Human civilization has stepped into the 21st century. In front of us, thanks to the rapid development of new technologies and, in particular, the Internet, there are unique opportunities to unite and direct our common efforts towards the development of medicine, education, space exploration, improving the general level and life expectancy, and much more. But instead, Putin's Russia unleashed another, the largest and most brutal war in Europe after World War II to exterminate its neighbors in Ukraine and destroy peaceful cities, the infrastructure of Ukraine, and also causing enormous damage to the environment and its fertile black soil. Last year, 50-70 thousand shells per day were produced in the Donbass. Chernozems are filled with heavy metals and other compounds harmful to agriculture.

  Russia claims that it has come to Ukraine to protect the Russian-speaking population, but instead of protecting it, it primarily kills the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine, which lives compactly in the Donbass region and, thanks to the use of the “fire shaft” tactics, destroys “liberated” settlements by 90-95 percent. The civilian population is physically destroyed for recognizing themselves as Ukrainians, as well as for discovering the attributes of the Ukrainian state. There should be no forgiveness for such crimes. At least for the next few generations. Russia, thanks to Ukraine's support from civilized states, will definitely be defeated in this war.

It may be that last October the sanctions against Russia did not give the desired effect, but with each subsequent month, the pressure of these international sanctions in Russia is becoming more noticeable and tangible. A negative result from the imposed sanctions cannot have a lightning-fast effect, because in any state there are stocks of sanctioned goods in warehouses. But the sanctions are working inexorably. They are aimed at forcing Putin's Russia to stop military aggression against Ukraine and will gradually increase until the goal is achieved.

Yes, European countries also suffer materially from their own sanctions. However, they have already understood that if they do not help Ukraine in this way to defend its territory and independence, then tomorrow Russian tanks may invade their states. Therefore, certain material deprivations do not compare with what Ukrainians experience when their peaceful cities are bombed every day and women and children die every day.

Russia's war against Ukraine and US and European assistance to Ukraine in weapons to defend against Russian aggression greatly spurred the work of the defense complex of both the US and all NATO members. So, if earlier the United States produced about 14 thousand shells per month, then by 2025 they plan to increase their production to 90 thousand.

In addition, before the attack on Ukraine, Russia was the largest supplier of weapons to the world market. On the battlefield in Ukraine, Russian military equipment showed great vulnerability to high-precision equipment of NATO countries, and a big problem arose in Russia. They stopped buying its military equipment, and at the same time, there was simply a rush demand for weapons from NATO countries. Therefore, their defense plants will be working around the clock in the next few years to meet increased orders. As a result, additional jobs will be created.

Previously, no one paid much attention to alternative energy sources. Moreover, oil and gas corporations did everything possible to prevent such alternative ways of generating energy from appearing. For this, inventions were bought and subsequently destroyed, or simply inventors were killed more often under the guise of accidents. But now the situation has changed largely due to the fact that the world's oil and gas reserves are being depleted at a very rapid pace and the transition to other types of energy, such as solar, wind, geothermal and others, has simply become overripe in its decision. Moreover, now, for example, the production of solar panels is constantly getting cheaper due to the emergence of better technologies and their efficiency is steadily growing. So in any case, the world will switch to green energy, regardless of the aspirations of individual states. This is also required by the rapid climate change on our planet.

Social networks and business are practically inseparable. People use social networks not only to communicate with each other on various everyday topics. In a period of deteriorating economic situation in the world and increasing unemployment and inflation, many people are looking for work through social networks or trying to create or develop their own business, looking for business opportunities or moving to other countries. This is all logical and normal. Also, cryptocurrency is now being advertised through social networks, people are interested in and receive information about cryptocurrency mainly through social networks.

If humanity developed harmoniously and spent its efforts on science and technological progress, and at the same time irreparable harm was not caused to the ecology of the planet, then we could say that we are going to a better world, and that automation, comfort and convenience will lead to the rejection of cash money in favor of cashless payments. But it is only dreams.
In fact, we see that the economic situation in the world continues to deteriorate, there are constant wars on the planet that destroy material wealth. Due to unreasonable human activities, the climate is changing very quickly, which leads to numerous cataclysms and the deterioration of people's well-being. This will not allow us to completely abandon cash, the use of which does not require additional technical devices.

If we consider financial freedom as the absence of any intermediaries in transactions, which were usually banking institutions, then indeed, cryptocurrency in this regard helps to achieve such freedom. However, if we consider it as the ability to get enough money with the help of cryptocurrency to feel independent in order to satisfy our material needs, then the situation is much more complicated. Yes, those who acquired bitcoins, ethereum and other top coins at the then low prices in the early stages and held them for a long time made a good profit. But this does not mean at all that this will always happen in the future. Cryptocurrency is very unpredictable in terms of price.

In 2023, the Central Banks of many countries began to actively consider the possibility of launching their own CBDC to improve the payment and banking sectors.
The release of a virtual version of the dirham will solve the problems and inefficiencies of cross-border payments, because the current international payment system SWIFT has become very slow and inefficient. In addition to CBDC, the UAE government also plans to launch a single card payment platform to promote the growth of e-commerce and an instant payment platform. It appears that these CBDCs will operate using blockchain technology.
In any case, the issuance of their own CBDC by states significantly increases the efficiency of their banking system. What impact CBDC will have on the cryptocurrency and current stablecoins, time will tell.

The level of sales of Gazprom for the first month of the year and the forecasts of experts indicate that the revenue of the Russian monopolist from exports in 2023 may collapse immediately by 2 times, writes Reuters. This will increase pressure on Russia's budget, which already ran a $25 billion deficit in January.

In January, Gazprom's revenue from selling gas abroad amounted to only $3.4 billion compared to $6.3 billion in the same period last year, Reuters reported.
The reason is the drop in exports. Last year, it has already collapsed by almost half, reaching the post-Soviet minimum. This year the downward trend has continued.

According to Ronald Smith, senior oil and gas analyst at BCS Global Markets, the price of gas exported to China in 2022 averaged $270 per 1,000 cubic meters. This is much lower than prices in Europe. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, the export price of gas in 2023 should be $700 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Russia ended January 2023 with the largest budget deficit since the default year 1998. In January, it amounted to 1.76 trillion rubles ($25 billion). Russia's oil and gas export revenues collapsed by about $8 billion in January. Because of the unleashed war in Ukraine, Russia is steadily sinking.

A possible war between the US and China over Taiwan will not be this year. The decision on the war on the part of China will be made taking into account the consequences of the war between Russia and Ukraine. If Ukraine wins this war, as it is almost certain, then other potential aggressors, such as China, will have to reduce their military fervor.

  Now both the United States and China are studying the tactics and strategy of waging war between Ukraine and Russia, and especially the use by Ukraine of advanced, including NATO military technologies. If earlier China could count on a large number of its armed forces, then the current war in Ukraine has shown that this is not the most decisive factor, and China is now very dependent on the United States and Europe in matters of microcircuits and nanotechnologies. Experts predict that China will not be able to win the war with the United States.
As for the economic side of this possible war, the material damage will, of course, be colossal and will hit the economies of all countries of the world.

The UN was created after the Second World War by the countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition; a new organization to replace the ineffective League of Nations was to prevent future wars. By the way, Ukraine was the initiator of the creation of the UN. Now the UN has become completely ineffective in the light of this task. All due to the fact that Russia is a member of the UN Security Council and blocks the adoption of any decisions that are not beneficial to it. It is clear that the UN Charter needs to be amended so that a country that is accused of violating UN provisions should not vote in this case.

Good must have the ability to defend itself against evil. But this does not mean that humanity always needs to have bad people. Russia's nuclear weapons are of some importance in this war, but not decisive. Ukraine will also defend itself if Russia uses nuclear weapons. The use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine will have almost the same negative effect for both Ukraine and Russia due to the territorial proximity of these states. If not everyone in Russia is an idiot, they must understand this.

I do not think that the price volatility of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, will ever be significantly reduced. On the contrary, the higher the price of bitcoin rises, the greater should be its volatility. But, in principle, all this is just an assumption. No one knows for sure what will happen to prices in the cryptocurrency market in the future. But due to the fact that there is no regulation in this market, I do not see any serious reasons for price stabilization. And the majority of participants in this market are probably not interested in such a stabilization.

Dollar-backed stablecoins will function normally until something terrible happens to the dollar itself. Until then, their rate will fluctuate upwards within one dollar, deviating very slightly from bitcoin units. So far, there are no particular reasons for concern. The economy of the United States and almost all other countries is now in decline, but this state is temporary. This has happened before, and more than once. All falls are inevitably replaced by a period of economic growth.

The problem with the use of nuclear energy has always been the safety of its use. Therefore, nuclear editors cannot be built in seismologically active areas of the area, in densely populated areas where accidents, fires, floods and other disasters often occur. If nuclear editors are placed on sea vessels, they will turn into floating atomic bombs. Humanity in general needs to think first of all about the consequences of applying technological progress, and then about profit, otherwise the current seventh or already the eighth civilization of people on this planet will not last long.

Russia is not at war with NATO, but lately Russian propagandists have been persistently pushing this topic, since Ukraine has already practically defeated their regular army that invaded its territory. It is a shame for Russia to admit this, and admitting that it is being defeated by the entire NATO military bloc is not so scary for it. NATO countries provide Ukraine with all possible material, financial and military assistance, but there are no NATO troops in Ukraine.

On the other hand, at the request of Russia, Iran is selling kamikaze drones to it, and there was also an agreement to supply Russia with ballistic missiles for the war in Ukraine.

In addition, the British newspaper The Guardian reports, citing its sources in Iran, that Tehran sent a batch of long-range combat drones to Russia last year with the help of ships and aircraft of the Iranian state airline. According to the publication, this is not about Shahed kamikaze drones, which Russia uses to attack Ukrainian critical infrastructure, but about more sophisticated unmanned vehicles that allow missile strikes from a long distance.

The publication says that in November 2022, a delegation of 10 Russian officers and engineers visited Tehran, where they were shown all the capabilities of Iran's military technologies. The Russians have chosen six Mujaher-6 drones, which have a range of about 200 kilometers and can carry two missiles under each wing, they have also shown interest in the Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 unmanned vehicles, which are capable of attacking ground targets. Unlike kamikaze drones, such devices must strike and return to base. At the same time, Iran sent a group of 54 engineers to Moscow to help the Russian military master drones.

Therefore, if we talk about the fact that by supplying weapons to Ukraine, NATO is thereby fighting on the side of Ukraine, then we must admit that Iran is fighting on the side of Russia.

It cannot be said that there is an unlimited supply of gold on our planet. Gold has been mined from the bowels of the Earth for many millennia and its reserves are depleted like other minerals. It’s just that the tools with which gold is mined are constantly being improved, and therefore the amount of gold mined is growing. As money and a means of payment, gold will always be in demand in the foreseeable future. The situation, for example, may change if humanity masters at least near space and brings a lot of gold to Earth. Then, of course, it will fall in price as the supply increases.

States and their governments will not ask cryptocurrency market participants whether we need rules or not. They will act in a way that suits them. And this means that they will definitely establish the rules for the circulation of cryptocurrencies that are convenient for them, which are also applied to other financial assets. This is simply inevitable and we need to put up with it, but defend the acceptability of such rules for all market participants. In general, general and reasonable regulation of the cryptocurrency market is necessary if we want the cryptocurrency to have the official status of a means of payment in all states and their protection from fraudsters and other abuses.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told the Russians that from March, oil production in the country will be reduced by 500,000 barrels per day. This is a direct and very painful result of the Kremlin's military adventure. The official of the Russian Federation explained the reduction in production by the reluctance to sell it to countries that have joined the "price ceiling". In fact, the reduction in production is a forced measure, caused by the complete loss of the European oil market. In the EU, there is an embargo not only on Russian crude oil, but also on petroleum products.

The reduction in production is still insignificant. Back in January, the Russian Federation pumped 10.9 million barrels per day. In March, this figure will already be 10.4 million barrels - this is the minimum since the start of a full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. But there is reason to believe that this is only the beginning, and Moscow will have to continue to squeeze production. According to experts, by the end of this year 2023, the losses of the Russian oil industry may increase by 1.4 million barrels. And this is the level of the beginning of the zero years. There is degradation.

The industry that "feeds" the entire Russian economy becomes a victim of the Kremlin's aggressive policy. Most of the income to the federal budget of the Russian Federation comes from the sale of "black gold".

It is important to note that the restoration of the Russian oil industry after such tests is almost impossible, experts say. In the course of production cuts, the Russian Federation will have to close the oldest fields, the resumption of which will no longer make sense. Against the background of the fact that Russia is reducing oil production, other countries, such as Iran, are increasing its production in order to saturate the market and, thus, Russia is gradually being squeezed out of this market. I hope forever.

Any new trend almost always has both a positive and a negative side. The transition to digital money also has pros and cons. If we talk about money, then probably you should not focus on criminals. A person should always have the right to choose whether to use cash or a bank card with non-cash money. When using non-cash money, the criminal is more easily tracked by the government. At the same time, quite conscientious people are very easily tracked for the purpose of further manipulation. This should not be forgotten and this should be a priority. And to track the criminal, this is the business of law enforcement agencies. They have special powers for this and a certain mechanism of influence. In addition, small household transactions are still much more convenient to make in cash.

The negative economic effect from the decrease in the number of the working-age population of Russia due to the fact that people leave the country in order not to go to war, this is only one and not the biggest problem that awaits Russia because of the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has clearly miscalculated and cannot defeat the Ukrainians on the battlefield. It seems that they have decided to wage war on the depletion of resources. But more than 50 states are helping the Ukrainians, and their potential far exceeds the Russian one. This will lead the Russian Federation to the inevitable disintegration into separate independent states. And this problem is much more global.