Russia & Ukraine

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

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    No, they have the same jobs they have now. Not a whole lot of the Russian population has a job connected with the West in any way. Sure, there are professionals working for western companies, but not nearly as many as you may believe.

    and how much you want to bet that Chinese companies don't quickly move in to take market share in a resource rich country?
     
    #1531     Mar 2, 2022
  2. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    To be fair he and his wife are both visually impaired.

    Though my wife is also, I am making my own plans to take up the cause as I firmly believe its time for action to speak louder.

    Its fully expected for the US to hold back, the US has always been very, very slow to engage an enemy that could actually hurt it as asymmetric engagement is the style.

    Europeans on the other hand need to deal with the back yard and more than capable. In my experience Ukrainians are quite dickish as a people very often, the overt racism toward African students evacuating etc. no surprise but it would get a whole lot worse under Russia.

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    #1532     Mar 2, 2022
  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    To that point...

     
    #1533     Mar 2, 2022
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  4. I saw that news clip..... you are being fucking invaded by Russia who is attacking and killing you yet you still find time to be racist fucks.....almost lost all sympathy at that point..
     
    #1534     Mar 2, 2022
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  5. UsualName

    UsualName

    Really? That’s interesting. The amazing self sustaining Russian economy.

    We’ll see if the Russian government can handle the sanctions or not but don’t rule the Russian economy devolving into bartering a la early 1990s.

    https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/russia/tradestats
     
    #1535     Mar 2, 2022
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

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    So if you don't mess with energy and minerals, and China trade stays intact, what new opportunity is there?

    Oh, and then there's wheat exports which will unlikely to be touched (China certainly won't cancel them no matter what).

    I know! Maybe all those Russian lumberjacks will feel it if we cancel their sawn wood trade!

    Ya gotta make tough decisions if you want to put the screws to the economy.
     
    #1536     Mar 2, 2022
  7. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    But they ended up paying for it. Trump was brilliant on that one.
     
    #1537     Mar 2, 2022

  8. Are those numbers for the month of November only or the year to date of 2021... because russia's wheat exports are way more than 2.2% of that total in a given year so just wanted to understand the chart.

    They do about 35 million MT year and at an average of $300 /MT that is almost 1/3 of that 36B number so just want the context.
     
    #1538     Mar 2, 2022
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Just November. It's not all that different on an annual basis if you look at the percentages. Wheat actually goes down.

    Here you go.

    https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus

    The point is, if you're not going to go after the big meat, you're not going to make a big dent in the Russian economy. Not enough to make the people move towards getting rid of Putin.
     
    #1539     Mar 2, 2022
  10. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    They have been developmentally isolated and every population has its minority cons and lib majority set in brain biology. I give them a pass for now as it's a phase poor and isolated/corrupt nations go through. Many I know in Louisiana are no better :)

    Poland is also really institutionally racist for similar reasons. But its still better than under Putin..
     
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    #1540     Mar 2, 2022