@barray on Thu Feb 24 11:22:44 UTC 2022 said: &e#putin 's #translated #speech is #chilling and as the #tweeter pointed out - very likely to have been pre- #recorded https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/..The #russian #moscow #stockexchange just #collapsed 45% before they #suspended all #trading until further notice: https://twitter.com/dataandpolitics/stat.. Looks like #russia is now at #war ... Fuck.
@barray on Tue Feb 22 03:08:04 UTC 2022 said: &eLooks like #russia is set on #invading #ukraine https://youtube.com/watch?v=lWT6vuRRXQE This could potentially be used to pull #data #live https://liveuamap.com/?ll=48.11679266819.. #putin apparently now has #permission to use the #military https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/r.. Still unclear: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/whit..I may be made to eat these words quite soon: https://coffeespace.org.uk/blogs/russian.. #fingerscrossed I don't... Let's all #hope that this #russia - #ukraine #situation calms down.
It's unclear what will happen as a result of #russia #threatening to #invade #ukraine https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/r.. Apparently the #ukrainian #president doesn't believe it will happen. I think the fact that #putin makes such #threats means that they simply cannot be #trusted and the #eu are #dumb to believe they can rely on #russian #gas #supplies as a source of #energy #security ... #idiots !
Interesting #proposition by #putin regarding ensuring #ukraine never becomes a part of #nato to ensure it is never a #threat to #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/p.. I think there is a better #compromise to be had - #ukraine joins #nato and is under their #protection , but remains un- #militarised until Russia makes a move. I don't think NATO has any interest to move against Russia unless they themselves become a threat.
Good on #japan for not stepping down against increasing #chinese #aggression https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/j.. If you don't stand up to #china 's #ccp , they will continue to keep slicing away until there is nothing left to #defend ... I'm surprised #russia was so willing to get into bed with them though, I was really hoping that #putin would pick a different path.
#russia 's #putin is now talking of " #redlines ", adopting #language used by #china 's #ccp https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/p.. Even so, it appears the #west and #eu refuse to take #russian #threats seriously - perhaps the #emperorhasnoclothes ?
#putin isn't wrong in this case, #wokism and #leftwing #ideology is trying to #erase the very meaning on #man and #woman from the #language itself: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/puti.. That's not to say #russia comes down on the right side of the #argument either, where you have a very real #hostile #environment for people with different #sexualities ...
@barray on Sat Oct 23 02:46:28 UTC 2021 said: &eI suspect this could be part of a #combined #nato effort to push-back on #russia and #putin 's #pressure pushing for the #eu #pipeline ... This is why I think #nato in #ukraine shouldn't be taken seriously for now, I believe it's just an empty #threat - we'll see if #russia calls them out on it.What? #nato are *finally* doing something about #ukraine being #invaded by #russia ? https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/n.. I'm still holding my breath, I don't know if this will hold true when #russia start making moves.
As expected, #russia are going to #squeeze the #eu over their #gas #pipeline #plans https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/winter.. The #eu should hold tight, as relying on #putin for #gas in the future for #energy would be a #longterm #mistake - but will of course cause major #problems in the #nearfuture ! A big #decision for them to make soon. I'm leaning towards them #bendingtheknee to #putin ...
#eu #gas #price exploded by *40%* #overnight ! https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/ju.. Ouch! It's so bad that #putin is going to step in... https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/europe.. More proof that the #eu is a failed project?
#biden is losing his control over the #mainstreammedia that helped him get elected: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bide.. He now won#t even come out and condemn #putin - next he'll say #china did nothing wrong.