No Netflix and McDonald's?
Putin will be on his knees without his Big Mac and Gossip Girl
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No Netflix and McDonald's?
Putin will be on his knees without his Big Mac and Gossip Girl
I think its down to terrible training and preparation, in combination with the deception (troops were told they were on an exercise, not about to invade) and subsequent lack of morale to attack a nation containing friends and relatives.
Sanctions have impacted Russia heavily and will continue to do so. You cannot diversify an economy away from Russian oil and gas overnight, but states are starting to take measures to do so.
Hilarious is probably not the word I would use.
If I give you one apple but grab two apples on the side then I have taken an apple from you.
Ask @harms how hilarious it is only a week or so in.
If I had to guess that would be my suggestion.
If you are defending your country, your way of life then you fight to the bitter end.
If you don’t really agree with it (the war) in the first place you aren’t going to have that innate will to succeed.
I have never been in that position thankfully but if my life was on the line I’d be far more willing to give it up if I thought it would mean something than if I thought it was a shit idea from the get go.
i mean I get it, but I wonder if some of them would've done so if others hadn't started the trend.
Absolutely hilarious. Why didn't the European nations burry some more oil in their countries, instead of Russia.
reasoning.Well, if you can’t travel abroad, or trade abroad
Cynical part of me thinks it is often not dictated by wanting to take a stance against the war but rather low profitability and volatility driven by currency issues.
Yeah I'm leaning that way with some of them as well.
Sure, but an exodus is always going to be staggered. It’s incredible how quick things have moved really. The invasion hadn’t even commenced two weeks ago.
This is not true at all.
Buying Russian oil and gas was happening anyway (it hasn't been added on), but the sanctions are new and represent a huge hit on Russia's economy. The result: huge net damage to Russia's economy.
The ruble has fallen through the floor, inflation will soon be rampant, unemployment will sky-rocket, Russian GDP will shrink massively. In 6 months from now Russia will be an economic basket-case.
True. I'm even more impressed that Russian forces still haven't taken Kiev. It felt like they were heavily shelling the outskirts of the capital on day two maybe? I can't remember when it was exactly but there was a CNN reporter putting body armor on.
Add to this the fact that Russian soldiers are conscripts with little interest in fighting in the first place, who are then probably underpaid and mistreated in a variety of ways, and its not particularly hard to see why they may underperform, abandon their vehicles, surrender etc.
Given the impending need to pivot from Russian gas, I would like to see the US, Europe, etc. start the process of building LNG container ships and processing facilities much more urgently than Scholz' prediction of a LNG facility being ready in a couple years. And start figuring out how to build more ships capable of installing wind turbines.
Probably not that, they are just realizing that staying in Russia will have a significant impact on their reputation.
Agreed. LNG transport and de/re gassification terminals should be priority #1.
Nobody wants to be the one to directly give them the planes, it seems.
Getting basic rations that are 7 years old isn’t going to help you thinking that mother Russia cares about you that much either.
In that situation it’s entirely understandable that lots of soldiers half arse it. Would you really put yourself majorly in harms way when it’s clearly bollocks to begin with?
Had Ukraine been the aggressor and these Russian lads were fighting for their families and their homes the situation would be reversed I’m sure .
Surely all the shipyards that won't be building new yachts for Russian oligarchs will have some free time. The US should also amend the Jones Act, which creates problems for us in this area.
Nobody wants to be the one to directly give them the planes, it seems.
This is the second time it’s been announced, first time by the EU and the second time it’s been rolled back. Farce.
Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis
Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won’t help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-...-with-biden-during-ukraine-crisis-11646779430
He's already selling them weapons contrary to his election promises. Not sure what "support" they mean.
Better get some of that Freedom guys
He's already selling them weapons contrary to his election promises. Not sure what "support" they mean.
They might want more ”military advisers” from the Pentagon to help slaughter the Yemenis.
Sines port has a very big storage capacity and facilities to process LNG, now just needs a pipeline through Pyrenees
Full statement on the planes. They need to be transported by road across the border. Starting to think this is all smoke and mirrors and they’ve already started doing just that - it’s a bit bizarre to publicly announce exactly where you’re parking them and let the world know ahead of time what’s happening and how.
With friends like that, who needs Yemenis.
The Iranian nuclear deal is ongoing in the background with Qatar also mediating between the Saudis and the Iranians.
FFS all this bureaucratic tiptoe-ing around eggshells while Russia blows civilians to shit is really grating.
We may as well build a NATO museum on the Eastern front and put these planes on show, so that the refugees can at least touch them and admire their shiny-ness while their families get annihilated.
We may as well build a NATO museum on the Eastern front and put these planes on show, so that the refugees can at least touch them and admire their shiny-ness while their families get annihilated.
That will also be a factor but ultimately if you don’t really have any significant profit to protect, the decision is very easy. The company I work for (US based) have not made a decision to pull out of Russia and at current FX there is no way we can have positive margins there which makes it even weirder.
It makes me think there must have been a genuine communication breakdown that made Poland say: "Fine, you want our jets involved without it being a NATO mission, here you go, you do it."
I think it is a safe bet that clandestine arms transfers to Ukraine are going on, just like happened during the Cold War. Whether that involves planes I'm not sure.
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