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701  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: August 03, 2023, 06:59:48 AM

Ahaha, I recognize the crooked handwriting of Ukrainian propaganda. There is no and never was any blockade for the Danube, transport grain by land and along the Danube as much as you like, the blockade is only for transportation along the Black Sea. The problem with transportation along the Danube is not in the blockade by Russia, but in its depth, which is insufficient for large bulk carriers. In small river barges - as much as you like, you can even transport grain by plane
On the night of August 2, Russia launched several dozen "Shaheds" with which they attacked both the port infrastructure of Ukraine and the capital. The air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to destroy 23 strike UAVs overnight. Including Izmail, the most important port of the Danube navigation, was attacked. The blows fell on the "Sea Port", an elevator, grain hangars. As a result of the attack, the invaders damaged almost 40 thousand tons of grain, which was supposed to go to African countries, China and Israel. The probable reason for the attack on Izmail was that the day before yesterday several ships, including Israeli, Greek and Turkish ships, decided to ignore the Russian naval blockade and the threats of the Russians, and continued to move to the ports of Ukraine in the Danube mouth, in particular to Izmail. In addition to port infrastructure and granaries, the terrorist country is attacking Ukrainian fields where the harvest takes place, in particular, the Nikolaev and Kherson regions.

Thus, Russia has once again committed a terrorist attack, and also continues to do everything to ensure that those countries that are sorely lacking in food suffer from hunger.

Due to blows Russian, wheat prices in Chicago jumped 6.5%. Traders are again concerned about what is happening in Ukraine. Ukrainian farmers are already feeling how the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces affect the global food market.

Sources :
https://24tv.ua/ru/ataka-dronami-rossija-atakovala-portovuju-infrastrukturu-izmaile_n2364347

https://focus.ua/economics/583056-sereznyy-ushcherb-iz-za-ataki-vs-rf-na-izmail-ceny-na-prodovolstvie-v-mire-vyrosli-smi

Using the same logic you used regarding the Crimea bridge attack - sea ports are "military infrastructure" and "legitimate target" for Russia.  Cool

Btw, these were probably just another "legitimate targets" right?  Grin

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65683374

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66368016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/30/moscow-buildings-damaged-in-overnight-drone-attacks-that-russia-blames-on-kyiv

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-drone-strikes-russia.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/12/ukraine-accused-of-deadly-cross-border-attack-on-russian-village  
702  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian oil and UK on: August 02, 2023, 12:01:13 PM
You are delusional to think that sanctions can help fight Russia.
Sanctions have worked to an extent, but I don't believe sanctions can make Russia stop the war. This looks like a war in that the ego plays a very big role. Neither Russia nor Ukraine nor NATO would want to agree that they've been defeated.
Without the sanctions, Russia would have been able to do more harm to its enemies through economic means and otherwise. At this point, they're just looking for ways to survive whatever sanction that gets thrown at them and they've been managing well so far.

Even if ruble will go to zero, Russia would still continue producing tanks and rockets and paying their military.   

The ruble can't go to zero but I get your point. If the ruble goes to zero that would mean inflation will be at about 200% and no country can fight a war and win with that kind of inflation. The price of everything would be so expensive that they would be forced to turn their focus on the economy instead of war.


Well, the ultimate goal of sanctions is to make people's life uncomfortable enough to force them to choose another leader/government. I can't remind of any such event happening in the past. Cuba is living under sanctions since 1960s but no effect on nation's political course whatsoever. Venezuela? North Korea? Iran? Nope. So, sanctions are ineffective. In fact, they are doing more bad than good for the EU and US. Finally, as you have mentioned, they are definitely not going to stop the war. Therefore, sanctions should be cancelled ASAP to prevent further harm to Western economies.

Regarding the ruble, it was an exaggeration, but what I can tell you is that what works for other countries won't work for Russia. Russians are special in way, they can withstand much harsher conditions than many other nations. I know many Russians and my ex-wife is Russian too so I know what I'm talking about...  Grin
703  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian oil and UK on: August 01, 2023, 10:36:23 AM
This is correct. It also applies to Russian gas after Russia cut off supplies through pipelines. As investigative media reports indicated that many European countries were finding their way to buy Russian gas through other means, and this was in their interest and Russia's interest as well, without showing this to the public.
The war in Ukraine has many peculiarities, especially since the main actor in it (Russia) has an important position in the global economy and in providing the basics of life for a large part of the planet's population, including the population of the closest neighbor (Europe).

I never knew that some NATO nations are still secretly buying oil from Russia. Before now I thought it was just China and India that are helping Russia invade sections. Most of these NATO nations are hypocrites if truly they are secretly buying oil and gas from Russia and are deceiving others to stop buying. The UK and other countries are always boasting that they are not buying Russian products because they have discovered alternative suppliers but still buying them in secret.

Sometimes I don't blame them because they are considering national interest before international politics. Russia is a big player in the oil and gas sector, hence many nations depend on it and will continue to depend on her for oil and gas for a long time. And because of the war, Russia is selling its product at discounts so most countries are attracted to Russia's oil and gas. This war in Ukraine has thought me that every nation should seek peace with other nations because war is unpredictable. And relying on allies for assistance during conflict might be a big mistake because most of them have limitations, hence they can disappoint.
If you don't blame them and know that the national interest must come first, you should not call them hypocrites, because they only do what is beneficial to the country and that is their responsibility. Although they are supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, they cannot leave their people alone for the sake of outsiders. It is citizens who are the main factor determining the survival of European nations, not Ukraine's victory over Russia more important.
I don't support Europe for their continued support of war weapons but I wouldn't be surprised and support them if they buy Russian oil in any way.

Yes, yes, yes, the voice of reason, finally! Would you give your neighbor, whose house is on fire, some water, knowing that your children are thirsty? Probably no, that's brutal truth. Strong national governments take care of their people and won't send more aid than they can afford. Weak, artificially installed (and remotely governed from the other side of the pond) governments spend billions on Ukraine and neglect their own people.
704  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian oil and UK on: August 01, 2023, 07:32:44 AM
This is correct. It also applies to Russian gas after Russia cut off supplies through pipelines. As investigative media reports indicated that many European countries were finding their way to buy Russian gas through other means, and this was in their interest and Russia's interest as well, without showing this to the public.
The war in Ukraine has many peculiarities, especially since the main actor in it (Russia) has an important position in the global economy and in providing the basics of life for a large part of the planet's population, including the population of the closest neighbor (Europe).

I never knew that some NATO nations are still secretly buying oil from Russia. Before now I thought it was just China and India that are helping Russia invade sections. Most of these NATO nations are hypocrites if truly they are secretly buying oil and gas from Russia and are deceiving others to stop buying. The UK and other countries are always boasting that they are not buying Russian products because they have discovered alternative suppliers but still buying them in secret.

Sometimes I don't blame them because they are considering national interest before international politics. Russia is a big player in the oil and gas sector, hence many nations depend on it and will continue to depend on her for oil and gas for a long time. And because of the war, Russia is selling its product at discounts so most countries are attracted to Russia's oil and gas. This war in Ukraine has thought me that every nation should seek peace with other nations because war is unpredictable. And relying on allies for assistance during conflict might be a big mistake because most of them have limitations, hence they can disappoint.


There are no direct oil supplies to NATO countries. That's fantasy. There is foul play by some third party suppliers. Read above - I described the scheme of how some oil "resellers" hide Russian oil by mixing it with other grades and passing it off as oil of other origin. Minor volumes of such oil do get into the EU market. But both the EU and Britain and the U.S. are actively fighting this re-export of international terrorist resources.

Official statistics: 86%-87% of Russian oil is bought by India and China. Small volumes go to Turkey. A little goes to Asian countries: Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan.

PS always check the information before evaluating it

Please don't take our little lying propagandist shill friend seriously. Here's some official data: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/whos-still-buying-russian-fossil-fuels-in-2023/

Guess who's TOP3 buyer of Russian fossils? Surprise! Turkey is also on the list btw, and Turkey is a NATO country.

Besides: https://nra.lv/latvija/410937-vairakus-menesus-caur-latviju-uz-ukrainu-ar-viltotiem-dokumentiem-tiek-vesta-krievijas-degviela.htm Google translate this article. It's about Ukraine secretly buying Russian oil with fake shipping documents.  Grin
705  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: August 01, 2023, 07:22:12 AM

Western sanctions are very useful for Russia in the long term and strategically and cause local discomfort in the short term and tactically.

In the case of the grain deal, Russia does not ask for anything, it lists its terms on which the grain deal can be renewed. It seems that Ukraine needs it more than Russia.
If Western sanctions are very beneficial for Russia in the long term, then Russia and the Russian people should just wait until that long term comes and just enjoy the sanctions. At the same time, Russia, it turns out, prevents the early onset of the beneficial effect of the sanctions by unilaterally withdrawing from the grain agreement and demanding that some of the imposed sanctions be lifted for its renewal, such as connecting its Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT. Therefore, there are obvious contradictions between the declared usefulness of sanctions in the long term and Russia's actions.
Ahaha, "unilaterally withdrawing", "demanding"? LOL  Grin

I repeat once again, the grain deal is over because the time has come for it to end, it was not open-ended. Russia refused to extend it, because it considered it unprofitable for itself. It does not demand anything, on the contrary, Russia is under pressure to extend the unfavorable agreement for it. And Russia is ready to meet halfway, it does not respond with a categorical refusal - for this, you just need to satisfy a few of its conditions first. This is a normal practice for building mutually beneficial relationships, if you want to get something, you first need to give something.

ps Russia has good reason to believe that the humanitarian corridor for the export of grain was also used to supply weapons to Ukraine, which is their misuse. Therefore, Ukraine has no one to blame but itself that the grain deal no longer works.
Strictly speaking, what is the essence of the grain agreement for Russia? This is to stop shelling the territory of Ukraine, in particular, its Black Sea ports, to stop attacking civilian ships and, thus, to enable Ukraine to sell its grain on the international market. That is, in fact, the international community demanded from Russia to stop engaging in robbery and piracy against a neighboring state. Therefore, it is not necessary to show the actions of Russia as something that happens within the framework of ordinary civil contracts and the observance of some legitimate interests of Russia.

Yesterday there was information that the Israeli ship Ams1, despite threats from Russia, entered the Ukrainian branch of the Danube. It is the first ship to break the Russian blockade of the Black Sea since Russia's bombardment of the Danube port of Reni on 25 July. Ams1 is followed by Sahin 2 and Yilmaz Kaptan. Origin of these vessels: Israel, Greece and Türkiye/Georgia. The American P8 anti-ship aircraft provides security. It is refueled directly in the skies of Romania. Additional information is provided by the Forte12 RQ-4 reconnaissance drone.

The situation is escalating and soon we will find out whether Russia is ready to fight with the whole world.

https://tsn.ua/ru/groshi/izrailskiy-korabl-pervym-prorval-zernovuyu-blokadu-rossii-i-napravlyaetsya-v-ukrainu-smi-2381521.html

Muahaha... nice try! Russia never said it will stop empty vessels going to Ukraine. What they said was that they will prevent vessels loaded with grain from leaving the area. Any ship from any country is free to enter any Ukrainian port.
706  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 31, 2023, 07:30:18 PM
In case you want to watch some quality WTA tennis Andreescu vs Kostyuk live atm from Washington DC. Andreescu won the opening set easily 6:2, then Kostyuk played flawlessly in the second taking it 6:3. Now in the deciding set, early break for the Ukrainian 2:1 very intense match, pleasure to watch!
707  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian oil and UK on: July 31, 2023, 07:15:24 AM
There are massive sanctions globally against products from Russia including Russian oil, crude oil to reduce source of income for Russia and restrict their financial flow for their war against Ukraine.

It is a massive sanction efforts from the Western nations but there are always dark markets and Russia actually have some friendly nations to make business deals like China, North Korea, India and countries from Africa.

However sanctions actually reduce their income and their ability to buy and produce more ammunition, armed vehicles because no sanctions can be perfect in reality.

You are delusional to think that sanctions can help fight Russia. Already now, many countries admitted they're buying oil from Russia at a higher price then the limit of $60/barrel set by the EU. Market doesn't give a damn about sanctions and limits. In fact, it works the opposite way - sanctioned goods and resources are getting more expensive (e.g. grain after the grain deal collapsed, oil immediately after the war started etc).

Even if the sanctions would work, it wouldn't lead to Russia stopping the war. Russia is a self-sufficient country. Factory workers are getting their salaries paid in rubles, military personnel is getting paid in rubles. Even if ruble will go to zero, Russia would still continue producing tanks and rockets and paying their military.   
708  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian oil and UK on: July 30, 2023, 09:55:03 PM
Russian oil been sold from UK first they took oil to dark UK sea conours and load to different ships.
Everything is money and business so a lot wealthy get profit so off course no questions asked.
So no Wonder why british gbp was going up and forex market has a lot demand becouse of russian oil

The oil been sold to Europe the EU bought and still buy it from UK



Not a secret actually. Even Ukraine is secretly buying oil from Russia via the Baltic states, Bulgaria, Turkey etc using US and EU aid. Same for the natural gas. Most countries are doing it although it's not announced publicly.
709  Economy / Economics / Re: Iran and Russia want to issue new stablecoin backed by gold on: July 30, 2023, 06:54:41 PM
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The potential stablecoin aims to enable cross-border transactions instead of fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, the Russian ruble or the Iranian rial.

The Central Bank of Iran is reportedly cooperating with the Russian government to jointly issue a new cryptocurrency backed by gold.

According to the Russian news agency Vedomosti, Iran is working with Russia to create a “token of the Persian Gulf region” that would serve as a payment method in foreign trade.

The token is projected to be issued in the form of a stablecoin backed by gold, according to Alexander Brazhnikov, executive director of the Russian Association of Crypto Industry and Blockchain.

The stablecoin aims to enable cross-border transactions instead of fiat currencies like the United States dollar, the Russian ruble or the Iranian rial. The report notes that the potential cryptocurrency would operate in a special economic zone in Astrakhan, where Russia started to accept Iranian cargo shipments.

Russian lawmaker Anton Tkachev, a member of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, stressed that a joint stablecoin project would only be possible once the digital asset market is fully regulated in Russia. After multiple delays, the Russian lower house of parliament once again promised to start regulating crypto transactions in 2023.

Iran and Russia are among the countries that banned their residents from using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin BTCtickers down
$20,921 and stablecoins like Tether (USDT) for payments. At the same time, Iran and Russia have been actively working to adopt crypto as a tool of foreign trade.

In August 2022, Iran’s Industry, Mines and Trade Ministry approved the use of cryptocurrency for imports into the country amid ongoing international trade sanctions. The local government said the new measures would help Iran mitigate global trade sanctions. Iran subsequently placed its first international import order using $10 million worth of crypto.

The Bank of Russia — historically opposed to using crypto as a payment method — agreed to allow crypto in foreign trade to mitigate the impact of international sanctions. The regulator has never clarified which cryptocurrencies would be used for such transactions though.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/iran-and-russia-want-to-issue-new-stablecoin-backed-by-gold


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Iran and russia want to issue a stablecoin?! This world is becoming crazier by the day.

I would guess their first kneejerk reaction was to simply use gold. Then they realized if they digitized it. They could simply move digital funds from one account to another account. Which is easier and more efficient than shipping heavy piles of gold across long distances. But then who would cover development costs of what could easily become a multi million dollar project? Then they realized, if they used free open source code from crypto projects, they wouldn't have to pay software development costs and would only need servers to run it and personnel to maintain it.

So it seems that crypto and stablecoins may become a natural progression for corporations and nations of the world who are attempting to solve basic and fundamental problems of economy. Such as developing and deploying financial systems to facilitate transactions denominated in gold. Rather than starting from zero and building systems upwards to achieve basic and fundamental financial tasks.

Sounds like complete nonsense! Another useless "stablecoin" with no real-world application. Why not just embrace Bitcoin and use it instead? I guess people in charge there (in Russia and Iran) just don't have enough technical knowledge and understanding of what Bitcoin is.
710  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 30, 2023, 06:17:57 PM
Is this Zverev's "comeback" when he wins a tournament that was almost only played by inferior players? Ruud and Rublev seem to not have taken it too seriously and now Zverev can win the 348k and 500 ATP points. I checked how many points this tournament is worth and honestly, comparing the line-up of this one to some of the other ATP 500 tournaments, these 500 points would probably be the some of the easiest he has ever earned if he wins it. But let's first see if he freaks out again before the game ends. Cheesy

I think every player should be given the credit today. And I also think that zverev is certainly someone who deserves the credit for even reaching the final.

By the way, the match between Djere and Zverev is finally over. Of course, the winner was Zverev as expected. He did not give much of a chance to his opponent. It was genuinely a great performance from him.

I don’t understand why people are saying that he had an easy match in the finals. Why people do not want to agree that almost every final match is going to be 50-50.

Anyway, I don’t think you should care too much about the haters. He got a great win in the final and he should celebrate it.


Zverev won the title but I can't say it was the best match of his career or something like that. Far from it actually. In the second set, Zverev broke Djere and was up 4:1 but then he lost his serve game and Djere made it 3:4. Then Djere lost another serve game and it allowed Zverev to serve for the championship, which he successfully did. And Djere is not even a top player. Still, I believe this win will add some confidence and let Zverev play better in the next tournaments.
711  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: July 30, 2023, 05:56:43 PM

If you think that any agreements with Russia are worthless and you can ignore the interests of Russia, which are also aimed at ensuring food security in the world - why are you surprised that Russia has suspended its participation in the grain deal? Take grain out of Ukraine without Russian security guarantees, if you can.

Russia has significantly increased grain exports in 2023 despite Western sanctions. The increase in grain exports fully compensates for the drop in grain exports from Ukraine as a result of the suspension of the grain deal.
We have already discussed the topic that Ukraine did not violate any terms of the grain deal with Russia, since Ukraine did not have any deals with Russia on this matter. Ukraine has concluded an agreement on the conditions for the export of its agricultural products from its ports in the Black Sea only with the UN and Turkey. But why is Russia now intensively bombing and firing rockets precisely at the ports of Ukraine and destroying the grain located there? The Putin regime is deliberately doing everything possible to keep Ukrainian grain out of the world market.

At the same time, will Russia distribute grain stolen in Ukraine to African countries for free? The Russian people (I emphasize - the people) are now trying to destroy the neighboring state of Ukraine and kill as many Ukrainians as possible. In my opinion, there is nothing to be proud of here.

We will see what the African countries will say about this. At the summit in St. Petersburg recently, they already made clear to Putin their attitude to what is happening.

You seem to just can't stop spreading lies. Ukraine did sign the agreement with Russia no matter you admit it or not. It can be called a tri-party or mirror agreement but it had been signed and there are certain obligations for all parties involved. If you don't understand this simple fact you have a room temperature IQ.
At number 48 in this thread, I indicated 14 links to various articles, which indicate that Ukraine signed a grain agreement only with the UN and Turkey and did not sign any agreements with Russia on this matter. Therefore, I will not repeat myself. If you have an opposite opinion, confirm what you said with the appropriate links.

I will confirm it with your own sources. Let's take strana.today and run a google translation on the article you provided:

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Before that, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that there would be no direct agreement between Russia and Ukraine to unblock grain exports. Ukraine has signed an agreement on grain with Turkey and the UN, and Russia will also sign a mirror document with them.

and the quote from Wikipedia:

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On July 22, 2022, the signing ceremony took place at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The ceremony marks the first major deal between the warring sides since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February. However, it was not a direct agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Instead, Ukraine signed an agreement with Turkey and the UN, and Russia signed a separate "mirror" agreement with Turkey and the UN.

I hope you understand what "mirror" agreement means?  Roll Eyes 
Quite right. Ukraine signed a grain corridor agreement with the UN and Turkey, and Russia signed an agreement with the UN and Turkey, and therefore there were no agreements between Ukraine and Russia. To be convinced of this, it is enough to analyze the answer to the question: what conditions of the grain agreement did Ukraine violate in relation to Russia? After all, Russia claims that the signed agreements regarding Russia itself were not implemented, right?

Quote from: DrBeer
- There are no deals between Ukraine and Russia. There are commitments between Ukraine and the UN with Turkey's support.

You guys are funny (both you and DrBeer). Both of you are trying to prove that Ukraine cannot be held liable for breaking the conditions of the agreement, because in fact they didn't sign any agreements with Russia. Pretty convenient, right?

I guess be.open guy has answered your question below. Could you please answer mine? What do you think a "mirror" agreement means?

I will help you by giving a hint: there are 3 parties: A, B and C. A signs an agreement with an intermediary B and C also signs an agreement (exactly the same, hence mirror) with B. Which means that A or C break some clause in their contract with B, this clause gets broken automatically for A and C. A and C are bound legally anyway, even it's through B. Comprende?

712  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Mass hack -- over 1000 bitcoin addresses have been affected on: July 30, 2023, 05:21:07 PM
1) Where are you hosting this locally or someplace else: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-ami-megarac-bugs-can-let-hackers-brick-vulnerable-servers/

2) If you are not hosting is on your own hardware keep in mind Meltdown and Spectre are still a thing https://meltdownattack.com/ if your provider did not apply patches which many have not even now 5 1/2 years later

3) Ubuntu 16.04 has been out of support for a while now and had known vulnerabilities

4) Since Ubuntu 16.04 is out of support there are probably other things on it that have not been updated:
https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/new-openssh-vulnerability-exposes-linux.html

5) The PC you connect FROM could have some compromise on it.

6) There is no such thing as a secure location if I know you are there and have the time to plan. MITM attacks and such are a real thing and can be targeted.

-Dave


Good points but it doesn't explain why only some part of funds were stolen. That's very weird. Frankly, I haven't heard of any other such case. As soon as the bad guys gain access to your wallet they normally empty it dry asap.
713  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: July 30, 2023, 07:37:20 AM

If you think that any agreements with Russia are worthless and you can ignore the interests of Russia, which are also aimed at ensuring food security in the world - why are you surprised that Russia has suspended its participation in the grain deal? Take grain out of Ukraine without Russian security guarantees, if you can.

Russia has significantly increased grain exports in 2023 despite Western sanctions. The increase in grain exports fully compensates for the drop in grain exports from Ukraine as a result of the suspension of the grain deal.
We have already discussed the topic that Ukraine did not violate any terms of the grain deal with Russia, since Ukraine did not have any deals with Russia on this matter. Ukraine has concluded an agreement on the conditions for the export of its agricultural products from its ports in the Black Sea only with the UN and Turkey. But why is Russia now intensively bombing and firing rockets precisely at the ports of Ukraine and destroying the grain located there? The Putin regime is deliberately doing everything possible to keep Ukrainian grain out of the world market.

At the same time, will Russia distribute grain stolen in Ukraine to African countries for free? The Russian people (I emphasize - the people) are now trying to destroy the neighboring state of Ukraine and kill as many Ukrainians as possible. In my opinion, there is nothing to be proud of here.

We will see what the African countries will say about this. At the summit in St. Petersburg recently, they already made clear to Putin their attitude to what is happening.

You seem to just can't stop spreading lies. Ukraine did sign the agreement with Russia no matter you admit it or not. It can be called a tri-party or mirror agreement but it had been signed and there are certain obligations for all parties involved. If you don't understand this simple fact you have a room temperature IQ.
At number 48 in this thread, I indicated 14 links to various articles, which indicate that Ukraine signed a grain agreement only with the UN and Turkey and did not sign any agreements with Russia on this matter. Therefore, I will not repeat myself. If you have an opposite opinion, confirm what you said with the appropriate links.

I will confirm it with your own sources. Let's take strana.today and run a google translation on the article you provided:

Quote
Before that, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that there would be no direct agreement between Russia and Ukraine to unblock grain exports. Ukraine has signed an agreement on grain with Turkey and the UN, and Russia will also sign a mirror document with them.

and the quote from Wikipedia:

Quote
On July 22, 2022, the signing ceremony took place at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The ceremony marks the first major deal between the warring sides since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February. However, it was not a direct agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Instead, Ukraine signed an agreement with Turkey and the UN, and Russia signed a separate "mirror" agreement with Turkey and the UN.

I hope you understand what "mirror" agreement means?  Roll Eyes 
714  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: July 29, 2023, 07:53:13 PM

If you think that any agreements with Russia are worthless and you can ignore the interests of Russia, which are also aimed at ensuring food security in the world - why are you surprised that Russia has suspended its participation in the grain deal? Take grain out of Ukraine without Russian security guarantees, if you can.

Russia has significantly increased grain exports in 2023 despite Western sanctions. The increase in grain exports fully compensates for the drop in grain exports from Ukraine as a result of the suspension of the grain deal.
We have already discussed the topic that Ukraine did not violate any terms of the grain deal with Russia, since Ukraine did not have any deals with Russia on this matter. Ukraine has concluded an agreement on the conditions for the export of its agricultural products from its ports in the Black Sea only with the UN and Turkey. But why is Russia now intensively bombing and firing rockets precisely at the ports of Ukraine and destroying the grain located there? The Putin regime is deliberately doing everything possible to keep Ukrainian grain out of the world market.

At the same time, will Russia distribute grain stolen in Ukraine to African countries for free? The Russian people (I emphasize - the people) are now trying to destroy the neighboring state of Ukraine and kill as many Ukrainians as possible. In my opinion, there is nothing to be proud of here.

We will see what the African countries will say about this. At the summit in St. Petersburg recently, they already made clear to Putin their attitude to what is happening.

You seem to just can't stop spreading lies. Ukraine did sign the agreement with Russia no matter you admit it or not. It can be called a tri-party or mirror agreement but it had been signed and there are certain obligations for all parties involved. If you don't understand this simple fact you have a room temperature IQ.
715  Economy / Economics / Re: Food security in the world has been shaken by Russia's actions on: July 29, 2023, 01:41:09 PM
Russia is really making a mistake with blocking this grain deal. Its very worth and important for whole world its not even related to anything military. I sometimes feel like Russia wants people to not focus on their unsuccessful operation in Ukraine. Food inflation is the evil mother of all evolution. Russia is directly causing food inflation for no reason whatsoever. It causes millions of people in the world to suffer. Someone should convince Putinists that this is far more important for whole world than their weird war.

Grain deal would still be active if Ukraine and it's allies would fulfill the conditions from their side. There's no sense in the deal if only one party is following the conditions. Btw, later Russia announced it's giving away a shitload of grain to African countries for free.
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717  Economy / Economics / Re: The impact of Russian and Ukrain war on world economy on: July 28, 2023, 07:44:44 PM
Any global war, always a huge problem for the economy, both the country of the aggressor, and the country - victims of aggression, as well as the entire world economy !
True there is one nuance..... If the countries of the developed west managed to achieve a high standard of living, they are used to it, and they do not really want to sharply reduce their standard of living, the aggressor country is mostly inhabited by a poor population, which has never seen and lived with a high standard of living. And nothing has changed for them except that some quality products have disappeared, and they are periodically caught and sent like slaves to die for some morbid fantasies of their ruler.

In sum, we have: developed countries are trying to look for some "simple way" to preserve their welfare, without trying to look deeply into the essence of what is happening, Ukraine has to restrain Rashism at the immeasurable cost of lives of its citizens, not letting it go further (and they are already openly voicing these plans), carriers of Rashism, having nothing in their lives, easily succumb to propaganda, and go to "defeat the decaying West". All this leads to world economic, and not only economic, problems.

PS I recommend, if you have acquaintances in Russia, to ask them the question "what are you fighting for", and before you hear the answer, invite a psychiatrist, he will explain to you what is going on in their heads Smiley).

Oh man, so you finally admit the West is going to feel the consequences of the sanctions they introduced? And there's going to be a drop in the standard of living? Blind man starting to see?  Grin

Anyway, you mentioned that Ukraine is not letting Russia go further? Can you provide any source to support your claim? Or is the source SOMA (straight outta my ass) as always?  
718  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How to value bitcoin bitmap ordinals and what do you think about them? on: July 28, 2023, 03:24:26 PM
You realize that 52% of the crypto market are those ICO coins right? Ethereum was ICO too, there is plenty of value there. You have your mind stuck in 2009/2010? Open your mind, even tho ordinals seems to be a stupid concept, finally the market decides what has value or not, you sho uldn’t be that arrogant to call everything except bitcoin a zero value thing.

Even tho bitmaps aren’t unique (you can mint the same text over and over again), but the market organized itself to count only the first mints as the valid ones, floor price of bitmaps went up more than 500% in the past weeks. Obviously there is value here even tho it looks technically stupid.

You look like those old men that don’t tolerate young kids with smartphones, just because in their time they used playing with rocks or something. Actually smartphones are the greatest invention of all time, you have access to all the knowledge in the world whenever you want and immediately.

Perhaps in the future when the metaverse becomes a real thing, those who were getting bitmaps at this time will the super rich of the future, same as those who bought bitcoin/ethereum years ago, who knows

What are your sources? I refuse to believe 52% of crypto users are retarded.  Grin

This is some 100% BS ordinals shilling. Are you being paid to shill? Or did you invest and now hoping to sell the monkey pics with profit? Poor attempt.



Source: https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/

If you scroll to the right on the top on coinmarketcap.com you see Dominance: BTC: 48.5% ETH: 18.8%

Yes I can see that, that's market dominance. What does it have to do with your quote (I marked above in bold) regarding ICO coins occupying 52% of the entire crypto market? Perhaps you can just admit you were lying and trying to make things up to shill your useless ordinals crap?  Cool

If btc has 48% dominance all other coins have 52%. Are you that retarded?

You're probably new to crypto, my little retarded friend, so I'll forgive you not knowing the terms. These are called shitcoins over here. And I'll re-phrase my question to you: what do shitcoins have to do with your stupid spammy monkey pics?  Grin

Listen d*mbass, I’m in crypto longer than you for sure and you are nothing.

Perhaps the only one spamming here is you with the shi*tty domain in your username and your spammy referral ads.

If you have nothing of value to add to the discussion just shut your mouth and go spam your links somewhere else. You are nothing more than a LOW IQ D*MBASS

That's what I was talking about: people with low IQ quickly run out of arguments and start insulting others for no reason. By doing this you're disgracing yourself and making bad publicity for your shit tokens. Would you buy anything from an aggressive salesperson?  Grin

What makes you think you're longer in crypto than me? I can see a noob account shilling some shitty useless spam monkey pics. Perhaps you can tell us your crypto story? When did you buy your first crypto? What coins are in your portfolio? Although, you're partly right: you're longer in crypto than me. I don't do crypto. I'm a Bitcoin maxi and only thing I can say is crypto doesn't exist: there's Bitcoin and there are shitcoins.

Btw, you haven't replied: what do shitcoins have to do with your stupid spammy monkey pics?

You still talking? Ain’t reading your crap you are clearly a spammer just posting here to spam links. You should be ashamed of yourself and anything you post has literally 0 value because your only intention to post is to SPAM. You are nothing more than a low iq d*mbass spammer and you are nothing.

Muahaha! You call me a spammer? Really? A person who creates spam topics to shill your spammy monkey pics and spam the network!  Grin This is hilarious! I'll have to copypaste my questions again (for the 3rd time! you seem to have some issues with comprehension?):

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What makes you think you're longer in crypto than me? I can see a noob account shilling some shitty useless spam monkey pics. Perhaps you can tell us your crypto story? When did you buy your first crypto? What coins are in your portfolio? Although, you're partly right: you're longer in crypto than me. I don't do crypto. I'm a Bitcoin maxi and only thing I can say is crypto doesn't exist: there's Bitcoin and there are shitcoins.

Btw, you haven't replied: what do shitcoins have to do with your stupid spammy monkey pics?
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720  Economy / Economics / Re: Methods to cut food costs on: July 26, 2023, 11:04:17 PM
Coupons and promo codes



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There are many websites on the internet offering promo codes and coupons for items in stores.


Student Discount



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Students can receive many discounts by showing their student ID.


Amazon

Amazon has good deals on food items with free shipping.


Food Delivery

Walmart, target and other large retailers offering food delivery services were offering big sales for delivery only. Not certain whether the trend will continue into the future but it was nice while it lasted.

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Learning to hunt and fish

Give a man a fish, and you might feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you could feed him for a lifetime.

While it seems that hobbies like hunting and fishing are on a decline. Perhaps current era food prices are exactly what they need to make a return?


Foraging in the wild

There are places in the wild where fruits and vegetables grow naturally. Some are located close to official hiking trails and natural landmarks like waterfalls.


Working part time in the food industry

The food industry is known for sometimes giving away free food and cost benefits. Bakeries and restaurants and known for throwing food away. Which employees sometimes are allowed to have.

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What are other good methods of cutting costs on food items?

Good tips! Coupons can really help you save. I can add: learn to cook and eat at home instead of eating out. If you live in a country where food costs more than in the neighboring countries and you live not far away from border, you could travel to a neighboring country now and then to buy groceries there. Also try to shop weekly instead of daily, and always make a shopping list as it helps to avoid spontaneous purchases. Just my 2c.
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