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


Here’s the accompanying article:

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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%.
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GordyR said:
An excellent thread from Ed Conway, with some seriously shocking charts.


Here’s the accompanying article:

news.sky.com

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%.
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And we're still (indirectly) buying Russian oil

www.bbc.co.uk

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


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

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


Here’s the accompanying article:

news.sky.com

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 news.sky.com
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That's why the sanctions are achieving sod all.
 
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D.P. said:
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
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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?
 
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
 
Not Biden's finest moment.


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.

Firestar_3x said:
So no sanctions should be in place?
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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.
 
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Sankari said:
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.
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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.
 
Orangeade said:
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?
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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
 
ci_newman said:
Why would Boris, who is no longer a public servant, give a free interview to a US journalist?

Just think about that for a while. What does Boris have to gain in the slightest from having an interview with him? If Tucker is serious then he'll pay it.
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No one mentioned the word free, I think it's perfectly reasonable to be compensated for his time.

What Boris has to gain is getting to be interviewed by Tucker Carlson, giving him the opportunity to set the record straight; if he believes Tucker to be a mouth piece for the Kremlin then he should relish the chance to give an accurate set of events to Tucker, rather than deliberately pricing himself out of the interview, or indeed just trying to cash in on a war he could've helped avert.
 
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