The smart ones know that the demand for oil will diminish over the next decade and want to sell as much as they can. America can be most helpful with this and relations were improving before Trump anyway. Anything but Russia, but we will see how long Vlad lasts, I have a feeling his days are numbered.
My yemen brought me this pun. (shouts) Bring the beheading sword!!
A pun is the lowest form of wit, but this seems halfway there...
Ain't they like ANTIFA!
what happened? ran out of fuel?
I fixed a typo.
Slucking fackers.
Last of the Russian stragglers going home from NY, we are on the great circle route, I live to the east, off the map and flights from NY to Europe go over my town.
Good point. I was doing the lazy thing and lumping them together as if they were all the same. Deripaska is on my personal hit list due to his role to help Trump get elected in 2016 as described in Mueller's report.
www.treasury.gov
www.theguardian.com
All I can think is 'Keep on selling' trolling.Gordon Chang: 'China Is Financing the Russian Push on Ukraine'
Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping made economic and strategic connections that are ultimately feeding Russia's invasion into Ukraine and helping Putin's increasingly isolated economy lean on China to subsist, according to far east expert Gordon Chang.
"Just a few hours before the Olympics started, China and Russia announced their oil and gas deals — $117.5 billion," Chang told Sunday's "The Cats Roundtable" on WABC 770 AM-N.Y. "Also, in the last few days they announced a coal deal — 100 million metric tons of Russian coal for China. China is financing the Russian push on Ukraine.
"It's not just the petroleum and commodity dollars; it's also providing access to an alternate financial system," Chang added to host John Catsimatidis.
Also, China has lifted restrictions on the importing of Russian wheat, which "further helps Russia finance is invasion of Ukraine," Chang told Sunday's "Wake Up America" on Newsmax.
"Although it might have some second thoughts about what it is doing, it is still supporting the Russians to the hilt," Chang told host Carl Higbie.
Beijing had designs on taking Taiwan, but seeing this Russian invasion "not be successful" has Beijing perhaps looking to "distance itself from Russia," Chang added to Higbie.
"Because if this invasion fails, then it puts Beijing in a very bad light," he said, noting NATO allies activating its response force is signaling to China that similar actions will be taken if it made a move on Taiwan.
Still, Xi's position on Taiwan has not changed, save for perhaps "timing," Chang added to Higbie.
Ultimately, Chang told Catsimatidis, the Biden administration has been too soft on both China and Russia to date, two countries President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden have had close ties to.
"We know that China is supporting Russia," Chang said. "So the question is: Are we going to go after China for backfilling sanctions that we will impose on Russia? I'm not sure that the Biden administration will move in time. It will repeat a mistake."
Gordon Chang: 'China Is Financing the Russian Push on Ukraine'
Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping made economic and strategic connections that are ultimately feeding Russia's invasion into Ukraine and helping Putin's increasingly isolated economy lean on China to subsist, according to far east expert Gordon Chang.www.newsmax.com
I think all of that Russian money that China might have accepted just lost a shit ton of value.
Praise everybody it isn’t a 410
You might be interested in this.
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Wanna bet the CIA has even better info?You might be interested in this.
The World Beneath
The first-ever series that defines and exposes the true nature of the underworld: a second economy of dirty money, born from the intersection of organized crime and intelligence operations. They are twin heads of this realm, and they have never been separated. This is the world of MOBSTERS & SPIES.
With vast areas to cover we depend on fighter jets for AA and not point defense like AA missiles, we are America's first line of defense from northern attack and were all through the cold war. Our navy has a north Atlantic antisubmarine mission and we and you have had the world oceans wired for sound with under sea cables and mics since the 60's. We know where every Russian nuke sub is and there are two or more attack subs on every one within attack range. Our Navy cleans up the rest...
www.rferl.org
Would like the print edition, not much into broadcasts.You might be interested in this.
The World Beneath
The first-ever series that defines and exposes the true nature of the underworld: a second economy of dirty money, born from the intersection of organized crime and intelligence operations. They are twin heads of this realm, and they have never been separated. This is the world of MOBSTERS & SPIES.
