The Brink of War?

[StevieWonders]

I notice the ethnically Russian Bloomberg reporter Misyriena Egkolfopoulou says that more than 17 million Russians or 12% of the population are cryptocurrency owners

https://www.bloomberglinea.com/2022/...oid-sanctions/

[StevieWonders]

Russia controls 17-20% of world wheat trade, North Africa will be in big troubles because there are not enough wheat to substitute it at least in this year..

I understand China has lifted its restrictions on the import of Russian wheat

[StevieWonders]

The government of Thailand has focussed on the most important potential outcome of the conflict - the potential fall in Russian and Ukraine tourists

[cdnmatt]

33% drop in the Russian stocket market before they halted trading, 10.5% drop in Rubles, dozens of anti-war protests across Russia with over 1700 arrests, massive international condemnation and sanctions, et al.

[Dodger]

33% drop in the Russian stocket market before they halted trading, 10.5% drop in Rubles, dozens of anti-war protests across Russia with over 1700 arrests, massive international condemnation and sanctions, et al.

Possibly even more impacting is the fact that Putin's actions have just given the "Green Light" to every free nation on Earth to impose whatever sanctions they want on Russia without having to justify their actions to anyone. It appears that the Russian people are already aware of this, and not too happy.

[cdnmatt]

If you scroll through https://reddit.com/r/ukraine apparently there's loads of photos of soliders there, and from the responses I guess they just look like kids on both sides.

Kids going off to kill each other for some delusional old man's nostalgic memory of grandeur. Lovely.

[StevieWonders]

If you scroll through https://reddit.com/r/ukraine apparently there's loads of photos of soliders there, and from the responses I guess they just look like kids on both sides.

Kids going off to kill each other for some delusional old man's nostalgic memory of grandeur. Lovely.

Give up, Matt - Putin has won this one

[cdnmatt]

Give up, Matt - Putin has won this one

I know, time to get Putin onto an aircraft carrier with the Mission Accomplished banner out behind him.

[StevieWonders]

I know, time to get Putin onto an aircraft carrier with the Mission Accomplished banner out behind him.

Just like George Bush, Putin is a Christian (and proud of having restored the Russian Orthodox Church to its privileged position)

[cdnmatt]

I'm just curious as to what the upcoming civil war in Ukraine will look like. Iraq didn't exactly have the backing of the West in this manner, so this should be interesting.