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Yes, Nobert, Russians of course went all "our portyanki are way better than Western socks". Like the "who needs all these Western companies leaving Russia" thing today. Yet Russian military was the ONLY military in the world using portyanki. At least officially. Who knows what some army...

Guide to staying alive in Ukraine as a foreign invader: 1) Don't be in any vehicle. The locals are armed to the teeth with advanced anti-armor weaponry. 2) Don't be outside of a vehicle. The locals all have guns and want to kill you.

Let me put it this way. It has only been 5 years since Russian army has moved to having socks as part of standard uniform. Before that, it was a "traditional" rag that would be wrapped around the foot before putting the boots on. I am not kidding.

See, you're learning something. Something everyone knew for a long time. Russia is a third world country with nuclear weapons and, for some bizarre reason, superpower ambitions.

Foreign Russia Bondholders Still Haven't Received March 2nd Coupon. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/foreign-holders-of-russian-bonds-haven-t-received-march-2-coupon This is technical default. They can still step away from it since there is a grace period, but they already...

They are already in default. They say that they will not pay their foreign-currency-denominated obligations in anything other than rubles. That's breach of contract = default.

I am sure it would be a step in the right direction. Combined obviously with the withdrawal of troops, apologizing and paying damages. It would actually be easier to sell it internally that way since Putin and a few more people could be blamed for everything. But it won't happen.

While the aggression that led to the sanctions continues, there can be no question of ending sanctions. Fault needs to be admitted and the damage caused to Ukraine has to be compensated. There is no way sanctions can be removed before that happens. I predict a long and extremely hard period...

Amazing. The reality is actually getting through to the Russian propagandists. Although they still don't understand that unless they withdraw fully, apologize and pay reparations, the sanctions are NOT going away. Partial transcript of the talk show on Russian TV of the biggest war cheerleader...

I didn't say I know Russia better than them. But I definitely know it better than you.

I know Russia a bit better than you do, seeing how I was born and grew up there.

I am a boomer. Very edge of it but still.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have announced that they are winding down their operation in Russia.

Mondelez International and Mars are withdrawing all trade with Russia. This involves the following brands: Oreo, Philadelphia, Jacobs, Milka, LU, Mars bars, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, M&M’s, Pedigree pet food and Uncle Ben’s. There are more but these are the main ones.

Jira/Atlassian has announced that they are canceling the licenses for accounts of all Russian IT companies. Most Russian IT companies use this for workflow management and project tracking.

Western Union stopped its operations in Russia and Belarus. This may seem fairly minor but it is a huge thing. Russia has an enormous population of guest workers who do all the dirty work in Russia and who use this system to send their money home. The double whammy of a huge drop in ruble and...

By the way: from what I see in socials how Russians try to move money around, current black market rate is 300 rubles to a dollar. Like I expected. Probably will move a lot higher than that. When the currency becomes not convertible, black market rates soar. I expect 1000 or more. Russians...

Is this a fake as well? "We do not intend to attack any country. We didn't attack Ukraine either." Russian Foreign Minister: https://youtu.be/-FaQUFrM_0s