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Russian President Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

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Oleg Tinkov:

„I don't see ONE beneficiary of this insane war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying.
The generals woke up with a hangover and realized they had a shitty army. And how can the army be good if everything else in the country sucks and is mired in nippotism, lackeyism and deference? Kremlin officials are shocked that not only they, but their children won't be going to the Mediterranean this summer. Businessmen are trying to salvage what is left of their property... of course there are morons who draw Z, but morons in any country are 10%. 90% of Russians are AGAINST this war! Dear "collective West" please give Mr.Putin a clear exit to save his face and stop this massacre. Please be more rational and humanitarian ❤️

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Which political candidate would you choose?

Candidate A: Is a decorated war hero, a vegetarian, doesn’t smoke, drinks no alcohol except for an occasional beer, and loves children and dogs.

Candidate B: Was kicked out of office twice, smokes like a chimney, has his first alcoholic drink each day at 9:00 a.m., always in debt, and always pays his income taxes late.

Candidate A: Adolph Hitler

Candidate B: Winston Churchill
 
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As I mentioned many times in earlier posts, a lack of Western technology will eventually become a big problem for Russia. It does not even possess the basic technology necessary to make its own bankcard chips -- and now China is having supply problems trying to provide enough for Russia. In addition, even UnionPay is no longer an option for Russians:
On Thursday, Russian media outlet RBC reported that UnionPay would no longer cooperate with major Russian banks, including majority state-owned Sberbank. The report, which cited multiple unnamed sources, said the Chinese payment system made the decision out of fear of secondary sanctions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=53588607364346e485978cdadedf9aa5
Numerous emerging and frontier markets in Africa and elsewhere have leapfrogged branch-and-card-based banking by adopting mobile phone banking. So, even Africa is ahead of Russia in banking technology.
 
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I thought it was completely incomprehensible how the words fly through the air, you do not take each other into account in any way.

I hope you find satisfaction in what you post ... personally, I thought the war was some s**t and hope we get an end to things soon.
 
Even American corporations are now defeating Russia in battle.
SpaceX reacted to a Russian attack against its infrastructure with such speed and efficacy that a U.S military official described it as an "eye-watering" accomplishment.

What Happened: As Benzinga reported in late May, SpaceX's Starlink communications drones are being leveraged by Ukraine's military to control drones and strike against Russian invaders from afar. When the Russians started jamming the signal of its satellite network, SpaceX adapted fast and came back online the next day, making the attack ineffective, military news outlet C4ISRNET reported on Wednesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/new...sedgntp&cvid=074b4cbfe92148d8a422be0db2124725
 
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It’s amazing how those who are purportedly seeking freedom in their financial affairs on this forum, which inevitably means fighting against the EU and the USA, support EU and the USA in their Russophobia.
Funny to see how much you like self inflicted financial pain (which includes paying for Russian sanctions).
 
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It’s amazing how those who are purportedly seeking freedom in their financial affairs on this forum, which inevitably means fighting against the EU and the USA, support EU and the USA in their Russophobia.
Funny to see how much you like self inflicted financial pain (which includes paying for Russian sanctions).
It's amazing how those who are purportedly seeking freedom, end up in western countries. Like millions of russians for example in the past 30 years.

I've never heard a single person in my life that they REALLY want to move to 'free countries' like Russia, China, N.Korea, Venezuela. But there are literally millions who moved to west from these countries and they are still coming daily. There must be something rotten there I guess. These countries all have something in common. Rich dictators and lack of freedom... ohh and shitty economy.

Go figure ;) it's not all black and white.

I guess Putler isn't that great after all. EU, USA, West in general are far from perfect, yet still lightning years ahead of countries like Russia. Freedom, quality of life etc. are not even comparable and can not be put in the same sentence.

If western standard drops by half, it will still be a wet dream for a lot of Russian people considering how 'good' they have it there. Bureaucracy and taxes suck big time in the west, it's nota secret. But those things are not the only factors that determine someones quality of life.

And yes, west can afford helping Ukraine for a VERY long time, which I'm not sure about Russia that they can keep up.
 
It’s amazing how those who are purportedly seeking freedom in their financial affairs on this forum, which inevitably means fighting against the EU and the USA, support EU and the USA in their Russophobia.
Funny to see how much you like self inflicted financial pain (which includes paying for Russian sanctions).
It is like having snakes and spiders in your garden. You don't much like them, and you might eventually get bitten by them. But you also know that they are necessary to prevent a much worse ecological catastrophe from occurring, such as a plague of bugs, rodents, and other really nasty pests.

You may not exactly like the U.S. and the EU, but they are vastly preferable to the totalitarian scum that might overrun the world in their absence -- thereby making your life an intolerable misery.

Stated another way, you don't jump from the pan (U.S. and EU) into the fire (Russia and China). Ideally, you try to escape from both. But it also means that you can still use the pan to escape the fire.
 
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@MrPepper dude half of the forum here has already moved or is looking to move from their western homeland full of freedom to a "free country" as you say. And why even mention NK, you couldn't even move there if you wanted to.
Most of them go to countries like Cyprus, Malta, Colombia, Thailand, Panama, UAE etc. None of these is remotely close to what has Russia become. Also, most of the people here, open offshore companies, but i'd say 90% of them conduct business on the west and make money there with those companies.
 
but i'd say 90% of them conduct business on the west and make money there with those companies.

I can surely confirm that. I see a lot of information pass through my eyes and I can say it's even more than 90%.

People already understand it's too hard to do business with countries like Russia, Belarussia, Kazachstan, etc. The money is on the other side.

Russia now is like N. Korea, let's be honest.
 
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but i'd say 90% of them conduct business on the west and make money there with those companies.
Of course they (we) do. The west has the biggest amount of money, that's true. However the clock is ticking, just look at the US debt. EUR is also going down; EU has imposed sanctions yet they don't have a solution for the energy crisis they themselves have caused.

And there are a multitude of reasons as to why the west is rich right now. USD being reserve currency for example, and stuff such as economic blackmail (read the book Confessions of an Economic Hitman). You don't want to play by our (western) rules? No problem, we will assasinate you, replace you, and your country will get a nice loan from the IMF and hire our contractors. Do some research on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant for instance.

So it's not that simple.
 
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Of course they (we) do. The west has the biggest amount of money, that's true. However the clock is ticking, just look at the US debt. EUR is also going down; EU has imposed sanctions yet they don't have a solution for the energy crisis they themselves have caused.

This will not be solved overnight, but long run EU has learned the lesson and they will limit in the future how much and what they get from Russia. Short term, EU lose a lot, long term Russia lose a lot.
 
What is your point?
My point is that the West is just as bad as Russia & co. if not more. And I say that as someone who will officially be out of the EU by the end of this year.

If CIA assasinations of democratically (and several non-democratically) elected leaders are imagination to you, then we have nothing else to talk about...

That being said, if you are so much against Russia, no one is stopping you from going to Ukraine to fight them. So be my guest...
 
Russia now is like N. Korea, let's be honest.
Sure, Russia is isolated:

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