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28.02.2022, 16:53
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | It's Alphaville, so it's free with registration or by entering via web search link.
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28.02.2022, 16:59
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Yes, in line with what I meant. From the article:
"The reserves — worth $630bn, as of the end of January — are made up of assets and deposits denominated in the world’s major currencies (that is, the dollar, euro, sterling and the yuan). As well as almost 2,300 tonnes of gold..."
"The sanctions imposed by the US, EU and UK against the central bank are likely to render a lot, if not quite all, of these reserves useless..."
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28.02.2022, 17:13
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Yes, in line with what I meant. From the article:
"The reserves — worth $630bn, as of the end of January — are made up of assets and deposits denominated in the world’s major currencies (that is, the dollar, euro, sterling and the yuan). As well as almost 2,300 tonnes of gold..."
"The sanctions imposed by the US, EU and UK against the central bank are likely to render a lot, if not quite all, of these reserves useless..." | | | | | Yes, but quite a bit in gold, yuan and/or assets in China with an option that China helps them to trade at least to an extent. I simply wanted to say they will not be at "zero", but of course it is a powerful sanction.
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28.02.2022, 17:18
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Yes, but quite a bit in gold, yuan and/or assets in China with an option that China helps them to trade at least to an extent. I simply wanted to say they will not be at "zero", but of course it is a powerful sanction. | | | | | Fair. As the resident strategists here, we have reached an agreement | 
28.02.2022, 17:22
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Ladies and gents, el corralito 2022  Less than 1 week to go from the R in BRIC to Argentina. | Quote: |  | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the application of special economic measures against the United States and countries that have joined them," the Kremlin press service reported...According to the decree, Russian residents are banned from transferring foreign currency to their accounts or deposits in foreign banks. | | | | | https://sputniknews.com/20220228/put...093454942.html | The following 3 users would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | | 
28.02.2022, 17:25
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Ladies and gents, el corralito 2022 Less than 1 week to go from the R in BRIC to Argentina.
[ | | | | | What about withdrawals from their foreign accounts?
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28.02.2022, 17:25
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Watch those humorous videos showing the actual ferocious fighting between the forces. Soldiers morale shows that nobody really believes in any senseless killing one brother onto one another except for the Russian presidents agenda.
Ukraine invasion: Videos show locals confronting Russian forces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60558621 | 
28.02.2022, 17:26
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | If you read the announcement, it's actually much more than the title suggests. Basically, every business is FORCED to sell 80% of it's foreign currency revenue to the state. Residents are also banned from transferring funds abroad. These are desperate measures to shore up foreign currency, but it is exactly this - desperate.
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28.02.2022, 17:39
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | What about withdrawals from their foreign accounts? | | | | | Withdrawl systems are mostly based on Swift which is blocked
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28.02.2022, 17:40
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Why am I not surprised?
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Putin says recognition of Crimea key to ending war
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart on Monday that the demilitarisation of Ukraine and Western recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula were prerequisites to ending fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
"Vladimir Putin stressed that a settlement is possible only if Russia's legitimate security interests are unconditionally taken into account, including the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, the demilitarisation and denazification of the Ukrainian state and ensuring its neutral status," according to a Kremlin readout of the call. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/2...-nuclear-alert | This user would like to thank komsomolez for this useful post: | | 
28.02.2022, 17:50
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Putin says recognition of Crimea key to ending war | | | | | The Ukranians need to think about that. But...there's no guarantee Mr. Putin doesn't want another piece of Ukraine some years down the road.
Also, no mention of NATO. So, did all the provocations from NATO doesn't matter anymore?
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28.02.2022, 17:51
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Why am I not surprised?
| | | | | There was a great quote in The Gladiator...why do people don't understand when they're conquered.
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28.02.2022, 17:52
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart on Monday that the demilitarisation of Ukraine and Western recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula were prerequisites to ending fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. | | | | | So the brothers from young independent states are not of the importance anymore?
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28.02.2022, 18:01
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | The Ukranians need to think about that. But...there's no guarantee Mr. Putin doesn't want another piece of Ukraine some years down the road.
Also, no mention of NATO. So, did all the provocations from NATO doesn't matter anymore? | | | | | Would Ukraine ceding Crimea mean they weren't occupied any more, and free to join NATO?
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28.02.2022, 18:04
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Watch those humorous videos showing the actual ferocious fighting between the forces. Soldiers morale shows that nobody really believes in any senseless killing one brother onto one another except for the Russian presidents agenda. | | | | | Tell it to the citizens of Kharkiv who are being shelled by multiple rocket launchers BM-21 "Grad". Awful videos with limbs torn off. So the senseless killing of brothers is OK for Russians if they don't see how people die?
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28.02.2022, 18:06
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Would Ukraine ceding Crimea mean they weren't occupied anymore, and free to join NATO? | | | | | Ukraine will never want to be demilitarised after what has happened. And I don't understand at all what is denazification.
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28.02.2022, 18:06
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Would Ukraine ceding Crimea mean they weren't occupied any more, and free to join NATO? | | | | | Not sure that's what Vova meant with demilitarization. If you are UA, that would be something to think about.
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28.02.2022, 18:08
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | And I don't understand at all what is denazification. | | | | | Installing a Soviet puppet regime.
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28.02.2022, 18:11
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
And during the "peace talks" Russian troops are using cluster munition in Ukrainian cities.
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28.02.2022, 18:19
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Tell it to the citizens of Kharkiv who are being shelled by multiple rocket launchers BM-21 "Grad". Awful videos with limbs torn off. So the senseless killing of brothers is OK for Russians if they don't see how people die? | | | | | Sure, not to demean the courage of the oppressed and aggression of the oppressors. As they always say, the truth lies somewhere in the middle and everyone wonders how much fake news is cruising around:
Ukraine invasion: Misleading claims continue to go viral https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60554910 | The following 2 users would like to thank jacek for this useful post: | |
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