Putin has already found a way to bypass the Russian laws and to rule more than 2 permissible terms, and he can do it again if he wants.
I think that Putin does not want third world war because Russia could live well from the sale of oil and gas to EU and they do not have economic and political reasons for it.
However, Ukraine and neighboring countries are a different story, and here Russia will not give up, believing that they are protecting their strategic interests.
It's sad that USA and EU will not do anything in order to protect Ukraine and other countries in this area from Russia.

I think that today all major IT and Internet companies are doing the same thing, recording our activities on the Internet and based on that adjusting their sales strategy, new products etc.
I don't think that we can avoid that, because life without the Internet and new technologies is not an option, right?
The only thing we can do is to not share private information on the Internet, when it really not necessary.

I don't think he would have spoken positively about bitcoin if there is no good reason behind it.
Russia is partially excluded from the world's financial flows due to sanctions so any way to overcome this blockage is good for them.
In the long run this attitude of Russia towards the bitcoin could be good for us. It remains to be seen.

All together, I earned almost 1 BTC in the last year from different signature campaigns but had to cash out some of this earnings and also invested some funds in other investment programs, so right now I don't have 1 BTC.
Hope to earn this amount soon again

LOL when I read this answers I feel like ''very old man''.
Let's sway that I'm over 40 years old.
It's interesting that my sponsor, person who introduce me to bitcoin a few years ago is also kid, only 18 years old.
It seems that the younger generation more easy accept new and revolutionary projects, and are not afraid to try, than older and more cautious users.

I agree with you.
Liberland is really not serious issue, there are a lot of other areas and countries, like Iraq or Syria, who really need serious help from the international community.
Liberland became a fun for several people because of unsettled border line between Croatia and Serbia, but it is clear that Liberland will never become a real state, but all remain only in the virtual world.
Let's help real people and real countries in the world, where concrete people die every day because of war, famine, poverty etc

I think that Putin have good motivation and reason for this speech.
His country is under sanctions of Western countries because of the crisis in Ukraine, and this influence the Russian economy, finance, cash flows etc.
Anything that can help avoid the financial restriction is obviously welcome.

I agree with you.
People are not the same and will never be the same.
There will always be those who are more capable and those who are less capable.
Communism failed because it gave everyone equally, regardless of the effort and results of the work, so people lost motivation to work hard and produce something new.
Money will always be required but also is important that welfare state protects the weakest and most vulnerable in society.

I'm not sure about this.
Yes, there are a lot reach people in the world, with a thousands of millions but they invest mostly in the real marketplace, stocks, real estate, forex etc.
I don't think they will consider to invest in bitcoin now when they can cash out bitcoin only through some exchangers or bitcoin ATM.
In my viewpoint, turning point for bitcoin will be when some country in great financial difficulties, as Greece now, that has nothing to lose and is facing bankruptcy, decide to try to introduce a bitcoin as the main currency.

I agree with you but I don't see some short term solution.
We need some ''big'' merchants to start accepting bitcoin.
We can win the trust of the masses if they see that bitcoin is globally accepted as payment option (like paypal for example) and that they can spend BTC in many ways, buying and selling digital products and services online.
That has not happened yet and people still buying bitcoin as an investment, and therefore we see big fluctuations in bitcoin value.
What average bitcoin user can do in order to change it?
Introduce BTC to people and merchants around you.

Ok thanks for the clarification, it is now clearer.
So, I should receive payment today and the campaign has temporarily ended for me?
When the campaign reopen on August 12th, can you give priority to members who are currently involved and so far have actively supported the campaign, some of them from the very beginning?
I really like your sig. campaign a lot and I'd hate to have to give up this campaign now.
Many sig. campaigns have a problem with credibility, leadership and payments.
This campaign has really set high professional standards and therefore I would regret that I have to leave.
I hope that you will accept my suggestion.
Thank you very much!

Can you explain a little bit the last notification?
Does the campaign temporarily closed and new posts are not counted until everyone has received a payment?
What would be the new date for payments?
Does that mean that everyone will have the same initial and final day of the campaign in the month?
Or just payment date will be the same?
I'm sure that you will find the best solution for everybody, as always.
Please let us know when you decide about all details
Thank you very much for such great campaign.

Right now, yes, I believe so.
Bitcoin does not yet have a lot of users, and it seems that for the most of its users bitcoin is still only investment, not something what they can use to buy or sell product or services online.
For merchants, specially smaller merchants, bitcoin is risk because of its unstable value and they usually prefer other, safer and simpler online payment options, such as. paypal.
Bitcoin will not become mainstream until these weaknesses and negative points are resolved.

ISIS actually doing terrible and inhumane things for their own promotion and to intimidate opponents.
Unfortunately, it seems that this strategy works for them.
Every day they have more and more followers among young Muslim people in the western world are and this is a serious security problem for western democratic world now.
This is no longer just a war against an insane criminal and terrorist organizations, but also the war for the survival of multiculturalism in the West.
If Western democracies do not stop this ideological and multicultural conflict between west and east, this will cause even greater divisions and conflicts in the future and it will then be the defeat of Western democracy and multiculturalism.

This is problem with BTC, price is changing to quickly and to much.
Merchants don't like it so much because, in this way, they can too easily lose money.
I hope that Bitcoin hit even more, at least $ 400 soon but right now I will be content with $ 300.

Thank you very much MUFC for explaining my viewpoints so well.
Yes, I'm concern about price of BTC. If price changing all the time merchants will not so easy accept bitcoin and this is serious issue now.
Who wants to take the chance to sell a product for a certain amount of Bitcoin and then to lose some money because the price of Bitcoin fell on market?
Yes, I also don't think that bitcoin's value will stabilize anytime soon. Because of this people will continue to use bitcoin only as investment and not as a currency, what should be our main long term goal.

Nations that have been disappearing until now, as the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, etc. were multinational, without a unified national identity.
This is not the case with Greece, and although they are passing a very difficult financial crisis, I do not think that can be dissolved as a nation or country.
Their national spirit, unity and pride is very strong, so if they go bankrupt as a country they will survive as a single and united state.

I choose to stay
I understand that for the the majority of users bitcoin is still only investment and they collected BTC with a hope to earn quickly some good money, but in the real world, things do not always happen as quickly as we would like.
Bitcoin still didn't become mainstream and its growth has slowed and the value became unstable.
In the short term I don't think we will see some rapid changes but I'm very optimistic that in the long term bitcoin will become globally accepted as the main virtual currency and an alternative to the current '' paper '' currencies as Dollar and Euro.
So, my advice is stay here and be patient, our time is coming
If you give up now and sell your BTC for such low price, you will be sorry later when its value increased significantly.

In fact, our modern society has placed human desire on the throne and now people can wish anything and their desires will be fulfilled if enough people request it.
It's enough to use in the campaign strong words like ''human rights'' and ''equality '' and sooner or later everything becomes acceptable and legally regulated, if there is enough pressure in the public.
So, because of it, I'm sure that now, when gay marriages are legal, very soon polygamy will become legal to.
Men will be able to legally have two or more women and the same will be true for women.
I see no reason that this does not happen in the next few years.
If we use the principle of human rights for the guy marriages, can we apply for polygamy other criteria?
Once Pandora's box is open who can close it again?

People, I'm afraid that we are talking here about very distant future here.
Such huge changes can't happen overnight, and for it we will need political decision and global acceptance of BTC.
I don't think that any government will easily give up its own currency, which they can control, and accept bitcoin as their new currency, which they can't control.
Such ''big change'' can happen only when all other options have been exhausted and the country is on the brink of financial collapse, as now is the case with Greece.
Perestroika was actually the last attempt of the ruling clique in Moscow, led by Gorbachev, to preserve dying Soviet communism and the Soviet Union from the collapse.
We should not link the bitcoin and perestroika because they actually have nothing in common.