Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 1, 2022 | Sundance | 387 Comments
There comes a time in every performance of the United Nations production when the arch villain bombs the milk factories. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin takes his turn.
As we return to our seats from the lobby during commercial interlude, we discover the model U.N. interns have left the blue and yellow ribbons on our seats. We know exactly what segment of the melodrama comes next; the children are suffering.
The well attired gentlemen in the mezzanine know this is the moment when they must position their freshly pressed pocket kerchief for quick access. Heart strings will be pulled, and silk gowns do not fare well as the tears begin to flow. Well educated chivalry, passed down from father to son, has prepared them for this moment. It’s not quite time for the checkbooks yet; first they must feel the sound of the violins.
Surprisingly, Bono and Geldorf have not yet made their appearance. However, with the speed of modern social media, and knowing the technology of our time means we cannot wait, the EU assembly must lay the groundwork for the great American oration that is center stage from the Capitol later tonight.
New York – Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky urged the EU to “prove you are with us” in a defiant speech on Tuesday.
Mr Zelenesky, who has become a symbol of defiance for his country, issued an impassioned speech via video link, where he called on the EU to stand with Ukraine as Russia continues its deadly advance on the country.
During his speech, Mr Zelensky described the missile strikes on Kharkiv, as an act of terror against the city, and indeed Ukraine.
As he spoke of the country’s fight to defend its “freedom” and land from the Russian invaders, the bloc’s official Ukrainian-English interpreter seemingly becomes emotional as he listened to Mr Zelensky’s defiant speech. Mr Zelensky said: “Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome. We have proven our strengths. We are exactly the same as you. (more)
New York II – […] The Ukrainian president’s rallying cry brought members of the European Parliament, many wearing t-shirts emblazoned with #standwithUkraine or wearing blue and yellow rubbons, to their feet.
It also brought the English interpreter to tears, with his voice audibly faltering as he translated the speech, in which Mr Zelensky declared: ‘Nobody is going to break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians.’
The rousing reception was in stark contrast to scenes over in Geneva, where ambassadors and diplomats staged a mass walkout as Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addressed a UN human rights forum. (read more)
The Russian Monetary System began also with cattle (skot) during the Kievan period. Skins of small animals and precious metals were used as fixed-value exchange rate based upon barter goods. Up until the end of the 12th century, cattle was the unit of account but commerce took place with the skins of small animals. Actually, furs became the common method of payment for they were valued in terms of cattle, but were much easier for transport and divisibility for small transactions. This made small furs much more suitable for money and they were also an important item of export. Written sources began to speak of such units of payment as kuna (marten’s fur, from kunitsa, a marten), belka or veksha (squirrel), veveritsa (ermine) and nogata (fur with legs, from Arabic nagd, a good or full-value coin), and also of pieces of fur (resana), muzzle furs (mordka) and paw furs (lapka).
The word for silver was “serebro” which became more and more common to denote money as trade with the Byzantine world increased. The Old Russian words kuna and nogata, come from the old “fur money” or “leather money,” thereby retaining their meaning as metal money began to emerge. The names continued in use even though the money began to change to metals given the trade with the Byzantine world. The Rus relied upon foreign produced money. Both Byzantine silver coins and the silver dirhems of the Arab Caliphate are found in Ukraine and parts of Russia confirming trade existed.
It is clear that there was a change from “fur money” to silver and the oldest Russian unit of value was the “grivna”, which was based on the Arab coinage system. We begin to find only from the 10th century onwards that local coinage began to be struck and once this took place, then coins became the actual unit of payment in markets. This enabled the expansion of the economy and really the rise of Russia out of the barter age. The “grivna” became both a unit of account an money by weight. Its value equaled to that of 96 gold dinars (s[o]lotniki) or 144 silver dirhems (s[e]rebreniki).
The ruble has been the Russian unit of currency for about 500 years. It was The monetary reform system instituted by Peter the Great (b 1672;1682-1725) that was a century ahead of most others in that it was based on the decimal system. The basic monetary unit, first coined in 1704, was the silver ruble of 100 kopecks. Other silver coinage consisted of the poltina (one-half ruble), polupoltina (one-fourth ruble), grivennik (ten kopecks), altyn (three kopecks) and kopeck. There were two copper sub-multiples of the kopeck: den’ga (one-half kopeck) and polushka (one-fourth kopeck); and three gold multiples of the ruble: double ruble, chervonets or “ducat” (about 2 and one-half rubles), and dvoinoi chervonets (double chervonets). Unfortunately, Peter’s profligate expenditures steadily eroded most of the value of this otherwise admirable currency. Still, Peter’s reforms made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government traced their origins to his reign.
The amount of precious metal in a ruble varied over time. In a 1704 currency reform, Peter the Great standardized the ruble to 28 grams of silver. While ruble coins were silver, there were higher denominations minted of gold and platinum. By the end of the 18th century, the ruble was set to 4 zolotnik 21 dolya (almost exactly equal to 18 grams) of pure silver or 27 dolya (almost exactly equal to 1.2 grams) of pure gold, with a ratio of 15:1 for the values of the two metals.
In 1817, the ruble was reduced from .986 find gold to .917. This would be further reduced to .900 by Alexander III in 1886. The gold 5 ruble weighed .1929 oz. This was actually nearly the same net weight of the 1802 issue at .986 finess with a net weight of .1928 oz.
In 1825, platinum coins were introduced with 1 ruble equal to 77⅔ dolya (3.451 grams). The denominations were 3, 6, and 12 rubles.
On December 17th, 1885, a new standard was adopted which did not change the silver ruble but reduced the gold content to 1.161 grams, pegging the gold ruble to the French franc at a rate of 1 ruble = 4 francs.
This rate was revised in 1897 to 1 ruble = 2⅔ francs (0.774 grams gold). A 15 ruble gold coin was issued with a weight of .3734 oz. Effectively, this was a revaluation whereas the coin was the same weight as the 10 ruble, wihch had been issued since 1886. The 5 ruble weighing .1867 of an oz under Alexander III from 1886 had been reduced to .1244 oz.
The ruble was worth about .50 USD in 1914.
With the outbreak of World War I, the gold standard peg was dropped and the ruble fell in value, suffering from hyperinflation in the early 1920s. With the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922, the Russian ruble was replaced by the Soviet ruble. The pre-revolutionary Chervonetz was temporarily brought back into circulation from 1922-1925
Before November 1, 1990, the dollar cost 63 kopecks, but there was no opportunity to buy it at such a rate. November 1 of the year 1990 established a commercial rate of 1.8 rubles per dollar. The first trading session was opened on April 9, 1991, in one of the premises of the USSR State Bank, where a blackboard had providently been brought in order to record deals. Following the only concluded transaction (for 50 thousand cashless dollars) the ruble was for the first time ever rated commercially. The real exchange rate of the US dollar against the ruble made up 32.35 rubles per dollar. By the end of the year one dollar was estimated at 169.20 rubles under inflation of about 160% (the percentage is very approximate, as there is no accurate statistics). Prices were set free, people felt lack of products in shops, the USSR collapsed but the Russian Federation hadn’t been formed yet. This period turned to be the time of troubles for former Soviet people.
At the same time stock exchanges entered the market, though the process of their formation was quite spontaneous. The first Russian Exchange was registered in May of 1990 and was called Moscow Commodity Exchange. November 21, 1990, Moscow Central Stock Exchange was the second on the list. The first valuable securities trading session in the USSR was held only several months later.
In general by the end of 1991 Russia registered 182 commodity and stock exchanges. The RF left behind the whole planet by number of exchanges and variety of concluded transactions. That time Russian exchanges used to trade any possible commodities and security papers. When the Soviet supply system wrecked, exchanges took on a role as middlemen. The majority of goods were in deficit, even money: the president of the State Bank complained in his secret letter to M.S. Gorbachev that the Finance department failed to mint enough money to keep pace with inflation.
New Russian exchanges traded wood, sugar, paper, building materials, cars, computers and even bread! Very soon Russia numbered over 1000 exchanges, though most of them couldn’t be called traditional stock structures, as essentially they operated as trade fairs.
First rare bidders had to face an absolute lack of legislation regulating trading sessions and transactions. One of the most intrinsic legislative initiatives of 1990 happened to be the Commodity Exchange Activity Resolution of the RSFSR Cabinet Council. The resolution maintained the order of exchanges’ registration and heir functions. The distinctive feature of laws passed then is their laconism. The most significant laws regulating the stock market appeared in December of 1991.
Despite the chaos ruling the market after the USSR collapse, there had already existed companies, which later came to prominence. It’s hard to define the field of their activity then, but it is known that January 18, 1991, the today’s Russian leading investment company Troika Dialog was founded, and in 1991 the information agency AK&M was established.
Princes of Novgorod
Rurik (b ?-879; 862-879) Oleg of Novgorod (regent) (b ?-912)
Grand Princes of Kiev
Askold and Dir (non-Rurikids) (b ?-882; 842/862-882) Oleg of Novgorod (regent) (b ?-912) Igor I (b ?-945; 913-945) Saint Olga of Kiev (regent) (b ?-969) Sviatoslav I the Great (b 942–972; 962-972) Yaropolk I (b 958/960–980; 972-980) Saint Vladimir I the Great (b 958–1015; 978-1015) Sviatopolk I the Accursed (b 980–1019; 1015-1016) Yaroslav I the Wise (b 978–1054; 1016-1018) Sviatopolk I the Accursed (b 980–1019; 1018-1019) Yaroslav I the Wise (b 978–1054; 1019-1054) Iziaslav I (b 1024–1078; 1054-1068) Vseslav of Polotsk (b 1039–1101; 1068-1069) Iziaslav I (b 1024–1078; 1069-1073) Sviatoslav II (b 1027–1076; 1073-1076) Vsevolod I (b 1030–1093; 1077-1077) Iziaslav I (b 1024–1078; 1077-1078) Vsevolod I (b 1030–1093; 1078-1093) Sviatopolk II (b 1050–1113; 1093-1113) Vladimir II Monomakh (b 1053–1125; 1113-1125) Mstislav the Great (b 1076–1132; 1125-1132) Yaropolk II (b 1082–1139; 1132-1139) Viacheslav I (b 1083/2-1154; 1139-1139) Vsevolod II (b ?-1146; 1139-1146) Igor II (b ?-1146; 1146-1146) Iziaslav II Panteleimon (b 1097–1154; 1146-1149) Yuri I the Long Arms (b 1099–1157; 1149-1150) Viacheslav I (b 1083/2-1154; 1150-1150) Iziaslav II Panteleimon (b 1097–1154; 1150-1150) Yuri I the Long Arms (b 1099–1157; 1150-1151) Iziaslav II Panteleimon (b 1097–1154; 1151-1154) Viacheslav I (b 1083/2; 1151-1154) Rostislav I (b 1110–1167; 1154-1155) Iziaslav III (b ?-1162; 1155-1155) Yuri I the Long Arms (b 1099–1157; 1155-May 15, 1157) Iziaslav III (b ?-1162; May 1157-December 1158) Mstislav II (b 1125–1170; December 1158-Spring 1159) Rostislav I (b 1110–1167; April 1159-February 1161) Iziaslav III (b ?-1162; February 1161-March 1161) Rostislav I (b 1110–1167; March 1161-March 1167) Vladimir III (b 1132–1173; Spring 1167-Spring 1167) Mstislav II (b 1125–1170; May 1167-March 1169)
Grand Princes of Vladimir
Saint Andrei I Bogolyubsky (b 1110–1174; May 1157-June 1174) Mikhail I (b ?-1176; 1174 September 1174) Yaropolk (b ?-after 1196; 1174-June 1175) Mikhail I (b ?-1176; June 1175-June 1176) Vsevolod III the Big Nest (b 1154–1212; June 1176-April 1212) Yuri II (1189–1238; 1212-April 1216) Konstantin of Rostov (b 1186–1218; Spring 1216-February 1218) Yuri II (b 1189–1238; February 1218-March 1238) Yaroslav II (b 1191–1238; 1238-September 1246) Sviatoslav III (b 1196–1252; 1246 1248) Mikhail Khorobrit (b 1229–1248; 1248-January 15, 1248) Sviatoslav III (b 1196–1252; 1248-1249) Andrey II (b 1221–1264; December 1249-July 1252) Saint Alexander I Nevsky (b 1220–1263; 1252-November 1263) Yaroslav III (b 1230–1272; 1264-1271) Vasily of Kostroma (b 1241–1276; 1272-January 1277) Dmitry of Pereslavl (b 1250–1294; 1277-1281) Andrey III (b 1255–1304; 1281-December 1283) Dmitry of Pereslavl (b 1250–1294; December 1283-1293) Andrey III (b 1255–1304; 1293-1304) Saint Michael of Tver (b 1271–1318; 1304-November 1318) Yuri (III) of Moscow (b 1281–1325; 1318-November 1322) Dmitry I the Terrible Eyes (b 1299–1326; 1322-September 1326) Alexander of Tver (b 1281–1339; 1326-1327) Alexander of Suzdal (b ?–1331; 1327-1328) Ivan I of Moscow Kalita (b 1288–1340; 1328-March 1340)
Grand Princes of Moscow
Ivan I Kalita (b 1288; November 1325-March 1340)
Simeon the Proud (b 1316; 1340-1353)
Ivan II the Handsome (b 1326; April 1353-November 1359)
Saint Dmitry I Donskoy (b 1350; November 1359- May 1389)
Vasily I (b December 1371; May 1389-February 1425)
Vasily II the Blind (b 1415; February 1425-March 1462)
Ivan III the Great (b 1440; April 1462-November 1505) Vasily III (b 1479; November 1505-December 1533)
House of Rurikovich
Ivan IV the Terrible (b 1530; January 1547-March 1584)
Feodor I (b 1557; March 1584-January 1598)
House of Godunov
Irina (disputed) (b 1557?; Feodor I’s daughter January 7-15, 1598; d October 1603)
Boris I (b 1551?; February 1598-April 1605)
Feodor II (b 1589; April 1605-June 1605)
Pseudo-Rurikovich usurpers
False Dmitry I (Grigory Bogdanovich Otrepyev) (b 1581?; June 1605-May 1606)
False Dmitry II (b. 1582?; July 1607-December 1610)
False Dmitry III (Sidorka) (b ?; March 1611-May 1612)
House of Shuysky
Vasiliy IV (b 1552; May 1606-July 1610)
House of Vasa
Vladislav I (b 1595; September 1610-November 1612 (deposed))
House of Romanov
Michael I (b 1596; July 1613-July 1645)
Alexis I the Quietest (b 1629; July 1645-January 1676)
Feodor III (b 1661; January 1676-May 1682)
Sophia (regent) (b September 1657; May 1682-August 1689; d July 1704)
Ivan V jointly with Peter I (b September 1666; June 1682-February 1696)
Emperors of Russia
(Also Grand Princes of Finland from 1809 until 1917; and Kings of Poland from 1815 until 1917)
Peter I the Great (b June 1672; with Ivan V 1682–1696; June 1682-November 1721; February 1725, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire)
Catherine I (b April 1684; February 1725-May 1727)
Peter II (b 1715; May 1727-January 1730)
Anna (b 1693; February 1730-October 1740)
Ivan VI (disputed) (b 1740; October 1740-December 1741; murdered July 1764)
Shlisselburg, Russian Empire
Elizabeth (b 1709; December 1741-January 1762)
Peter III (b 1728; January 1762-July 1762 (murdered))
Catherine II the Great (b 1729; July 1762-November 1796)
Paul I (b 1754; November 1796-March 1801 (assassinated))
Alexander I the Blessed (b 1777; March 1801-December 1825)
Constantine I (disputed) (b 1779; December 1-26, 1825) d June 27, 1831)
Nicholas I (b 1796; December 1825-March 1855)
Alexander II the Liberator (b 1818; March 1855-March 1881 (assassinated))
Alexander III the Peace-Maker (b 1845; March 1881-November 1894)
Saint Nicholas II (b 1868; November 1894-March 1917; July 17, 1918 (executed))
Michael II (disputed) (b 1878; March 15-16 March 1917; June 12, 1918 (murdered))
As the world looks to the tyranny occurring in Europe, a group of protestors has formed to amass The People’s Convoy, inspired by The Freedom Convoy in Canada. The convoy began in California and will cross the US until reaching Washington DC.
Trucker’s Declaration:
“We the People of the United States, in Order to restore our once perfect Union, re-establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense of all, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty, do ordain and establish the restoration movement of The People’s Convoy for the United States of America.”
The people are demanding that the Biden Administration repeal all COVID-related mandates. Numerous states and cities have repealed vaccine and mask requirements, but a portion of our society is still unable to participate in the world due to Biden’s tyranny that has no medical backing. A friend of mine traveled two hours this past weekend to visit her elderly grandfather in a New York hospital. She was denied entry as they were checking vaccine passports and IDs to match. She does not know if she will be able to see him again.
The convoy began with a prayer and a vow to protest peacefully, despite the media claiming these people are (the new hot phrase) Nazi sympathizers. Instead, the convoy is composed of THE PEOPLE regardless of sex, race, religion, age, or class status.
Most importantly, the convoy is reminding our elected officials: “YOU work for US.” We pay their salaries, we put them into power, and they are elected to make decisions based on the demands of the people they represent. “Our constitution was written to provide enough power to act on a national level, but not enough to deprive the people of fundamental rights. The people are prepared to see this challenge through — as we have seen through all challenges to our Freedom in the past. And we will prevail and prosper.”
(Image of Americans lining up to withdraw cash during the Great Depression)
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is speaking carefully and confidentally to prevent an official bank run. “In recent days, the demand for cash has grown. To meet the increased demand, the Bank of Russia increased the issuance of cash to banks, and replenishment of ATMs will continue this weekend,” the bank announced the day after the war began. Historically, people have withdrawn their cash during times of war and political uncertainty. Human nature remains the same no matter what time period or country we view. We hoard wealth we when are fearful of the future, and when everyone rushes to the banks to withdraw their money they soon realize that there is not some safe inside the bank neatly stacking their money. The liquidity simply does not exist.
Russia’s central bank is also providing financial support to all sanctioned banks. “Banks will perform all ruble operations and provide relevant services to all customers as normal. All customer funds in foreign currency will be preserved and may be withdrawn in the currency of account. The Bank of Russia is prepared to provide banks with financial support in rubles and foreign currency,” the press release stated. “Banks remain highly resilient and have great potential to develop lending to the Russian economy. The balance sheet of each bank is predominantly (over 80%) denominated in rubles. Foreign currency loans have been granted mainly to solvent Russian companies that will continue to service them.” The Kremlin likely factored sanctions into their war plan, but it remains to be seen if they underestimated the impact those sanctions would have on their overall economy.
Russia’s media has promoted the “military action” in Ukraine as a necessary measure in an attempt to mislead the people from seeing this as an all-out invasion. Russia’s communications regulator (Roskomnadzor) has banned media outlets from using the words “assault, invasion, or declaration of war” to describe the attack on Ukraine. Disobeying could be punishable by a fine of five million rubles ($60,000). Roskomnadzor said that “official Russian information outlets” are the only source for “reliable information.” Numerous social media platforms are now restricted or disabled in Russia in an attempt to shield citizens from the truth.
The internet has become a major tool to prevent and promote misinformation. Hackers worldwide have waged cyberattacks against Russia. Russian TV networks suddenly began playing Ukrainian songs over the weekend and the Kremlin’s government networks were disabled. Six outlets including Kremlin.Ru were impacted by the hack. The mysterious group Anonymous has taken credit for the repeated attacks on the Kremlin. The group has urged all Ukrainians to turn off their phone location tracking features as the Russian Army is able to see where large groups have amassed.
Videos have been posted to private chat forums of hackers interrupting Russian soldiers’ radio frequencies. Hackers have also destroyed sensitive information within the ministry buildings prior to Russian invasions. The Ukrainian government has taken to social media to beg for help from hacktivists worldwide to join their fight on the cyber battlefield.
This is only a small poke in terms of a cyberattack. Some may recall that in 2015, a cyberattack disabled Ukraine’s power plants, leaving 225,000 people without electricity. On Ukrainian Constitution Day in 2017, NotPetya, a ransomware attack, caused $10 billion in damages. Everyone is familiar and exhausted of hearing how the Russians may have hacked into international political elections in recent years. Hackers have become modern-day spies as they have the ability to cause significant damage to the point where separate military branches could be dedicated to cyberwarfare in the future.
John has reported today, the convoy is gathering participants along the route and now encompasses approximately 20 miles of trucks. The truckers drive anywhere from a minimum of 250 to 375 miles a day. Travel times range from a minimum of three and a half hours of driving to a maximum of five and three quarters hours of driving a day.
As John shares, “the People’s Convoy, now more than 20 miles long, rolls through Oklahoma to cheering crowds at overpasses across the state.” The overpasses along the route are filled with cheering supporters. Here’s the Day Five report. WATCH:
John also appeared on the War Room with Steve Bannon (below):
Day 6: Monday, February 28 Morning – Depart Vinita, OK area Evening – Arrive in Sullivan, MO area for overnight stay
Day 7: Tuesday, March 1 Morning – Depart Sullivan, MO area Evening – Arrive in Indianapolis, IN area for overnight stay
Day 8: Wednesday, March 2 Morning – Depart Indianapolis, IN area Evening – Pause for rest in Indianapolis, IN area for overnight stay
Day 9: Thursday, March 3 Morning – Depart Indianapolis, IN area Evening – Arrive in Cambridge, OH area for overnight stay
Day 10: Friday, March 4 Morning – Depart Cambridge, OH area Evening – Arrive in Hagerstown, MD area for overnight stay
Day 11: Saturday, March 5 Morning – Depart Hagerstown, MD area Evening – Arrive in the DC Beltway area
The People’s Convoy will abide by agreements with local authorities, and terminate in the vicinity of the DC area, but will NOT be going into DC proper.
Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 28, 2022 | Sundance | 1 Comment
Perhaps people will pause and recognize that just about every totalitarian leftist and globalist in the world is on the side of U.S. increased intervention in Ukraine. Then again, given the scale of the war propaganda playing out, maybe not.
Question everything. Take nothing at face value. It is very easy to become a victim of psychological warfare intended to manipulate our opinions. Almost everything being transmitted from corporate news into our psyche is part of a battle for your mind.
ANSWER: I really think the rhetoric is dangerous. People are ignoring that the world is dividing. This is creating a dangerous new cold war that can easily turn very hot. If Putin was losing and his position would be in jeopardy, then he would get much more aggressive.
My point is that people are not those who create wars – it is politicians. Some people are stupid followers and just believe the political statements. I pray that Putin is not losing because it will get very ugly then. We must understand that answer here is a very simple solution. Let the two provinces vote on their own fate. That would remove any justification for Putin to be in Ukraine and the entire world can breathe again instead of holding their breath.
This is all drama and we have to look at the big picture here. Is it really wise to push Russia into total isolation? Using the SWIFT option is highly dangerous and now Swiss banks have frozen the money of Russian individuals. The West has now shown to the entire world that the global financial system is political and not independent. That has been a huge mistake. That will only provide the incentive to push forward China’s alternative SWIFT system. That is a division of the world economy and will only raise trade barriers and reduce economic growth going forward.
World peace has NOT been created by nuclear weapons. It has been created by international trade. Neither Russia nor China would want war as long as their economies benefit from the global economy. Isolate them and you now remove the incentive for peace. We are tormented by short-sighted people in government everywhere who fail to comprehend how and why the world economy has benefited everyone.
ANSWER: I really think the rhetoric is dangerous. People are ignoring that the world is dividing. This is creating a dangerous new cold war that can easily turn very hot. If Putin was losing and his position would be in jeopardy, then he would get much more aggressive.
My point is that people are not those who create wars – it is politicians. Some people are stupid followers and just believe the political statements. I pray that Putin is not losing because it will get very ugly then. We must understand that answer here is a very simple solution. Let the two provinces vote on their own fate. That would remove any justification for Putin to be in Ukraine and the entire world can breathe again instead of holding their breath.
This is all drama and we have to look at the big picture here. Is it really wise to push Russia into total isolation? Using the SWIFT option is highly dangerous and now Swiss banks have frozen the money of Russian individuals. The West has now shown to the entire world that the global financial system is political and not independent. That has been a huge mistake. That will only provide the incentive to push forward China’s alternative SWIFT system. That is a division of the world economy and will only raise trade barriers and reduce economic growth going forward.
World peace has NOT been created by nuclear weapons. It has been created by international trade. Neither Russia nor China would want war as long as their economies benefit from the global economy. Isolate them and you now remove the incentive for peace. We are tormented by short-sighted people in government everywhere who fail to comprehend how and why the world economy has benefited everyone.
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Imposing sanctions, which are never a deterrent, and removing Russia from SWIFT, they now know the US and Europe are the enemies. The sanctions from Crimea have never been lifted. Once imposed, they always become permanent. This leaves the future very dark indeed and these morons are clueless about incentives, human nature, or history. These brilliant leaders of the free world are pushing society to its doom. Severing world trade with Russia is a warning sign even to China. Disagree with the West and you will be cut out of the world economy. That leaves only ONE resolution – WAR.
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