Looks like #russia are really #struggling right now: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ffzO1EFWOiw The #sanctions are starting to take effect, and it appears they will come off much worse in the #longterm . They also appear to be under- #funding their #war in #ukraine , only just about #paying for their new #recruits . The problem is that they will become increasingly desperate, which makes them hard to predict...
Looks like another #metal has risen in #price as the #uk #sanctions #nickle #suppliers due to #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/ni.. It'll be interesting to see how far this can go.
The #us is talking about #china being #sanctioned for #invading #taiwan - but they also #threatened #sanctions for #helping #russia , and yet they remain unsanctioned: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/u..
#ruble still increasing #despite #sanctions - although I #suspect that it will #crash again soon after a new round of #sanctions from the #us and #eu https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rubble..
Whilst the #us #sanctions #russia over their #invasion into #ukraine , the #imf 's main #concern is the #power of the #dollar https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/i.. It's probably already too late unless a #war breaks out between #russia and #nato ... Watch this space...
Looks like the #russian #ruble is making a #comeback , #despite #sanctions still in place and the #invasion in #ukraine still #ongoing https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/russ.. Looks like #sanctions do not work for long.
This move by #russia is #genius - they are #forcing #hostile #nations (those who imposed #sanctions ) to #buy their #gas #resources in #rubles , #pumping the #ruble significantly: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/russia..
The #russian #stockmarket is making a come back as they re- #open https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/russia.. It appears as if #sanctions have done all they really can. There is really only one more way to #escalate this now.
#china 's #ccp casually #buying #russian #oil in the background for a #cheap #price https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/ch.. So much for those #sanctions ...
The #us is now putting #sanctions on #ccp #officials https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-exp.. Apparently this is because of the #uighur #muslim #genocide - weirs time to start caring now. This now firmly places #russia and #china together.
Turns out that #france 's #macron was #bypassing existing #sanctions by #selling #weapons to #russia prior to the #invasion of #ukraine https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOPscf5Psdg
#russian #sanctions now mean cutting off non- #critical #drugs from #us #drugmaker #elililly https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/eli-li..
It appears that without any kind of #sanctions , the #chinese #stockmarket is going insane: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/meanwh..
And so the first real #domino starts to fall as #protests erupt in the #middleeast over massively increasing #food #prices https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/arab-s.. All of these #sanctions have a *massive* #impact on net #importers of these foods. Very bad times ahead.
#germany is already starting to feel the #pinch of #increased #price for #heating as #shortages start due to #russian #sanctions https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/sh.. #oil #company #shell are now #limiting some #supplies ...
#russian #gold is now apparently #blocked from the world's #largest gold #market ! https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/russia.. These #sanctions get even more serious by the day!