Ah,, Fox news is temporarily a good source now.
Kind of disagree. That was not the approach taken in the Cold War (which ended up being successful/correct). I think we are heading to a place where Russia should really be cut off properly. So yes, that would be deporting people in general (i.e. cancelling visas and the like, not just for oligarchs/rich people connected to leadership somehow), not issuing any more visas/citizenships and divesting them of any assets they have in West. Am sure Russia will do same but I have a funny feeling they will have more to lose at that game and their citizens may not place all of the blame for the situation on the "West/EU/US" as Putin/regime would hope they will.
"Hens suspect that the Fox they invited into the Hen house may not have their best interest at heart!"
Hardly interesting, never heard of her but it took about ten seconds to find out that she’s linked to the NATO propaganda mouthpiece Atlantic Council.
Nothing wrong with the AC but what do you expect her to say?
Surprised you aren't saying "still no sign of invasion" default Putin bot mode, even now you don't denounce Russia and putin
Interesting..
So, per the current press conference, Putin wants,
Reasonable?
Unfortunately whether they like it or not he does represent them, that's the problem.
Meaningful opponents of Putin suffer really unfortunate accidents and people can be disappeared quite easily.
It takes too much courage for anyone to stand up to him in Moscow.
Yes. It's also a form of collective punishment. The more targeted sanctions are, the better.
I think we have to keep in mind that Putin does not represent the Russian people. It is not right to start punishing Russians by stripping assets and deportation, who have nothing to do with the decisions of a dictator.
If they have dual citizenship or successfully apply for other citizenship. If they are new to west send them home
Where are they citizens of if they denounced their Russian citizenship? 🤔
The initial impression of both the EU & UK sanctions is that they will be aimed at ratcheting up slowly. We'll hear from the US later but it seems likes a sensible approach to tweak as it might give him more opportunity to come to an arrangement without losing too much face.
You can still get a flight into Russia from the west today.Surly if the west are going to be serious with sanctions we would allow no trade or travel with Russians
Any Russians who live in the west who won't denounce their citizenship should have their assets here stripped and sent home. Any qualifications they hold from a western institution get stripped too. Let's get serious on sanctions rather than a war.
Its a very strange history. Effectively it was an army group of the Soviet army the got cut off geographically from the Russian Federation when Ukraine and Russia split at the fall of the USSR.
The Ukrainians and other nationalities drifted off and joined their own new armies while most of the Russian Soldiers just hung around and got involved to varying degrees with the separatist movement in the area. In many ways it reminds me of the Story of the Czech Legion who got stuck in Siberia during the Russian Revolution and became the most effective fighting force during the Red-White civil war.
Even more apt considering the Soviets demolished St Michael's in the 1930's IIRC? What's there today is a reconstruction. And Sophia's church very nearly befell the same fate.
Russian parliament have just voted to give Putin permission to use military forces abroad.
Ominously, tomorrow Russia is celebrating Heroes of the Homeland defence day.
How are the Putinbots going to spin this one?
How many Russians are here? Enough to make a teritorial claim for Sherkin Island or similar?
That's not even a rubber stamp, it's a nod!
I'm actually surprised that they hadn't done this long ago. They've been a de-facto independent statelet for 30 years and Russia is their #1 backer.
The EU proposals, which are also a lot less tame than the German moves on Nordstream2.
For now sanctions are to target:
All 27 EU member states have to agree to these sanctions. Splits between EU countries over foreign policy are common and you can definitely expect Hungary and Orban to go their own way here.
Probably due to the fact Putin just asked the Federal Council to approve troop deployments abroad.
Two guesses where they are going.
That's 7pm our time for that address...
will give the stock markets time to implode too before they shut at 9pm
Biden to make address on the situation at 7pm this evening.
This morning there was some confusion about the language from Washington regarding invasion. But now officials are unequivocally saying an invasion has begun.
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