Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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If any economy is doomed, THUGR, it is the EU's, followed by the USA's.
You think Sberbank is big news? They're talking about a reduction in profits. But that means they're still profitable.
How about the failure of the 17th largest bank in the USA- Silicon Valley Bank?
Game Over: FDIC Shutters Silicon Valley Bank, Appoints Receiver
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/silicon-valley-bank-crashes-65-halte
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Or Credit Suisses's continuing problems?
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/embattled-credit-suisse-loses-a-to
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Seriously, dood, you need to expand your sources of information and get past that wall of propaganda.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
If any economy is doomed, THUGR, it is the EU's, followed by the USA's.
You think Sberbank is big news? They're talking about a reduction in profits. But that means they're still profitable.
How about the failure of the 17th largest bank in the USA- Silicon Valley Bank?
Game Over: FDIC Shutters Silicon Valley Bank, Appoints Receiver
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/silicon-valley-bank-crashes-65-halte
d-pending-news
Or Credit Suisses's continuing problems?
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/embattled-credit-suisse-loses-a-to
p-shareholder
Seriously, dood, you need to expand your sources of information and get past that wall of propaganda.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Funny, let me remind you. Russia’s biggest bank suffers 78% collapse in profit as sanctions bite. Russia's biggest bank comrade. There's more but I won't waste my time with that now.
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And the USA's 17th largest bank just failed. Utterly. Insolvent. Broke. Kaput.
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) would love to be in Sberbank's shoes right now, but they're broke.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Yeah. I read about SVB this morning. Couldn't remember which thread it would have been relevant to since Second and Ted mucked it all up with their dumb shit like they always do.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
And the USA's 17th largest bank just failed. Utterly. Insolvent. Broke. Kaput.
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) would love to be in Sberbank's shoes right now, but they're broke.
‘Nervous’ Putin Faces Mutiny: Doomed Troops Refuse To Be ‘Sent To Slaughter’ — As Battle For Power Splits Russian Forces
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nervous-putin-faces-mutiny-doomed
-troops-refuse-to-be-sent-to-slaughter-as-battle-for-power-splits-russian-forces/ar-AA18t9aS?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b5d46860f6644309b86cf9214bebc145&ei=21
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the private Russian army Wagner Group, says he and his fighters have been pleading for more ammunition, but they have been "cut off" by Putin
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/head-of-private-russian-army-says
-he-s-been-cut-off-by-putin/vi-AA18qWfk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b5d46860f6644309b86cf9214bebc145&ei=29
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I'm sure these stories are true.
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Putin Opposition Calls Ukraine War a 'Dead End,' Urges Peace
By Isabel van Brugen , 3/10/23 at 10:05 AM EST
Grigory Yavlinsky, a Russian opposition politician and founder of Moscow's last liberal party, is calling for a ceasefire in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, describing it as a "dead end."
"I want a ceasefire to happen before thousands and thousands of people are killed," Yavlinsky told Newsweek in a phone interview from Moscow. On Tuesday, Ukraine reported that over 1,000 Russians had been killed the day prior, bringing Moscow's total losses since the start of the invasion to 154,830.
Yavlinsky, 70, the founder of the Yabloko party, has vocalized his opposition to Putin's decision to invade Ukraine since the conflict began last February. He has described the war, for his nation, as "akin to a self-imposed nuclear strike."
The official, who has twice run against Putin in presidential elections, said that regardless of so-called "gains and victories," the war would end with "a heap of corpses" and nobody would ever forgive either Putin or Russia. He has also described the conflict as a "crime against humanity" that would represent a "massive leap forward towards Russia's liquidation as a state in the 21st century."
On the eve of the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yabloko held a concert marathon under the slogan "Say Yes to the Peace!" during which 45 videos were shown where Yabloko members nationwide detailed their struggles throughout the year of war.
Yavlinsky gave an opening speech, saying that "today, Russia is being adjusted to Vladimir Putin's reality."
His opposition to the war has come at a cost, however. There have been numerous attempts by those who support the conflict to liquidate Yabloko, a social-liberal party that has deputies in four regional parliaments: Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Pskov region and Karelia.
State-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on March 7 that a member of Russia's State Duma, Nikolai Novichkov, sent an appeal to the country's Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuichenko with a proposal to consider the possibility of filing a lawsuit in court to liquidate the party "due to possible signs of extremist activities."
"It first happened in April, last year, and then it happens all the time. It's very difficult even to calculate how many times," Yavlinsky told Newsweek. "There are a lot of people...who are just supporting the current regime...and attacking the people who are not supporting the war, like Yabloko—organized political structures, which are against the war. They are trying to destroy this structure, they don't want this structure to exist."
Although the Yabloko party currently has "no political dialogue" with the Kremlin, Yavlinsky is persisting with his efforts to call for a ceasefire in the conflict, which passed the one-year mark on February 24.
"It's necessary to do it as soon as possible," said Yavlinsky. "I think that nobody's winning. This is a dead end, okay? This is a dead end, nobody can win in that kind of situation."
"That's why I'm saying that a ceasefire is necessary. And it's necessary to stop killing people. Because there are no positive developments. There is no positive future."
Yavlinsky described the year since the war began as "the most difficult and painful year" in his life. When asked whether he has concerns about speaking publicly against Putin, the politician said he tries not to think about it, "otherwise, it would be not possible to work."
"I was an opponent of Putin in presidential elections twice, and there were millions of people which were voting for me. So it's my obligation to say the truth and to say what I think, especially in that dangerous situation," he said. "What will be the consequences? We
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Why the West fears victory in Ukraine
by Stephen Blank, Opinion Contributor - 03/10/23 11:30 AM ET
Despite Ukraine’s heroic valor, the West is in serious danger of losing the war and, with it, the ensuing peace. The West risks losing for three specific but intertwined reasons: lack of a strategy, fear of victory and an unwillingness to campaign publicly for Ukraine’s victory.
Russia’s criminal aggression against Ukraine and military failures offers the West a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape European and international security. Therefore, it is increasingly urgent to take advantage of this opportunity.
Yet neither in Washington nor in any European capital west of Warsaw do we hear anyone advocating victory; the decisive defeat of Russia; full restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity; and Ukraine’s subsequent full integration into NATO and the European Union.
Public support for supporting Ukraine notwithstanding, leaders are privately increasingly skeptical that Ukraine can or apparently should win. Despite fulsome pledges of tanks, all we see is a trickle of them. The United States’s Abrams tanks will not even be available until 2024.
Meanwhile the long-range artillery and aircraft Ukraine needs to win is withheld due to specious arguments about the training time needed, that other weapons are better suited for the task or – the real, but unspoken motive – fear of provoking Russia.
Thus, the West’s protracted public dithering inhibited Kyiv from capitalizing on its 2022 offensive and allowed Russia time to mobilize new forces, build stronger defenses and even launch its own offensive.
Nevertheless, the recent anniversary of the war triggered an undeserved outburst of self-congratulation since timely provision of armaments may well have helped Ukraine inflict a decisive defeat upon Russia. Indeed, Kyiv might have to surrender Bakhmut and delay its spring offensive because the West cannot get its act together even after 13 months and send weapons it has already pledged.
Despite Putin’s oft-repeated intransigeance regarding negotiations and territorial conquests, this Western equivocation reflects an increasingly groundless fear of victory, which entails a genuine and long-lasting security and economic commitment to Ukraine and to holding Russia accountable.
Although Western governments are increasingly discounting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats, they remain unwilling to give Ukraine the military and economic support it needs. For example, Kyiv has received only 31 of the 64 billion pledged to it, and the sorry story of tank support is well known. Moreover, many experts still advocate negotiations yet have no idea how they could advance Ukraine’s security.
This fear of victory justifies Putin’s determination and belief that he can win by outlasting what he perceives as a decadent, effete adversary. Second it inhibits the formulation and prosecution of a resolute Western strategy. Third, it provides new opportunities for the claque of experts arguing, even in the mouth of Putin’s cannons, for negotiations.
This advocacy disregards Putin’s refusal to negotiate, reveals a basic failure to grasp that Russian policy emerges from an entirely different cognitive milieu than does Western thinking, clutches at misconceived analogies to other wars and without saying so, manifests disdain if not contempt for Ukraine’s interests. Apart from assuming that a grinding war of attrition is the only possible outcome here (and advocating measures to ensure it stays that way), one of these experts contends that Ukraine faces either annihilation or continued Russian occupation of its territories.
Other experts contend that Ukraine, not Russia, must be coerced to negotiate. And lying behind all of this argumentation is the misconceived notion that Russia cannot or should not be defeated, an utterly unfounded argument, but one that reflects an inexplicable but pervasive underlying fear of a Ukrainian victory.
Lastly, the failu
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Fuck Ukraine.
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