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Ukraine is game to you?

Liquid Karma said:
He will stop for a period of time, realize that we and Europe did nothing, and a couple years from now he will move on the Baltic states.

The difference that time will be that the Baltics are NATO members since 2004. So you can expect a more focused effort on destabilizing NATO over the next couple years, very likely led by a Republican congress here in the US.
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Yep. Republicans who claim that Biden's response was weak.

[h=1]Eurovision: Russia can compete despite invasion of Ukraine[/h]
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60514388

Russia will be allowed to participate in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, despite launching a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine.



Organisers called the competition a "non-political cultural event" and said they were "currently planning" to host entrants from both Russia and Ukraine at the event this May.
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PhDeac said:
Yep. Republicans who claim that Biden's response was weak.

[h=1]Eurovision: Russia can compete despite invasion of Ukraine[/h]
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60514388
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His initial reply was sort of weak. Today's sanctions though are a move of big time strength and are effective immediately. Basically they'll require any item of high tech that could normally be sold for Russian end use without a license to require a license (which presumably will not be granted). He probably cut off their legal access to north of 50% of all high tech equipment on earth today. And if/when other nations join in that number just goes up.

The flip side is Russia controls about 40% of the palladium production on earth. I presume that will see the price of this critical commodity tied to high tech products sky rocket. FWIW, South Africa, Canada and the US all have significant deposits of palladium.

Feels like Cold War part 2 only we will be unraveling decades of trade reliance this go around.

For those of you who like to geek out on regulations, feel free to wade in.

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-04300.pdf
 
DeacMan said:
His initial reply was sort of weak. Today's sanctions though are a move of big time strength and are effective immediately. Basically they'll require any item of high tech that could normally be sold for Russian end use without a license to require a license (which presumably will not be granted). He probably cut off their legal access to north of 50% of all high tech equipment on earth today. And if/when other nations join in that number just goes up.

The flip side is Russia controls about 40% of the palladium production on earth. I presume that will see the price of this critical commodity tied to high tech products sky rocket. FWIW, South Africa, Canada and the US all have significant deposits of palladium.

Feels like Cold War part 2 only we will be unraveling decades of trade reliance this go around.

For those of you who like to geek out on regulations, feel free to wade in.

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-04300.pdf
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Hopefully this works out for palladium bullion investors
 
Klitchko brothers fighting for Ukraine
 
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Liquid Karma said:
He will stop for a period of time, realize that we and Europe did nothing, and a couple years from now he will move on the Baltic states.

The difference that time will be that the Baltics are NATO members since 2004. So you can expect a more focused effort on destabilizing NATO over the next couple years, very likely led by a Republican congress here in the US.
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Sadly plausible.
 
WFcatamount22 said:
So is the west still buying Russia’s natural gas and oil?
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The Russians have been barely meeting contract obligations for months. They're not selling on the spot market, even though there is demand.
 
WFcatamount22 said:
So is the west still buying Russia’s natural gas and oil?
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Europe won't be in the near future. The question is where do they get gas from going forward. Norway is already at max capacity. The US can fill some of the gap, but not all.

We're about to see a pretty solid spike in LNG prices.
 
Deaconblue said:
The Russians have been barely meeting contract obligations for months. They're not selling on the spot market, even though there is demand.
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Isn't a lot of that due to the flow of gas through Ukraine dropping off a ton in the last year or so?
 
Maybe that would get India off the sideline. It’s going to be tough to say there’s an international coalition against Russia if it doesn’t include China and India.
 
PhDeac said:
Maybe that would get India off the sideline. It’s going to be tough to say there’s an international coalition against Russia if it doesn’t include China and India.
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No way the Chinese are going against the Ruskies. They are sitting back watching this shit with dick in hand and a picture of Taiwan on the wall.
 
 
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