Is the West gearing up to invade Russia once again?

[RoadTrain]

There is no need to invade Russia, it's easier to bankrupt it.

I wonder how you're planning to do that

Already happening...

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/government-budget-value
http://rt.com/business/210075-russia-minister-economy-interview/

Ulyukayev explained that the oil price in rubles is formed by two factors: the market price and currency rates. A hike in the dollar’s value has balanced off the “real” oil price for Russia, making it nearly the same 3,600 rubles per barrel it used to be earlier.

According to the minister, not only will the government fulfill its social obligations, it will even have a budget surplus under the new circumstances. All expenditures in the Russian budget are calculated in rubles.

The ruble has adjusted with oil price. It has inflationary consequences, but this has nothing to do with bankrupty

[slaveforanunnak1]

[Nemo1024]

The rubble is not doing very good as well.

Neither the currencies of other oil-producing countries, like Norway:

http://www.valutakurser.no/kursutvikling.php?valuta=USD&from=1406851200&until=1418515200

Russia has a big gold and precious stone/metal buffer - it's enough to maintain it's current budget for 5-6 years (and the budget will, of course, not remain as it is today). In the words of Arthur Dent: "We'll see who rusts first".

Plus this is a good kick in the butt for Russia to start rebuilding its industry and agruculture that got destroyed during the Wild 90's of the US-puppet Yeltsin's era and to become a producing country.

Other countries that got hit by sanctions and came out better for it: China, Iran.

[YarkoL]

There is no need to invade Russia, it's easier to bankrupt it.

Sanctions are basically a form of siege. Russians have endured those before.

[Agestorzrxx]

LOL，
Why the other country want to invade Russion?
There is nothing benefit for people.

[youngmike]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?  I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

[Ingatqhvq]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?  I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

LOL, everything made in china, include iphone.

[Balthazar]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market? 

Kaspersky AV, Dr. Web AV, Outpost Security Suite, JetBrains PhpStorm/WebStorm/RubyMine just to name a few.

I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Because ignorance is strength.

[samaricanin]

"The Weight of Chains" is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state - Yugoslavia.

NATO does not want to start Hitler's mistake to fight on two fronts against Russia

The Weight of Chains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEYQ46gH08

Lead to WWIII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00VoNb1nH4

[Nemo1024]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?  I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Just off the top of my head...

Wi-Fi was developed by Russian scientists.

One product that I find very handy, comes from Soeks (Contemporary Ecological System):
http://www.soeks.ru/
http://www.soeks.co.uk

You can find Russian food products, especially sweets, in EU supermarkets (e.g. in Edeka)

If you are a C# coder, you might be using ReSharper from JetBrains...

[Schleicher]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?  I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris

[C10H15N]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?  I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris Vodka

FIFY

[Morbid]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?   I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris Vodka

FIFY

vodka was not invented in russia. fyi.

[C10H15N]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?   I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris Vodka

FIFY

vodka was not invented in russia. fyi.

Close enough.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka#History

[Morbid]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?   I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris Vodka

FIFY

vodka was not invented in russia. fyi.

Close enough.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka#History

well in russia its quite common knowledge that it came from sweden - which is now finland. not sure why the wiki page dont mention it.

[samaricanin]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market?   I can't name anything I use that is made or designed in russia

Don't forget the most important russian invention ever:
Tetris Vodka

FIFY

vodka was not invented in russia. fyi.

Close enough.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka#History

well in russia its quite common knowledge that it came from sweden - which is now finland. not sure why the wiki page dont mention it.

[Rassah]

Nemo1024, why there's no russian products in the market? 

Kaspersky AV

"Kaspersky Lab, Inc. is a Massachusetts corporation that was founded in 2004 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of its holding company, Kaspersky Labs Limited, based in the United Kingdom." (http://usa.kaspersky.com/about-us/company-overview/)

Dr. Web AV, Outpost Security Suite

Never even heard of these before...

JetBrains

"Headquarters   Czech Republic" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBrains)

Russians taking credit for others as usual 

[fsb4000]

Russians taking credit for others as usual 

Eugene Kaspersky ,born 4 October 1965 in Novorossiysk, is a Russian specialist in the information security field. He heads the global IT security company Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab now operates in almost 200 countries, with over 30 regional and country offices worldwide, it's the world's largest privately held vendor of software security products.

And it's not Russian? Are you kidding me?



JetBrains, initially called IntelliJ, was founded in 2000 in Prague by three software developers: Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipiatkov and Eugene Belyaev.
Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipiatkov and Eugene Belyaev are Russians.

And Russians taking credit for others as usual Really?

[deisik]

Russians taking credit for others as usual 

Eugene Kaspersky ,born 4 October 1965 in Novorossiysk, is a Russian specialist in the information security field. He heads the global IT security company Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab now operates in almost 200 countries, with over 30 regional and country offices worldwide, it's the world's largest privately held vendor of software security products.

And it's not Russian? Are you kidding me?

JetBrains, initially called IntelliJ, was founded in 2000 in Prague by three software developers: Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipiatkov and Eugene Belyaev.
Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipiatkov and Eugene Belyaev are Russians.

And Russians taking credit for others as usual Really?

Let's also remember the famous Bad Gateway Nginx error (which in most cases has nothing to do with nginx, the proxy http server). It had been started in 2002 by Igor Sysoev. He was born in Kazakhstan, graduated and presently lives in Moscow...

Ironically though,  the company behind nginx is located in San Francisco

[Nemo1024]

The latest development on the route of provocations, after sanctions failed to kneel Russia:

US Provocations on Russia's Borders
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2015/03/23/us-provocations-on-russia-s-borders

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On March 21, a provocative Dragoon Ride 1,100 show-of-force US convoy began moving through six Eastern European countries - en route to their Vilseck, Germany home base.

They'll continue through April 1. Along the way, they'll position US heavy weapons close to Russia's borders.

US Army European commander General Ben Hodges is involved in Kiev's war on Donbass. Earlier he lied claiming 12,000 Russian troops operate in Ukraine.

None crossed its borders any time during months of conflict. Hodges knows it. So do his Pentagon superiors, the White House, Congress and media scoundrels claiming otherwise.

Obama; Dragoon Ride and Atlantic Resolve show-of-force may be prelude for direct confrontation with Russia ahead.

Washington's so-called European Reassurance Initiative and related efforts support its NATO allies and partners.

It's part of ongoing US provocations confronting nonexistent "Russian aggression."

The Pentagon established six new front line command centers in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania - all former Soviet republics or Warsaw Pact countries.

This and other US provocations risk direct confrontation with Russia. Will Obama launch WW III?

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