Russia & Ukraine

Discussion in 'Politics' started by UsualName, Jan 18, 2022.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Even top Russian officials admit their economy is in shambles.

    Putin's lapdog admits Russia's economy is in pits after being hammered by sanctions
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1836742/Putin-russia-economy-collapse-sanctions


    And let's take a look at what is going to happen next with Russia's "ghost tanker" fleet which is being used to bypass sanctions. Currently these tankers are beset by insurance coverage problems, next they will be seized by countries as various shipping choke points.


    Russia's 'ghost ships' could be targeted at a sea choke point in a bid to enforce the West's oil price cap
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-ghost-ships-could-targeted-123249504.html
     
    #14661     Nov 20, 2023
  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    The "Russia will collapse" crew putting in extra hours lately in trying to keep the narrative alive. I remember when we were all told Russia would be split up by now. Good times.
     
    #14662     Nov 20, 2023
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    It's amusing that you think that having 10,000 rubles is "quite rich". Imagine what a million from the Kremlin could do for you.
     
    #14663     Nov 20, 2023
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Russia does not like Ukrainian singers and wants them arrested. Doesn't Putin and the Kremlin have more important things to worry about?

    Russia puts Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala on wanted list
    Moscow comes after a Crimean Tatar … again.
    https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-puts-ukrainian-eurovision-winner-jamala-on-wanted-list/

    Susana Jamaladinova, a Ukrainian of Crimean Tatar origin known professionally as Jamala, is now on Russia’s wanted list, state news agencies RIA and TASS reported Monday.

    The ministry of internal affairs accuses the 40-year-old Eurovision-winner of discrediting Moscow’s army, Russian news website Mediazona reported. The site said Moscow put Jamala on the wanted list in October, and in November the singer was arrested in absentia by a Russian court.

    Jamala, a vocal critic of Russia’s occupation of her native Crimean peninsula and invasion of Ukraine, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 with the song “1944,” which is about the deportation and ethnic cleansing of around 200,000 Crimean Tatars carried out by Soviet authorities in May 1944.

    Jamala, who is currently on a fund- and awareness-raising tour in Australia, reacted to the news by posting an Instagram story of herself outside the Sydney Opera House, with a facepalm emoji.
     
    #14664     Nov 20, 2023
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #14665     Nov 20, 2023
  6. Atlantic

    Atlantic

    #14666     Nov 20, 2023
  7. Nobert

    Nobert

    ,, Wasn't long until the police arrived ''

     
    #14667     Nov 20, 2023
  8. Businessman

    Businessman

    Dads army, all look over the age of 40.


     
    #14668     Nov 20, 2023
  9. kashirin

    kashirin

    So I understand you are not interested in protecting Ukrainian democracy other than empty talk?
     
    #14669     Nov 20, 2023
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Our tax dollars are spent on Ukraine regularly. It's our contribution to ending violent aggression from deranged dictators like Putin. What are you doing to promote decency and democracy on the face of the earth?

    It's just a matter of time until your Russian conscription notice shows up -- so you can join Putin's cannon fodder.
     
    #14670     Nov 20, 2023
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