Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
by scotty79 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:45AM
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I wish all property of Russian companies outside of Russia were just nationalized by respective countries and all trade with Russia stopped.
Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
by alimov on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:18AM
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Not to mention that Russia is a major producer of fertilizer, which they just stopped exporting.
Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
by machiaweliczny on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:26PM
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You know that arab spring went viral due to lack of wheat imports from Ukraine and Russia due to draught?
Economy is important because itβs felt by ordinary people. In Moscow there were already pretty big protests. I think Putin made a mistake, he could just install fake democratic government and retire in peace.
Not selling somebody your tomatoes primarily affects your tomato growers who will go bust, not those buying the tomatoes - particularly if they have plenty of tomatoes internally, can easily produce them or can get them from those lovely tomato growers in China in return for oil and gas.
There's rather too much faith in the power of the mighty US dollar. Quite a few people are going to find out the hard way that electronic impulses on a computer don't mean as much in reality as gas and oil supplies.