Well I guess that the NASDAQ and most "growth" stocks are also under threat of quantum computing? Because it has been week of loses all over all the indexes out there.

Nah, the explanation is much simpler, the FED and many other central banks have raised rates to contain inflation and they are likely to do it again strongly in the near future.

Ukraine violated the convention by shelling Ukraine? (if that's happened I mean)

Civil areas should not be indiscriminately attacked in any case.

EDITED to correct "should NOT". I have read in the news that RF and Ukraine are blaming each other on this one and I do not think there is going to be a clear proof that it was the RF.

To Пepeмoгa and to my TV.

Debt is debt. What I mean is that no matter how you take debt, it will always put you under an obligation. That needs to be managed by taking the right amount, from the right lenders and for the right time and interest rate.

A completely different matter is the technical effect of inflation, which is very beneficial for the debtor, as long as the income that serves the debt increases with inflation (typically salaries, rents, ...), but careful if used to buy bitcoin, shares or bonds!

US is on a dilemma. I am quite sure that, if the US de-facto powers wanted this war to end in a couple of months it would happen. Zelensky is right in essence: send me the weapons we need, keep the intelligence support, train the Ukrainian soldiers and we are likely to recover ground and eventually reach a point in which the RF comes to the table with a "minimize loss" mandate or "lift sanctions and forget about all this" attitude. An you are right, that is not the current way of thinking for the US - it would be the UK that actually would rather finish the war ASAP, RF money is much loved in "Londongrad".


Why is that not happening?

- Being brutally honest, I think that the US would not mind having a couple of statelets between Ukraine and the RF, particularly if Ukraine joins NATO.
- One of the reasons is that Putin's regime, until now, has ensured that the old USSR nuclear arsenal does not fall in the wrong hands.
- Another is that Putin is actually an ally or an useful guy in other aspects, like fighting the PBS - Psychos Blaming God, AKA Daesh, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and friends...
- Lastly, while Putin's regime is internally managed as a Mafia Family, it generates plenty of business for those who live on the plutocrats style of life outside the RF.

Putin, until now, was not really troubling the US nor Europe until now, even the annexation of Crimea was not responded as it should have, but he has miscalculated the effects of this war on Europe, including UK and Germany and including other countries that are not in the EU. Putin considers that the RF still has a similar sphere of influence as the USSR did, which I think is no longer the case - simply because the RF is not even close to the economic and cultural influence that was the USSR.

I think we agree on something, the US may be a winner on this war, the EU is not in the short term (there may be beneficial effects to the energetic transition in the long term), Ukraine is not a short term winner (there will be a push to his status in EU after the war) and, lastly, the RF.

The RF may or may not get some (devastated) territory from Ukraine at the expense of crippling its economy and diplomatic stance for a long, long, long time.

Re Ukraine becoming a "Puppet", I think it would not be the case. All the west is pretty much interdependent and economic ties are strong and certainly some countries have more weight than others, but there are continuous negotiations and trade-offs that usually result in progress for all.

It did sign it in the dates stated, as a Republic with in the USSR. Seriously man, you do not have a clue of the history of your country? Do you understand the degree of freedom that the old Soviet Republics had - at least on paper - to even break away from the USSR if they decided so?

https://treaties.un.org/pages/showdetails.aspx?objid=0800000280158b1a

Seems that all sites have the same mistake and  the same dates, great that you are here to correct them all.



I could not care less. Believe me, you do not want to make this a "trust war" with me. particularly after all you have posted in this thread. There is material to write a book on what you and your handlers have invented.

Although I can see that you have put a few comments on anyone here defending Ukraine. Pretty much a Trust system abuse. I am not going to be the one opening a reputation thread, but some other people may have more free time.


I am dying to look for the google translate of Gopnik  

Cool... there is even an article. Quite an accurate description, but I expected something more transgresive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopnik

False. Again, lie after lie, fake after fake,..

https://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-ukraine-revokes-the-geneva-convention/#:~:text=Ukraine%20signed%20the%20Geneva%20Convention,revoked%20Protocols%201%20and%202.

Insult your country? How? You are actually insulting your people, telling them that the RF will profit from this war, that Adolf Putin is the right leader for their future, ..

And now, you are trying to shit-talk your way out of the fact that the number of dead soldiers is not published because it would raise an outrage, that young Russians are being sent to die against their will, without the right equipment and poor leadership.

Empty talk, empty leaders and absolute failure in the "operation",... you remind me of Hitler's last months trying to send imaginary troops into the fight and "stopping the allies" here and there...

https://youtu.be/t7PmzdINGZk?t=72

You do not have numbers on the RF losses? Why? Is not like if they were trying to hide the number from the RF people right? Is just that, the Orcs do not have people that can count to 30.000 maybe?

Yes I know "a planned rotation" of course! -  The young Russians "rotate" into sunflower pots and more young Russians "rotate" into a T-62... eventually to become new habitats for worms.

I am well aware that you would like to be.free to post fakes without anyone replying. You are clearly using the old and well known tactic of posting so much fake and misleading information that it would take a lifetime to link sources providing proper information for every lie you post.

Would you not rather eat a dog? They are still fresh, not like this:

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1498421431079735297


Losses, what do you mean? You just said a post ago that there are only 500 RF prisoners, so, how many dead according to your "sources" that require "a planned rotation"?

But do not worry, the young people of the RF already know where the "rotation" is going to come from, so please, let them know here how many of them are "planned" already, they are surely very interested in considering their options.

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/young-russian-fled-avoid-war-drafting-says-i-dont-want-to-kill-anyone-1597503



https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/russia/russia1102-01.htm


https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/world/europe/in-russia-a-young-mans-dream-is-dodging-the-draft.html


How long until videos of 18 year old crying and calling their moms and saying they did not join voluntarily appear in the media?



So your interpretation of the RF army takin 100 days and still unable to control the territory is "Ukraine being embarrassed" - I think you have been drinking to much "official juice of comfort" lately.

Ukraine women and children fled Ukraine to avoid being killed - the simplest explanation is usually the right one. Europe is admitting them and if they become part of the EU they will be free to settle in the country of their choice in the future because that is how EU works. EU is happy to receive hard working people, educated and with experience kicking RF psychos assess, just in case.

The invasion of Ukraine is not "the Russians", is Adolf Putin's orcs army - mostly comprised manypeople who are NOT Russians ethnically, quite a few that would rather not be there and a good chuck of looting beasts.

I could not care less about what the RF soldiers eat - feeding those that will soon die for Adolf Putin is a waste of resources. From their perspective, I would not blame them: the dogs do not have "use by August 1972" written on them.

I do not "doubt" your numbers , I am clearly stating that all the "data" you are providing in your posts are, in essence, false and directly brought from the RF Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland tales. None of the figures, military capabilities, military "advances", "precision strikes" and many other "facts" have any resemblance to reality whatsoever. You usually do not  mention any sources and when you do, they are mostly related to RF controlled media which is worthless as a source of truth. In one word, bullshit.

As of now, many young RF citizens are absolutely scared of this year's military draft. They hide, bribe or try to find any reason to avoid being drafted this year for the army, despite you Adolf Putin claiming that he will not send them to the front. The young have VPNs and have no trust whatsoever in anything that Adolf Putin and his psychotic cronies say thanks to trolls like you.

You are just throwing numbers, none of that is true. Lame.

I believe he has been sentenced to life in prison precisely because he violated the convention by shooting an unarmed old guy on a bike, filmed on video and confessed. I would myself doubt of the fairness of a tribunal on war times, but the proofs on this case are beyond doubt.


https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml


On regards to the soldiers captured in Mariupol, again, if there is an ideological trial, it leaves the door open for similar treatments of RF soldiers. Being a "nazi", wearing a tatoo or expressing views are not in themselves crimes, is just an ideology. Only acts committed by individuals may be crimes.

 It is curious how by Adolf Putin stating that "this is not a war", makes the acts of RF soldiers in Ukraine fall quite in the definition of terrorism - killing people in a foreign country, destroying infrastructure and all that while getting paid for doing so - terrorist mercenaries I guess... it cannot get any uglier uh?

Are you misinterpreting what I say on purpose or is it that you are really missing the point? The "statelets" were created by the RF invading them and declaring them as "independent" - AKA stealing the territory from Ukraine.

Ukraine is independent because the majority of Ukrainians would rather not be under Adolf Putin's thumb but mainly because it is a country that is widely recognised as such by most, if not all, nations. The "independent" satellite regions of the RF empired have simply been invaded by the RF and then "declared" independent. Again, just a handful of countries recognise them - all pretty much directly linked to Adolf Putin. It is just plainly ridiculous that you try to compare that with Ukraine.

As for your display of "evidence" of western support to a widely recognised independent country... nothing new. This war is burning many supplies from both many estates and particularly the US. This includes training in some quite new and sophisticated systems.

On the Geneva convention, Ukraine has declared to be abided to it on regards to PoWs.


Yes, it does say a lot, to be precise that I do not believe in nor give a camel's ass for the legitimacy and fairness of a trial in a country that does not exist, with a tribunal that is not legitimate and a law that is wet paper when Adolf Putin decides it does not serve his purposes. That is exactly what it says.

Re tortures and other allegations... well, you could try to prove it but the RF has stopped the work of the people who investigate so... your "word" and the RF censored media senseless talk to be taken again for it.

And once again, this is not about me supporting anything outside the rules of war, is about Adolf Putin killing with a fake trial PoWs, which in turn puts at risk the RF captured soldiers.


I have to admire you for trying to make sense of this dude's allegations. Careful with that prefrontal lobe.

e.g. "Did the security council admonish Putin?" - RF is a permanent member of the SC and has veto power. Either the guy does not know or thinks other do not know.


And this is something that Adolf Putin may even be happy to hear about if it happened. Most of the young Russians that are stupid or desperate enough to join the RF army have already been killed, captured or are at the front wishing to be back home. The only chance of getting new recruits is trying to generate hate - as of now he only has indifference and opposition and that does not win wars.

A mercenary is still a soldier IMHO. They can be war criminals or even terrorists if they do not play by the rules, but that is related to their actions, not to their origin nor to the fact that they get paid - if you think of it, the RF soldiers get paid, are they not mercenaries? Are they not going to a foreign country to wage war and die just to steal territory and goods from Ukraine?

Funny that you say this and at the same time commend the tourists that joined the RF orcs army. So the criteria is that only Ukrainian nationals are soldiers? Then all this guys are terrorists fighting for Adolf Putin:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/what-role-is-chechnyas-ramzan-kadyrov-playing-in-ukraine


They would do well to go back home and use their time making more little Chechens instead of dying (as terrorists) for Putin.

Not to mention these world class tourists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group

Of the countries that really matter to the case, this "independent state" is only recognised by RF and only sustained thanks to the RF money and weaponry. Stop pretending that something in the RF or the "republics" is done without the seal of the Tzar, nobody is going to believe you.

Again, you can make any argument you want, it does not change the chances for the RF invading army PoWs.



Officers of the Ukrainian defence army are there to implement the official policies. As of now, the official policy is to follow the rules of war and the Geneva Convention as far as I know. There may be groups in Ukraine that may not have such a degree of discipline, but that is a completely different matter from having an official policy of classing PoWs as "terrorists" and kill them.

All in all, this simply makes life much harder for both RF and Ukrainian soldiers.

Not fair or unfair trial? You mean, apart from taking place in a state that is not recognised by UN and only exists (recognised) for a handful of countries of which most are under Adolf Putin's rule. Even the tribunal has no legitimate law or country to start with. I could as well meet with a few friends and judge someone using Nepali law.

Ukraine may actually be following it at government level - you can follow the convention even if you do not recognise it.

The matter is still the same, the RF is not only showing disrespect for PoWs, they are even making a point of killing them in public. What can you expect if you are an RF captured soldier and there are no officers present?