Russian TV host, today, after finding that he has no access to his Italian villa and his ownership of it may be in jeopardy: "I was told that Europe is a citadel of rights, that everything is permitted, that’s what they said… I know from personal experience about the so-called ‘sacred property rights.’ With every transaction I was bringing paperwork demonstrating my official salary, income, I did it all. I bought it, paid crazy amount of taxes, I did everything. And suddenly someone makes a decision that this journalist is now on the list of sanctions. And right away it affects your real estate. Wait a minute. But you told us that Europe has sacred property rights!" It's all fun and games until you invade your neighbor.
If tactical nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine, Poland and Estonia will suffer from the fallout from the radioactive dust and intense radiation. That is why all these saber rattling by Biden, Macron, Johnson should be opposed by the smaller NATO countries. They would be the ones to suffer the consequences not the US, France or the UK.
This is how you topple Putin. You piss off enough people on the inside who then do the dirty work of getting rid of him.
If only. How'd that work with Castro, Chavez, Saddam, Khaddafy and many others? The people, out in the streets not in the Penthouses, have to do it.
Don't be silly, he's the good guy here. Remember... The French invaded Russia so Napoleon could force them to use the Metric-system. The Germans invaded Russia so Hitler could force the Communist party out. The Russians invaded Ukraine so Putin can force the Nazi party out. That said, looks like it's time to go LONG on uranium mining companies. Good luck all!
Already took long positions on oil and commodities. Not because of what is being reported on cable TV but, because the StockCharts shows the strong trends of oil and commodities. Not sure if Russia will cut oil production and natural gas to Europe but, it would be the absolute best way for them to get even. Make the price of oil and natural gas go sky high. That would hurt the economies of the US and Europe in a very large way. Inflation would really go thru the roof.
Although it had been in a overall downtrend Euro gapped down this afternoon (5pm EDT open) against all the major pairs USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD and NZD. While USD is kinda mixed presently.