why is no one telling that to putin? he completely doesn't see what he is doing in the middle east.
Don't teach Putin how to do business in the Middle East, better learn from him yourself. The Middle East respects strength and honesty, but without direct pressure. If you don't have power, you are nothing. If you cheated once, there will be no second chance. Say directly what you want, and show how it is beneficial to the other side. Have a reliable simple strategy and surprise with a variety of tactics. Make generous concessions on minor things, but bargain hard for your primary interest. The Middle East is a delicate matter. |
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Not sure if you're just trolling or seriously admitting that you're creating fakes to discredit Ukraine. Either way, nothing new really.
Of course I don't do it and I don't even comment, just watching. At first it was interesting - there are a lot of talented creative people from the cinema community in Zelensky's office. And the financial support of the information campaign is almost unlimited. They quickly ran out of steam, began to repeat themselves - for example, they pass off the same wrecked tanks as new victories in the second round in the hope of a short memory of the layman. They hoped for a blitzkrieg, but something went wrong. It turned out that you need to run not a sprint, but at least a half marathon - and these are two different approaches to the distribution of forces over a distance. (Sh)it happens. |
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But I think that now the European countries will be even worse. Who will really feel bad is them  I think you are right. The US is still a great country and has enough internal resources and external influence not to fly into the abyss. But it is necessary to bring a fatter sacrifice to the altar of the dollar, and apparently old Europe has been chosen as the victim. I think there will be a surge of hyperinflation* in the US and the EU, and the waves from such a big surge will pass around the world and many weak small economies will be torn to shreds. The hangover from 10+ years of continuous quantitative easing will be brutal. These are big tectonic changes in the world economic landscape and they are not sometime in the future, but right now. *Hyperinflation - inflation above 50%, it is better to ask Zimbabwe about the upper limit. |
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Russian soldiers do their best to minimize them, even if it increases the risks for themselves. I'm talking about the fact that the Russians never deliberately kill civilians, realizing that in front of them is a man without a weapon. I'll just quote it as a reminder that you're delusional and cannot be reasoned with. You're telling us that a family of 4 that was shot on the street on their way to the train station in broad daylight was armed and shooting at Russians. A 4 week old baby who travelled with parents and grandparents was shot at a Russian checkpoint along with all adults. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AABSm3Plr0Video captured by a civilian drone showed a motorist being shot by Russian soldiers near Kyiv after getting out of his car and putting his hands in the air. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/video-drone-man-shot-russians-near-kyiv-ukraine-war-latest-sqhrbtdrbDad, Please Don't Die!': Harrowing Video Captures Deadly Russian Attack On Ukrainian Father And Son https://www.rferl.org/a/father-son-attacked-russia-ukraine/31734834.htmlUkrainian officials and local residents have said the mayor of a small town, along with her husband and son, were executed by invading Russian forces that had until recently occupied the area. Mayor Olga Sukhenko and her family were shot and thrown into a pit in a forest behind a plot of land with several houses that the Russian forces then took over in the town of Motyzhyn, they said. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/olga-sukhenko-ukraine-mayor-russia-accused-killing-torture/Your lies are an affront to these murdered people and their families. My vagina almost grew from your tearful stories. You know, if there wasn’t such a powerful flow of falsely staged informational shit from the Ukrainian side, I might have tried to penetrate the content of your links a little more deeply to figure out what really happened there. Fortunately, I have access to Ukrainian telegram channels that coordinate the creation of an informational background for the gullible Western layman, and I know this cuisine well from the inside. Pot, don’t boil it - even in the West, it seems that no one really believes you anymore, because such a wild concentration of fakes is too much. Today we forced a photo of a crying girl next to the corpse of her murdered mother, very touching - although this is a frame from the movie "Brest Fortress" lol. Yesterday we forced a video where a tank shoots at point-blank range a group of Russian "pig-dogs" - although it quickly became clear that everyone was wearing blue armbands and this was friendly fire. Boring. I did not read it.
I do not care what it says. I care what Russians are doing on the ground, not what they say or sign.
Any agreements with Russia are not worth much.
Only total and absolute demilitarization of Russia will lead to long-lasting peace.
Anything else is just postponing the inevitable. Russia is on a collision course for a total destruction.
Why doesn't this surprise me anymore? The document is good, it is an excellent example of the high-quality diplomatic work of all the parties involved. And there is not even anything shameful or humiliating for Ukraine - not in a single point. It was a great chance for Ukraine to keep control of its borders, just stop shooting, give a little more local autonomy to Donbass and let it speak its native language in its native land. Everything! Ukraine could use methods of indirect political influence and in just a few years make Donbass loyal to Kiev again. It was so easy to do if you wanted peace, not war. Ukraine didn't even try! Zelensky did not even try, although he came to power on promises to end the war in the Donbass. For years they sabotaged the implementation of the Minsk agreements and prepared to deliver a decisive blow to the Donbass and Crimea. How can you be so stupid as to seriously prepare to attack Russia? I understand that you still think that Crimea is Ukraine, but since 2014 it has been officially part of Russia and the attack on Crimea is an attack on Russia. Is it really possible to be so idiotic as to believe in yourself SO much? Like, yes, the Third Reich failed to do this, but we will definitely succeed, are you serious? And a month later, run around knocking on all the thresholds, shouting "give us weapons, give us money, give us at least something." Some surrealism. |
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In Ukraine, the puppet government after the coup on the Maidan, and deliberately cultivate anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine
Russia does not need the love of Ukraine.
Well, if you post others' propaganda, at least pay attention to not contradict yourself. However, you have just proven yourself just another mindless troll that doesn't deserve the slightest attention. There is no contradiction here. I will explain with an example, imagine for a moment that some conditional country made a coup in Ireland, and then began to actively finance and supply weapons to the IRA, and cultivate hatred of Great Britain from the school bench in Ireland, releasing history books in which the British were portrayed Dirty bastards who need to be blown up, killed, and cut off their heads. Every year to hold mass demonstrations in the streets with crowds of masked militants. And to do this for 18 years, so that a whole generation of Irish people has grown up who consider the British people of the lower class. And then the leadership of Ireland would say out loud that it would be nice to get hold of a nuclear bomb. Sound wild? Meanwhile, this is exactly what happened in Ukraine. Do you think the English would care what to do so that the Irish were kindled with love for them? Would they have been trying for eight years to resolve this delicate issue through diplomacy, as Russia did? Let's be frank, the Anglo-Saxons are disliked in many places in the world, and there are reasons. But do they not care about it now, and do they care even more about it if it is a serious threat to the security of their country? ps You can ignore my messages if they seem to you a threat to your habitual patterns and stereotypes of perception. |
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And yeah, I am sure now Ukrainians will just love Putin and the Russians for killing and raping them. What alternate reality are you living in?!!?!
Russia does not need the love of Ukraine. The Nazi viper needs to have its venomous teeth pulled out so it can't bite, that's enough. |
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You do not deny that you support Putin's agenda and policies. I wonder what's your view on its so called military campaign in Ukraine.
This should have been done in 2014. |
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What about the Russian invasion? Was that part of the Minsk agreement?
I will ask this question to you too, have you read the text of the Minsk agreements? I ask it today for the third time to three different people here, and no one answered in essence, did no one read them? This is getting really interesting. That is, you don’t even have an idea about what the four parties consisting of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France actually agreed on eight years ago - and the implementation of which Ukraine successfully sabotaged for eight years, which as a result led to the current invasion of Russia, which realized that its titanic efforts to resolve the issue peacefully is simply futile. I'm right, you didn't read it either? And yeah, I'm back (at least for some time)
I'm glad you're alive. Will you take a break from the defense and immediately launch a counter-offensive on Moscow?  |
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Ok, let's assume you're right.
Then a couple of simple questions:
1. When did Ukraine officially decide to join NATO?
2. Before that, were there NATO countries bordering Russia? If so, do they pose a threat to Russia? And why is Ukraine more dangerous for Russia?
3. What happened before - the event of the annexation of the Crimea and part of the eastern regions, or Ukraine's statement about the desire to join NATO?
Okay, let's look at this story in terms of the chronology of events: 1994 February, Ukraine signed a framework agreement with NATO as part of the Partnership for Peace initiative
1995 to 2003 Ukraine and the United States annually conduct the Peace Shield exercise
1997 July, at the NATO summit in Madrid, the “Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine” was signed.
1997 July, command and staff exercises "Cooperative Neighbor-1997" were held in Yavoriv
1997, Yeltsin and Kuchma signed an agreement on the presence of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol for the next 20 years until 2017
1997 An agreement was signed between the Russian Federation and NATO on the non-deployment of NATO bases in the countries of Eastern Europe and the Baltic States of permanent bases.
1997 NATO Information and Documentation Center opened in Kyiv.
1998 a Ukrainian representative office appeared at NATO headquarters and a special military representative of Ukraine began work
1998 November, President Kuchma signed the "Program of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO for the period up to 2001"
1999 April, NATO mission opened in Kyiv.
1999 June, Ukraine supported the NATO operation in the Balkans.
1999 Ukraine-NATO summit
2000 for the first time in history, the annual meeting of NATO's main political body, the North Atlantic Council, was held in Kyiv, outside of NATO member countries,
2000 Ukraine and NATO signed the "Status of Forces Agreement"
In 2001, the training center of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security was opened in Yavoriv, Lviv region.
2002 Ukraine-NATO summit
2002 Adopted the "Individual Partnership Plan with NATO".
2002 May, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine adopted the NATO Strategy, which provided for the revision of the non-aligned status in favor of starting a process whose ultimate goal was to become a full-fledged NATO membership for Ukraine.
On July 2002, within the framework of the Partnership for Peace program, Ukraine and NATO signed a memorandum on Ukraine's support for NATO operations.
2002 November, The NATO-Ukraine Action Plan is adopted, the relationship is further strengthened, within the framework of this plan annual Ukraine-NATO Target Plans began to be developed.
In 2002, the exercises "Cooperative Adventure-2002" were held on the territory of Ukraine, which became the largest NATO exercises in the territory of the CIS countries.
Exercises with NATO have been held before. Subsequently, joint exercises with NATO became almost annual.
2003 Ukraine supported the US operation in Iraq by sending its "peacekeeping contingent" to the region[18].
2004 April, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on the free access of NATO forces to the territory of Ukraine.
June 2004, in the Military Doctrine of Ukraine, a provision appeared on Ukraine's policy of Euro-Atlantic integration, the ultimate goal of which was to join NATO.
2004 July, following a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission, President Kuchma issued a decree stating that joining NATO was no longer the country's goal, only "a significant deepening of relations with NATO and the European Union as guarantors of security and stability in Europe" was needed.
2004 August, US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and Ukrainian President Kuchma meet in Crimea
2005 April, after the Orange "revolution" and Yushchenko came to power, a meeting of the "Ukraine-NATO" commission was held as part of an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the NATO countries. Cooperation with NATO acquired the format of "Accelerated Dialogue", which was intended to be the first step towards Ukraine's entry into NATO.
2005 April, Yushchenko returned to the military doctrine of Ukraine the strategic goal of Ukraine - "full membership in NATO and the EU."
January 2006, in Budapest, following a meeting of NATO defense ministers and Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko, it was announced that these states were ready to support Ukraine's entry into NATO.
April 2006, at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, the representative of the NATO Secretary General Appathurai said that all members of the alliance support the speedy integration of Ukraine into NATO. Russia, for its part, expressed concern about this development.
2006 September, after the government was headed by Prime Minister Yanukovych, there was a turn in Ukraine's foreign policy. Yanukovych's foreign policy statements contradicted Yushchenko's course.
2006 August, the press service of the new Ukrainian government announced that Ukraine was postponing the adoption of a "NATO membership action plan."
September 2006, Yanukovych paid a working visit to Brussels, where he made a statement about Ukraine's unpreparedness to join NATO.
2008 April, the US made significant efforts to convince its NATO allies of the need for Georgia and Ukraine to join the MAP at the alliance's Bucharest summit. This caused a complication of relations between Russia and NATO.
2008 there was a scandal, the reason for which was the statement of the NATO Secretary General that the organization had received a letter signed by the President of Ukraine, Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Parliament Speaker Yatsenyuk with a request to join Ukraine to the NATO Membership Action Plan.
2009 August, at NATO Headquarters, a Declaration was signed supplementing the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership.
2010 coming to power of Yanukovych. Non-bloc status has once again become a foreign policy priority for Ukraine. The law "On the fundamentals of domestic and foreign policy" was adopted
2010 April, Yanukovych liquidated the interdepartmental commission on preparing the country for NATO accession and the national center for Euro-Atlantic integration
April 2010, in Kharkov, Presidents Medvedev and Yanukovych signed an agreement to extend the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol from 2017 to 2042. This caused indignation among the Ukrainian opposition and a brawl in the Verkhovna Rada.
2010 November, At the NATO summit, the former line on the involvement of Ukraine in the NATO Strategic Concept was consolidated
2013 February, Ukraine officially joined the NATO counter-piracy operation "Ocean Shield"
2013 November, Visit to Ukraine of the delegation of the NATO International Secretariat
2014 February, power changed in Ukraine
2014 February, visit of the delegation of the NATO Council
2014 March, Crimea was taken by Russia
2014 March, Ukrainian military delegation went to NATO Headquarters in Brussels to discuss "areas of strengthening cooperation" between Ukraine and NATO
2014 April, formation of the DNR and LNR
2014 April, a law was adopted on the admission of units of the armed forces of other states to the territory of Ukraine to participate in multinational exercises.
2014 from May to November, Ukraine is scheduled to participate in 15 NATO exercises
2014 NATO Secretary General Rasmussen at a meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels said that NATO remains "a sincere friend of Ukraine"
2014 December, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a bill introduced by President Poroshenko, which canceled the non-bloc status of Ukraine
2015 January, Visit of a NATO delegation to Ukraine to hold the 20th meeting of the NATO-Ukraine joint working group in Kyiv
2015 September, The military doctrine was adopted, the priority task is "deepening cooperation with NATO and achieving full compatibility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the armies of NATO member countries by 2020."
2016 July, At the NATO summit, Russia was recognized as the main security threat to the alliance, and its containment was officially proclaimed the new NATO mission
2017 June, the Verkhovna Rada enshrined at the legislative level: NATO membership is one of Ukraine's foreign policy priorities
2017 July, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg opened a new organization office in Kyiv
March 2018, Ukraine received the status of a NATO postgraduate country. Poroshenko asked for a NATO membership action plan to be provided to his country.
2018 July, President Poroshenko signed the law "On the National Security of Ukraine", which will help achieve defense compatibility with NATO countries.
2018 July, in Brussels, within the framework of the NATO summit, a meeting was held in the Ukraine-Georgia-NATO format
In 2019, constitutional amendments came into force, fixing the strategic course for obtaining full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and NATO at the level of a constitutional norm
September 2019, in New York, Zelensky met with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.
2019 October, the NATO Council and the Secretary General of the Stoltenberg Alliance visited Ukraine
2020 June, NATO granted Ukraine Enhanced Opportunities Partner status
2021 Ukraine held eight joint exercises with NATO countries
in June 2021, NATO leaders reaffirmed the decision of the 2008 Bucharest summit that Ukraine would be granted a NATO Membership Action Plan
2021 November, a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of NATO countries was held in Riga, to which the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Georgia were invited
2021 December, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft agreements with the United States and NATO countries on ensuring the security of Russia and the alliance member countries. Namely, to legally consolidate NATO's refusal to further expand to the east and join the alliance of Ukraine. Kyiv considers such demands unacceptable.
2021 December, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg rejected Moscow's demands.
10 exercises with NATO members planned for 2022
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Is it logical?
No. While I don't support harassing ordinary Russians, there is a huge difference between someone being oppressed and unable to elect their government, and someone who openly and deliberately supports Putin's fascist Z-regime, such as yourself. It's funny how Putinists adopted the "cancel culture" meme, which is really a snowflake's way of saying "why can't I make everyone shut up and not point out all the false shit I'm peddling". I am not so selfish as to ask the West for any preferences for myself. But what the hell is Gagarin guilty of, that they are trying to erase him from history as the first man in space? Or is it Tchaikovsky's fault that his works are removed from the repertoire of European orchestras? Or what is the fault of the ethnic Germans from Kazakhstan, who emigrated a long time ago to Germany and are now being accused of being allegedly Russian? It really comes to such an absurdity. |
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Let's go even further, shall we? year 2000. I am on business in Donetsk. By the way, in this city at that time 30-40% spoke Ukrainian. And in the evening, in one of the establishments, I observe a picture - 10-12 people are sitting at the table, actively gesticulating, raising toasts very loudly and not very culturally. And there is a flag on the wall. At first I thought that this was a flag of something like the Yuzovsky Manufactory or something similar (John Yuz is, in fact, the "father" of Donetsk and the Donetsk region, their founder, a British). It turned out not. It turned out that this is the flag ... of the Donetsk People's Republic! Yes, yes, yes - it was 2000, 4 years before "the anti-Russian pumping began." I decided to clarify, and it turned out that since the 1990s, in the east of Ukraine, the anti-Ukrainian movement "DPR" and several others, united by the idea of "Novorossiya", have been actively gaining strength, with the support of curators from ... no, not the United States, but Russia, those. anti-Ukrainian, anti-state, separatist concept. Would you like to read their documentation, goals, etc.? I highly recommend it - it's a mix of Nazism, nationalism, chauvinism. And now you tell us about "the United States began purposefully cultivating anti-Russian sentiments in Ukraine back in 2004 with Yushchenko coming to power," specific actions, laws, and other facts? Looking forward to your stories about Yushchenko, the US and anti-Russian sentiment  Do not pull the owl on the globe. Donbass has always been and felt itself not just Russian-speaking, but Russian - and from the point of view of Western Ukraine, they were second-class people. But they lived quite calmly as part of Ukraine and dug their own coal, honestly earning their living, until the Ukrainian authorities forbade them to speak Russian, their native language. This was a trigger and a match in the fire of separatist sentiments. You can't blame people for wanting to speak and think in their native language. |
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1. Total control of European politicians regarding ties (of course financial) with the Kremlin gang. You can talk a lot about bias and "phobias", the fact remains - it was bribery and influence on the tops of European governments that allowed Gazprom to monopolize its position in the EU and then set conditions and engage in fuel terrorism. Like it or not, gas and oil are used by Russia as a "legal" means of terror and pressure
This is unfortunately true, because if the EU really wanted to become independent of gas and oil from Russia, then it could start working on it after the first invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and the fact is that they did nothing. Now, these same politicians are sending minimal quantities of weapons to Ukraine, imposing mostly innocuous sanctions, and at the same time, since the beginning of the war, they have paid Russia as much as EUR 18 billion just for gas. Therefore, we can conclude that EU politicians (most) are just ordinary hypocrites who do not care who they do business with, it is important that they pay a lower price, which means that more money remains in their pockets. I cannot speak for the whole of Europe, I can only speak for Germany, which is the largest importer of Russian gas and the largest economy in Europe. They cannot take and refuse Russian gas, they simply cannot. Germany's entire energy infrastructure relies on pipeline gas from Russia like a house rests on a foundation. It is impossible with all the desire to completely change the foundation so that the house does not collapse and you can continue to live in it. It is necessary either to completely demolish the house and rebuild it, or to build a new house from scratch nearby in a free place. It is not a question of the degree of corruption of German politicians and officials, the system of pipelines and underground gas storages as a circulatory system for the German economy, and cheap gas from Russia is a guarantee of its economic strength. Take one away and there won't be another. |
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Putin "response" is not related to frozen reserves. Putin doesn't need reasons for "shitty response", he can fabricate them himself.
Thinking different means big flaw in one's logic. Just ask yourself: what was first, his attack or the sanctions? And if so, what was the reason for his shitty attack?!
Do not be fooled, if you look at the essence of things, or at least a little deeper than the surface, then at least 80% of the responsibility for the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine lies with the United States. The United States is the main beneficiary of this conflict, it weakens Russia in one fell swoop, shifts the attention of Americans from internal problems to external ones and, with the imposed sanctions policy, actually destroys a strong competitor in the face of the European Union. In Ukraine, the puppet government after the coup on the Maidan, and deliberately cultivate anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine, the United States began back in 2004 with the coming to power of Yushchenko. A similar US policy is being pursued in Taiwan towards China. |
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I'm not aware that anyone considers Russia to be a democracy, no. It's clearly not.
If there is no democracy in Russia, can the Russophobia and the Cancel culture, which is now being actively promoted in the West, be considered fair? Should Russian athletes and ordinary citizens be oppressed in some way if there is no democracy in Russia and Putin is an authoritarian dictator? I urge you to be consistent in this regard. If someone is restricted in their rights just because he is Russian, then there is democracy in Russia, and not in words, but in deeds. Is it logical? |
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Thanks for the answer. To begin with, self-moderation is evil for you? Do you think I will delete objectionable posts? I'm willing to give my word that, theoretically, only posts that are offensive or violate forum rules can be removed. If you want - if suddenly it comes to deleting posts - I will collect them in one post for "conservation". In a word, do not be afraid - we have democracy and not Russian totalitarianism with total control of everyone and everything Why make a topic self-moderated, you don't trust the qualifications of moderators? I avoid posting in self-moderated topics, especially when the author is actively broadcasting a position other than neutral. Your position is definitely anti-Russian, it can be seen from your posts. So I'm sure we will soon see a further collapse of the "strongest economy, the greatest power", which is actually an empty shell and whose statements are empty words You don't need a PhD in economics to understand one simple thing. With all the desire, it is very difficult to go bankrupt, having a sharply positive foreign trade balance and a planned budget surplus. When you earn more than you spend, you don't have to worry about getting a margin call. This is a basic truth in the economy, something that you can reliably rely on and this soil will never leave you from under your feet. Your neighbor, who skillfully uses credit leverage and has a planned deficit budget, is likely to have a higher standard of living, he will have a newer and more modern car, a more spacious house in a more prestigious area, but in case of reputation problems and stains on his credit history - he will start in trouble, from which he can lose both the car and the house. But when you honestly earned yourself a car and a house, and paid for them in full, you can afford to give a damn about your credit history and not become a homeless pedestrian. Think about it at your leisure. |
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1. Total control of European politicians regarding ties (of course financial) with the Kremlin gang. You can talk a lot about bias and "phobias", the fact remains - it was bribery and influence on the tops of European governments that allowed Gazprom to monopolize its position in the EU and then set conditions and engage in fuel terrorism. Like it or not, gas and oil are used by Russia as a "legal" means of terror and pressure
2. Of course, the restoration of nuclear energy.
3. The maximum possible transition to renewable energy sources "green technologies".
Surprisingly, Germany has recently confirmed that it is maintaining its policy of completely getting rid of atomic energy and is going to shut down its last three reactors at the end of the year. France turned out to be smarter in this regard, but it has two very serious problems: 1. Some reactors are already very old, about 40 years old, their service life has been repeatedly extended, and recently there have been reports of safety-threatening traces of corrosion on three reactors, which, apparently, will now have to be urgently shut down. 2. France has lost a significant part of its influence in its former colonies in Africa, such as Mali, is experiencing difficulties with the supply of uranium as a raw material for nuclear power plants. Fans of conspiracy theories can try to look for Putin's long arm here, especially since it seems to be really there. In general, the current deep problems of Europe cannot be considered without breaking away from Africa, which Europe shamelessly plundered for a long time. In Africa, they say that when Russians come, they build hospitals, and when Europeans come, they bring a lecture on how to live right. Few people understood the wisdom of the USSR, which for half a century made great efforts in Africa, allocated large amounts of money even by modern standards, and then generously wrote off debts, and taught Africans in Moscow at Patrice Lulumba University, forming a local loyal elite. Now these long-term investments are starting to pay off. |
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With a great plan this could be future.
A good plan, as reliable as a Swiss watch. Too bad it only works in green fantasies. Windmills, solar panels, tides - these sources of energy are too volatile, a good dessert, but not a main course. We need something more stable generating energy so that we can seriously rely on it. Of the environmentally friendly and carbon-neutral, this is the energy of a flowing river or the energy of the internal heat of the earth, and with some reservations, nuclear energy. |
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The existing security architecture in the world is completely untenable, since it has a very significant flaw in its foundation - large economy needs regular local armed conflicts on foreign territory for its sustainable development. It may sound cynical, but external warfare is a radical but very powerful way to revitalize your floundering economy when softer methods no longer help. You dispose of old weapons, test new ones, load your military industry with orders, and this along the chain gives impetus to the entire economy. And after the war, you restore what you just destroyed, loading your construction industry with orders, and this further strengthens the momentum for the development of your economy. Humanitarian and moral aspects aside, this is a very effective method to overcome stagnation and avoid recession, perhaps the most effective one known.
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Have you read the text of the Minsk agreements?
Have you read the text of the Budapest Agreements? Yes, of course, it's interesting that you mentioned it. I can tell you two things about this: 1. The Budapest memorandum "is not worth the paper on which it was signed" and, according to the United States, is not legally binding, although Russia strictly followed it and even the fate of Crimea was decided not by Russia, but by the citizens of Crimea themselves in a referendum, within the framework of the nation's right to self-determination, which is the cornerstone of international law and is explicitly included in the UN Charter. 2. The trigger for the start of the operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 was Zelensky’s public statement that Ukraine could call into question the obligations under the Budapest Memorandum. So what about the Minsk agreements? |
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Yes, prices will indeed go up. The main suppliers of wheat are Ukraine and Russia. In Ukraine, wheat will not grow this year. In Russia, there is a ban on the export of wheat from the country. Fertilizers for growing wheat are also produced in Russia. Prices will soar up and will not fall in the coming years. The future of European countries is not very cheerful  The impact of fertilizer shortage will be felt more. A large part of the global supply of fertilizer and raw materials used to produce it comes from Russia and Belarus. Both these nations are under embargoes and therefore a shortfall can be observed in the supply. And regarding the wheat crop, there is a 50% reduction in output from Ukraine, as the eastern and southern portions are unproductive this year. I am not sure whether there is any export ban in Russia, but I have seen news reports of Russian wheat being exported to Syria and Egypt. The ban on the export of food and fertilizer from Russia was introduced until August. But Syria and Egypt have nothing to worry about, the ban only applies to unfriendly countries, which do not include African countries. Russia will not allow a humanitarian crisis in Africa related to food shortages, because it knows how much many of the countries of the black continent depend on food supplies from Russia. |
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