I knew it. Wreck Ukraine, force its neutrality and never have it be part of NATO. One of my Russian friends said this a few years ago.
Belarus it's already aligned with Russia, so why would they?
It's mostly "boomers" who still remember Soviet Days plus some people who remember and fear the chaotic 90s. However, majority don't think Stalin is great, don't want return to Tsars and Soviet Union and so on.
Not surprising, back in the Soviet Union's day they would have shot the protestors.
Which could still happen, to be honest.
the German economy is generally concerned about EVERYTHING and the German political elite is generally concerned about the economy AT ALL TIMES.
You have never seen someone love something the way a German politician loves the German economy.
Boris Johnson is finally getting his Churchill moment :roll_eyes:
But I don't even care if he is a knob, long as he talking loud and gives sanctions that EU has to respond at some what same level or lose some credibility.
But I don't even care if he is a knob, long as he talking loud and gives sanctions that EU has to respond at some what same level or lose some credibility.
This isn't surprising.
It happens in the US so it will definitely happen in Russia. The protestors are doing what's right. I hope their voices are heard.
Depends on your definition of do nothing. If do nothing is just sanctions and sending allies to NATO countries like you're saying, then yes we should do nothing. It is a no win situation and shitty for Ukranian people, but no one is going to start a WW3, nuclear or not, over a non-NATO ally.
You mean how the ordinary people here feel? To be honest I don't know how to answer correctly. I have a feeling that almost everybody who's not brainwashed by the state media is horrified, but I might be in a bubble somewhat. In general almost all the people that I know feel tremendous shame. Words that my colleague said to me and they are stuck in my head right now: "Today is the first time in my life when I regret having kids."
Italy and Germany have a ton of Russian money tied up and other economic ties.
Indeed. Sun Tzu's Art of War: "There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."
No, because enough of the republican voter base is willing to overlook all the evil shit Trump has done.
they are always late with these speeches. never expect them to be on time
Oof, that sounds more concerned then Susan Collins about Trumps' shenanigans.
Reposting:
Significance of this is that it's 60 miles north of Kyiv, one of the shortest land routes from the Belarusian-Ukraine border (where Russia is moving troops in) to Kyiv. Low population density which makes it ideal. It's a staging ground for moving on the capital using the Hostomel military airfield.
only 2 hours away from the capitol.
Appreciated, thanks.
This should set a precedent to follow instead of enforcing sanctions to hurt common people.
Quite possibly, but if so then it'll take a while for a new consensus to form regarding acceptable interactions between state actors. Whatever that consensus might be, I think it's very unlikely that there'll be general acceptance that economic sanctions aren't okay or that cyberattacks are okay.
Yeah, it's just... I don't want to get my hopes up, but I really expected the progress in capturing Ukraine would be greater on the first day. It's just very confusing what is happening given how, on paper, Russia is such a significantly more powerful army
I've looked up the statistics for the heating market, it's a bit old (2017 on the right), but I don't think much changed.
Yellow: Gas
Green: Renewable Energy
Grey: Hard Coal
Pink: Waste
Brown: Lignite
Blue: Oil
Renewables did catch up somewhat in the first two decades.
Unfortunately, its hard to hurt the ring leaders without hurting regular people; most of whom are even against the current "misadventure".
I think to some extent it's also about pining for the days when Russia was still a genuine world power, and not the crumbling kleptocracy it is now.
I was thinking the same thing. If they did that .... can you imagine the heat they would get from Russia???
Holy fuck, ABC. The anchor was just trying to bait the reporter in Ukraine to say the Putin only did this attack now because he views Biden as weak. As if Putin was afraid of Trump! Fuck fucking fuck the media. Thankfully the reporter was having none of it, but the anchor was pushing the narrative hard.
Moving away from nuclear energy was a huge mistake that Putin is banking on now.
Oh sure, but again, that's not common with folks in their 40s and on down. Most people just want to live, work, have kids, be like a normal Western country. Hell, most Russians wouldn't have minded joining EU/NATO, but they are powerless and mostly fatalistic. It's like the Hong Kong example earlier in the thread.
That would risk pissing of EU countries who are dependent on that oil and gas.