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Stupid overreaction. Especially funny when I heard that Tchaikovsky was bumped and instead they decided to play Mussorgsky - who was a hoary Russian nationalist.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-flee-putins-crackdown-ukraine-invasion-reshapes-moscows-futur-rcna19004 On the ground, tickets for the twice-daily, 3½-hour train to Helsinki topped 9,000 euros (about $9,800) last week.

Seriously. Ask any Russian who lived in those times. Well any Russian who is not a Putin poodle.

Sanctions will not be lifted. Not unless Putin goes, Russia apologizes, withdraws all troops and pays reparations.

No one knows how far down they are. Could be 90%. Could be 99.9%. With the ruble being 0 right now, probably 99.9%. This is Russian stock market right now.

It's not "Nato players". US stopped it.

Am wondering about that $10K restriction. Is the Russian bank just basically confiscating (ok, "borrowing" until Sept 9th) all the above-$10K funds for their own use?

There are enormous lines reported to the "Tinkoff" ATMs in Moscow right now. I wonder whether the ATMs are still dispensing dollars until they run out.

If you think "Trumpers" are Putin-loving, you're delusional. Don't bother to respond, I know your views.

Ukrainians intercept lots of Russian soldiers' calls home - because they have no way to do it other than on insecure lines. Then they post dozens of them on Telegram. They range from tearful hatred of war to boasting about killing civilians to describing what they looted so far and intend to...

Am a former (very former, thank God) citizen of Russia as well. Support all the sanctions 100%.

New "temporary measures" by Russian Central Bank - until Sept 9th. 1. If you have a foreign currency account in the bank, you can withdraw maximum $10K. The rest you will be able to withdraw in rubles. 2. You cannot withdraw in any currency other than dollars. If you had an account in some...

Russian Central Bank until Sept 9th: 1. If you have a dollar account in the bank, you can withdraw maximum $10K. The rest you will have to withdraw in rubles. 2. You cannot withdraw in any currency other than dollars. 3. You cannot buy foreign currency. You're right, ruble is effectively dead.

If I was Ukraine, I wouldn't trust US much, even with a treaty.

I don't. Russia is a rogue pariah state. Rogue pariah states need to be isolated. If you're unfortunate enough to be a citizen of such a state, you have three choices. 1. Work hard to make it stop being a rogue pariah state (tiny minority takes this route) 2. Leave (more people take that...

Coke came later. Pepsi was in the 70s. I was still in Russia and that taste was taste of freedom. McD came later - 1990 - but that opening of the first McD in Russia was huge.

Putin propagandist getting desperate.

PepsiCo as well. Very good. I was messaging both of those companies repeatedly and hopefully a lot of others did as well. All the Russians past a certain age will agree, that's a very big move, symbolically. Pepsi and McD were the first two big Western brands into Russia, and symbolized...

There is a difference between support that may not be there later and a mutual defense treaty. US actually has a few such treaties that are separate from NATO.

This is interesting. This talk show host is the biggest pro-war cheerleader in Russia. Watch him interview his "military expert". Watch it on youtube so you can see the translation subtitles I put in.