Ruble Sinks Most in Two Years as Putin Recognizes Separatists https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-assets-tumble-military-aid-123632260.html
Like I said, Putin is trying to play a tit for tat game here. Sometimes the best move is to not unload your biggest move when provoked. The both of you did it address the point that this action is not going over well inside of Russia. There’s a reason why bombs aren’t falling on Kyiv today. Our timing of sanctions is important here because it will hurt the Russian people. Also, @TreeFrogTrader says Putin is some kind of a genius and he has this all figured out. I don’t think so. I think he is playing this day be day now. There’s no way he wants conscripted troops outside of Kyiv sleeping in broken down railway stations. The Russian troops surrounding Ukraine are not living it up out there.