sky data analysis finds

Items including drone equipment and heavy machinery are being sent from the UK to countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan and are then being moved to Russia, analysis indicates. Exports to former Soviet satellite state Kyrgyzstan have risen by over 1,100%.

news.sky.com

And we're still (indirectly) buying Russian oil

Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim

Russian oil is refined in other countries and sold into the UK as jet fuel and diesel, research claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

These issues really need to be put front and centre to every Western politician, its a ******* farce.

 

[Sankari]

Putin's favourite dog is saying the quiet part out loud.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760571805234761785

It doesn't matter if this is true or not; the West should assume it is, and act accordingly.

An excellent thread from Ed Conway, with some seriously shocking charts.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760348194741891241

Here’s the accompanying article:

British firms' exports are almost certainly bolstering Russia's war machine in Ukraine, Sky data analysis finds

Items including drone equipment and heavy machinery are being sent from the UK to countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan and are then being moved to Russia, analysis indicates. Exports to former Soviet satellite state Kyrgyzstan have risen by over 1,100%.

news.sky.com

That's why the sanctions are achieving sod all.

 

[Orangeade]

no, in capitalism investors simply want a positive ROI where expected rewards are higher than risks, but risks are acceptable. Otherwise no one would invest in the stock market

No, a rule of law is highly relevant to ensuring assets are kept safe, taxation is fair and regulations on the market are well understood.

Where I custodise my assets if I'm trading a multibillion fund is of huge importance to me, what legal guarantees I have in a counterparty default is incredibly important. Even take an example of a very simple mandate to do indexation trading let alone anything more exotic. ROI is understood as the mandate is strict in terms of tracking so no upside(its actually as severe a breach as going under) for exceeding risk, but you still have to know that I have protection against other events and actions.

Otherwise who would trust anyone in the stock market?

 

[Firestar_3x]

That's why the sanctions are achieving sod all.

So no sanctions should be in place?

 

[Grim5]

Looks like the Duma is considering withdrawing and cancelling their part of the German reunification treaty of 1990. By doing that they would withdraw their former loss of claims to Germany, aka Russia wants East Germany back

 

[Grim5]

Medvedev calls to Odessa, he says the city must come back "home"

He also said Russia will never accept that Kyiv is not controlled by Russia and will continue to attack Kyiv forever until it gives up and joins the Russian union

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760565969527710071

 

[Puppetmaster]

I'm less interested in what Boris would say than Putins history lessons.

Atleast if you say the wrong thing to Boris you won't fall out of a window while drinking dodgy tea

Medvedev calls to Odessa, he says the city must come back "home"

Yeh I don't think that will happen.

 

[Sankari]

Not Biden's finest moment.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760584849646125179

I think the people from the land of bicycles and cheese can sit this one out. It's not as if they're any use in a war anyway.

So no sanctions should be in place?

Straw man. I think they should, but they need to be far broader and more damaging. Sanctioning the management of a prison, for crying out loud? What the hell will that achieve?

Hit Russia's energy industry, ban the sale of Russian oil and gas, seize Russian owned assets and sell them to fund Ukraine, nationalise Russian businesses in Western nations, withdraw banking services from Russian oligarchs.

Make it impossible for Russians to do business in the West without losing every ruble they've invested. Make it hurt.

 

[peterwalkley]

The remains of Bakmut and Avdiivka say hi.

 

[Freakbro]

So no sanctions should be in place?

Sanctions that actually work should be in place.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Straw man. I think they should, but they need to be far broader and more damaging. Sanctioning the management of a prison, for crying out loud? What the hell will that achieve?

Hit Russia's energy industry, ban the sale of Russian oil and gas, seize Russian owned assets and sell them to fund Ukraine, nationalise Russian businesses in Western nations, withdraw banking services from Russian oligarchs.

Make it impossible for Russians to do business in the West without losing every ruble they've invested. Make it hurt.

Some sanctions are financial, some are to hurt industry others like the one about the prison are for political reasons.

The west has seized and frozen vast amounts of Russian wealth, banning the sale of Russian oil and gas through a third country is basically impossible, the only real way around it is to stop buying any oil from that country.

 

[rypt]

the only real way around it is to stop buying any oil from that country.

No - the way to hurt them more is to sanction any country that has bought Russian oil (India, China)

 

[Orangeade]

No - the way to hurt them more is to sanction any country that has bought Russian oil (India, China)

Yes that sounds like a great idea. Nothing could possibly go wrong there......

My God.

 

[Firestar_3x]

No - the way to hurt them more is to sanction any country that has bought Russian oil (India, China)

That then becomes a game of hurting your relationship with that country and pushing them further towards Russia.

 

[rypt]

That then becomes a game of hurting your relationship with that country and pushing them further towards Russia.

I'd like the West to start playing that game - to split the world into true bubbles of allies

 

[D.P.]

No, a rule of law is highly relevant to ensuring assets are kept safe, taxation is fair and regulations on the market are well understood.

Where I custodise my assets if I'm trading a multibillion fund is of huge importance to me, what legal guarantees I have in a counterparty default is incredibly important. Even take an example of a very simple mandate to do indexation trading let alone anything more exotic. ROI is understood as the mandate is strict in terms of tracking so no upside(its actually as severe a breach as going under) for exceeding risk, but you still have to know that I have protection against other events and actions.

Otherwise who would trust anyone in the stock market?

Nope, capitalism is present in criminal activities and corporations are more than willing to exploit unfair tax rules. Investments that are secure may have particular value but there is zero requirement for capitalism. Socialism had much tighter requirements on security, law and order

 

[jigger]

No - the way to hurt them more is to sanction any country that has bought Russian oil (India, China)

Yeah, sanctioning Russian associates to the point doing business with them is at least a royal pain in the arse. Call it Vladolf Added Duty.