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And you really think that Putin may not have factored it all in? Clearly there is something he is trying to achieve here more than what we know here. Europe is equally in trouble with Russian exports contrary to what the media is saying. If you go by media reports, Europeans appear like a...

The Soviet Ruble was worthless outside USSR. That didn't stop them from revaluing. Most likely Russia has triggered a return to gold--or-resource backed currencies. I know what you're talking about Russian slide. But they have so much of mineral wealth that they can sit on it and take their own...

It was unfortunate that the Maidan regime ambassador was trying to link the threat to us for nothing after repeatedly voting against us since 2013 on every damn internal issue of ours. Though we all feel terrible for the suffering of innocent Ukrainian civilians, this attitude by the Zelensky...

This is not a good idea. Air travel and people-to-people connect is what keeps some pressure on politicians and public. Closing airspace especially at a time when people want to travel is ridiculous. Heard that Russia has also closed its airspace to 36 countries. This is going to shoot up the...

It's not as far as the Pakistanis seem to be projecting here from their own experience. That sort of patronage is long over for us. We don't engage in hostilities with them but there has already been a lot of crap that we have faced in the time since Biden-Harris came to power. The one good...

The one thing that I appreciate about East Europeans is that they don't have filters. They are open and clear about what they want and don't use fluff words. It's a matter of who they want to take in their countries as it is their nation. There is no obligation. However, treating guest...

If he were in NATO, then this would have already been a WW3. That is exactly why Russians moved in; they have no interest in fighting Ukrainians at all. They just want to replace him with their own puppet. The sheer force is just to make an example out of what happens when Russians are pushed...

That is assuming the said African country uses RMB. But it can definitely fill the gap along with barter trade, until a more long-term currency replacement can be found.

Better exit NATO or you are going to be in more trouble than you bargained for. Bud, I'd take the Western media with a pinch of pink salt. The way they have censored all Russian media from telling their side of the story, It's pretty much KCTV of the DPRK right now. If you read the Twitter...

Germans are still a puppet for the US. EUR 110 billion means nothing compared to the US (though the Americans always revalue their currency because of global reserve). They have lost all appetite for war and militarization is a taboo subject in the minds of Germans who vote for their government...

Macron's idea is just that. But most likely with this war, those plans for a separate European force will go down the drain as entire Western Europe runs into American arms. I admire the shrewdness of American strategists here: Install & fund a puppet regime in Ukraine using the pretext of a...

But it has to mean something in third markets. If someone, say from Africa, was to trade with Russians and agreed for a Ruble-local currency trade agreement, how would they do that? It has to have some value. And oil still has a lot of value despite the hubris over EV taking over in the next...

You have a weird sense of humor. Using meaningless words, having fantasies for old actresses... damn.

Yeah, but they are backed by the USD rock solid. Putin needs to revalue the Ruble if it has to mean anything outside Russian borders beyond CSTO, you guys, and us (for arms and oil). I'm not a finance expert, but just wondering if he can peg it on the value of oil. Help me out here. Iraq tried...

Sunny Leone... you have classic tastes. ;)

Toady? We are not you guys jumping bandwagon after bandwagon. Something that you Pakistanis don't understand; we don't pick sides. We see a problem and try to do what we can without harming our self-interests just like how the West keeps its interests supreme. Russia is a stakeholder in their...

Free from Communism, yes. Soviet administration was insane when it came to suppressing a target group. I can understand the turdstorm that the Poles, Romanians, Hungarians, etc., faced. But free and independent? More like:

Fourth Reich. But Third World War. The Japanese hear you: U.S. should abandon ambiguity on Taiwan defense: Japan's Abe Japan wants US nuclear missiles on Japanese soil and they have already started arming in 2019.

Chechnya is a province of Russia. So yes, if there is a Chechen regiment of the Russian Army then it will be asked to go. Kadyrov's autonomy goes as far as the internal day-to-day administration of the republic is. Not when it comes to military-related matters. At the end of the day, Putin is...

Ukraine wasn't a part of the EU decision. Now that they are joining, Turks are in a dilemma. But frankly, according to the treaty (can't remember the name), Turkey cannot stop ships returning to their home ports. Russia is on both sides of the world and hence they can always pass through unless...