It is interesting how the Russians have been able to prop up the ruble, with some props to Elvira Nabiullina, working against the international market. Hardly anyone outside of Russia is buying rubles. From what I've read, economists are looking forward to second quarter Russian banking reports to better grasp the effects of both the sanctions and the artificially high value of rubles.
This graph shows how demand for rubles has fallen everywhere, but particularly outside of Russia:
So the climb in the price of rubles vs. the dollar is bad? Or fake? And is hurting Russia?
You guys are unreal
Don't be too hasty Carmine. Let this war play out. When it's over, whoever was right, was right. Whoever was wrong was wrong. Then one side or the other can thump themselves on the chest and say, "See, I Told You So." But there is a long time to go before anyone really knows how this is going to end.
When this thread first started, everyone thought you were the biggest troll ever. But after all these weeks posters are actually trolling you now. Seriously, you haven't noticed this yet? They keep responding to you just to read what you'll say next. And I've got to tell you, you're becoming a big joke on this site.
You're lucky that there are 2/3 other posters that agree with you. And actually I'm happy for you. Because everyone knows that misery love company.
So the climb in the price of rubles vs. the dollar is bad? Or fake? And is hurting Russia?
You guys are unreal
Don't be too hasty Carmine. Let this war play out. When it's over, whoever was right, was right. Whoever was wrong was wrong. Then one side or the other can thump themselves on the chest and say, "See, I Told You So." But there is a long time to go before anyone really knows how this is going to end.
When this thread first started, everyone thought you were the biggest troll ever. But after all these weeks posters are actually trolling you now. Seriously, you haven't noticed this yet? They keep responding to you just to read what you'll say next. And I've got to tell you, you're becoming a big joke on this site.
You're lucky that there are 2/3 other posters that agree with you. And actually I'm happy for you. Because everyone knows that misery love company.
Alternatively, here is a partial list of companies who won't be buying rubles any time soon:
BP Exxon Mobil Shell . American Express Bank of America BNY Mellon Citigroup, Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Chase s Mastercard Société Générale, France’s third largest bank, Western Union Zurich Insurance Group, Switzerland’s largest insurer, Carlsberg, Heineken Little Caesars Mars, McDonald’s PepsiCo Restaurant Brands International, Yum Brands said it would close 70 company-owned KFC restaurants and all 50 franchise-owned Pizza Hut restaurants. Bloomberg suspended operations in Russia and Belarus, cutting off the countries from all Bloomberg products, including its electronic trading platforms. Netflix Sony The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. The consulting firm Bain McKinsey & Company The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC Amazon Web Services Apple Cogent, Ericsson Google suspended advertising, including on its search and YouTube products. YouTube said it would globally block all channels associated with Russian state-funded media, including RT and Sputnik, citing a violation of its policy of “denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events.” The company also said it would remove others’ videos about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that violate the policy. IBM Intel LG Electronics Lumen, a major American internet provider to Russia Microsoft Nokia SAP, the German software company, Uber Airbus Amadeus, which provides ticket sales technology to airlines, cut ties with Aeroflot, the national flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. American Airlines Boeing Delta Air Lines Hyatt Hilton FedEx, DHL Sabre, company that provides booking technology for airlines, said in a statement that it was “taking immediate steps to remove Aeroflot flight content from its global distribution system.” United Airlines UPS Caterpillar Hitachi, the Japanese industrial company The French carmaker Renault Siemens, the German technology conglomerate, Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot vehicles Tata Steel, the India-based steel giant Volvo Adidas Canada Goose, Fast Retailing, the Japanese clothing company that operates Uniqlo, H&M, Ikea Nestlé Nike. TJX, Unilever,
Alternatively, here is a partial list of companies who won't be buying rubles any time soon:
BP Exxon Mobil Shell . American Express Bank of America BNY Mellon Citigroup, Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Chase s Mastercard Société Générale, France’s third largest bank, Western Union Zurich Insurance Group, Switzerland’s largest insurer, Carlsberg, Heineken Little Caesars Mars, McDonald’s PepsiCo Restaurant Brands International, Yum Brands said it would close 70 company-owned KFC restaurants and all 50 franchise-owned Pizza Hut restaurants. Bloomberg suspended operations in Russia and Belarus, cutting off the countries from all Bloomberg products, including its electronic trading platforms. Netflix Sony The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. The consulting firm Bain McKinsey & Company The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC Amazon Web Services Apple Cogent, Ericsson Google suspended advertising, including on its search and YouTube products. YouTube said it would globally block all channels associated with Russian state-funded media, including RT and Sputnik, citing a violation of its policy of “denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events.” The company also said it would remove others’ videos about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that violate the policy. IBM Intel LG Electronics Lumen, a major American internet provider to Russia Microsoft Nokia SAP, the German software company, Uber Airbus Amadeus, which provides ticket sales technology to airlines, cut ties with Aeroflot, the national flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. American Airlines Boeing Delta Air Lines Hyatt Hilton FedEx, DHL Sabre, company that provides booking technology for airlines, said in a statement that it was “taking immediate steps to remove Aeroflot flight content from its global distribution system.” United Airlines UPS Caterpillar Hitachi, the Japanese industrial company The French carmaker Renault Siemens, the German technology conglomerate, Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot vehicles Tata Steel, the India-based steel giant Volvo Adidas Canada Goose, Fast Retailing, the Japanese clothing company that operates Uniqlo, H&M, Ikea Nestlé Nike. TJX, Unilever,
Alternatively, here is a partial list of companies who won't be buying rubles any time soon:
BP Exxon Mobil Shell . American Express Bank of America BNY Mellon Citigroup, Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Chase s Mastercard Société Générale, France’s third largest bank, Western Union Zurich Insurance Group, Switzerland’s largest insurer, Carlsberg, Heineken Little Caesars Mars, McDonald’s PepsiCo Restaurant Brands International, Yum Brands said it would close 70 company-owned KFC restaurants and all 50 franchise-owned Pizza Hut restaurants. Bloomberg suspended operations in Russia and Belarus, cutting off the countries from all Bloomberg products, including its electronic trading platforms. Netflix Sony The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. The consulting firm Bain McKinsey & Company The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC Amazon Web Services Apple Cogent, Ericsson Google suspended advertising, including on its search and YouTube products. YouTube said it would globally block all channels associated with Russian state-funded media, including RT and Sputnik, citing a violation of its policy of “denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events.” The company also said it would remove others’ videos about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that violate the policy. IBM Intel LG Electronics Lumen, a major American internet provider to Russia Microsoft Nokia SAP, the German software company, Uber Airbus Amadeus, which provides ticket sales technology to airlines, cut ties with Aeroflot, the national flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. American Airlines Boeing Delta Air Lines Hyatt Hilton FedEx, DHL Sabre, company that provides booking technology for airlines, said in a statement that it was “taking immediate steps to remove Aeroflot flight content from its global distribution system.” United Airlines UPS Caterpillar Hitachi, the Japanese industrial company The French carmaker Renault Siemens, the German technology conglomerate, Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot vehicles Tata Steel, the India-based steel giant Volvo Adidas Canada Goose, Fast Retailing, the Japanese clothing company that operates Uniqlo, H&M, Ikea Nestlé Nike. TJX, Unilever,
Yeah, but those brilliant, efficient Russians have now permanently banned many people from entering Russia. The list includes already dead persons including Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, and John McCain. If any of those guys enter Russia, Putin will have to call the Ghostbusters.
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
Now they will have to pay way more money for gas from elsewhere -- just like we in America are finding out.
Massive price hikes for all our products worth it to line the pockets of the weapons dealers to insure continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood?
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
Now they will have to pay way more money for gas from elsewhere -- just like we in America are finding out.
Massive price hikes for all our products worth it to line the pockets of the weapons dealers to insure continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood?
Not for me it isn't
We know it isn't for you. You would prefer to have the Russians kill, rape, and steal from Ukrainians without opposition.
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
Now they will have to pay way more money for gas from elsewhere -- just like we in America are finding out.
Massive price hikes for all our products worth it to line the pockets of the weapons dealers to insure continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood?
Not for me it isn't
We've proven you're a racist pig who hates America so your opinion is pretty worthless.
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
But does it? Europe has alternatives - either purchasing gas and oil from elsewhere, or moving to solar, wind, nuclear, etc... It's unlikely that Russia will be able to find sufficient buyers to compensate for lost sales to Europe. And, since oil and gas exports account for nearly 25% of Russia's GDP, it will leave a giant hole in their economy.
Don't be too hasty Carmine. Let this war play out. When it's over, whoever was right, was right. Whoever was wrong was wrong. Then one side or the other can thump themselves on the chest and say, "See, I Told You So." But there is a long time to go before anyone really knows how this is going to end.
When this thread first started, everyone thought you were the biggest troll ever. But after all these weeks posters are actually trolling you now. Seriously, you haven't noticed this yet? They keep responding to you just to read what you'll say next. And I've got to tell you, you're becoming a big joke on this site.
You're lucky that there are 2/3 other posters that agree with you. And actually I'm happy for you. Because everyone knows that misery love company.
Keep posting, I love to laugh!
Let me know if you have anything of value to add.
If I had something else of value to add I'd share it with posters who felt similar to me rather than a contrarian or someone wanting to troll all the time. You'er entitled to your opinion as am I. Opinions are like azz holes. Everyone has one. The way you post it sounds like you have more than one. Just an observation. Enjoy your BM's.
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
Now they will have to pay way more money for gas from elsewhere -- just like we in America are finding out.
Massive price hikes for all our products worth it to line the pockets of the weapons dealers to insure continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood?
Not for me it isn't
We're still waiting for you answer whether you think it was right for Russia to invade Ukraine? Or was it only wrong for Ukraine to fight back? Your concern seems primarily one of self-interest and greed, concerned about your own financial interests over the survival of the Ukrainian people. That's fine, but at least have the balls to admit it. Until then, you're just another pathetic coward.
You want to know the best way to stop the spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood? Russia could withdraw from Ukraine, including all of the Donbas and Crimea. No more bloodshed. You surely must support this plan, if you're so concerned about the "continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood".
Europe needs Russian oil and gas more than Russia needs to sell to them.
Now they will have to pay way more money for gas from elsewhere -- just like we in America are finding out.
Massive price hikes for all our products worth it to line the pockets of the weapons dealers to insure continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood?
Not for me it isn't
We're still waiting for you answer whether you think it was right for Russia to invade Ukraine? Or was it only wrong for Ukraine to fight back? Your concern seems primarily one of self-interest and greed, concerned about your own financial interests over the survival of the Ukrainian people. That's fine, but at least have the balls to admit it. Until then, you're just another pathetic coward.
You want to know the best way to stop the spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood? Russia could withdraw from Ukraine, including all of the Donbas and Crimea. No more bloodshed. You surely must support this plan, if you're so concerned about the "continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood".
Carmine would still argue that Russia was 'forced' to do this by NATO because, as he explicitly stated, NATO and the US have 'surrounded' Russia with bases. Of course this position ignores the geographic facts that NATO is only to the West and Southwest of Russia and has no bases on Russia's long Southern border or long Northern border. The Eastern border has North Korea and ocean. And while Alaska and Siberia are very close to each other, Russia is as much of a threat as the US at that point on the globe.
Great news, as this means MoarDeadRuskies! And, that’s the best way to end the “spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood” that Carmine is suddenly so concerned about (because it’s hurting his 401k).
We're still waiting for you answer whether you think it was right for Russia to invade Ukraine? Or was it only wrong for Ukraine to fight back? Your concern seems primarily one of self-interest and greed, concerned about your own financial interests over the survival of the Ukrainian people. That's fine, but at least have the balls to admit it. Until then, you're just another pathetic coward.
You want to know the best way to stop the spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood? Russia could withdraw from Ukraine, including all of the Donbas and Crimea. No more bloodshed. You surely must support this plan, if you're so concerned about the "continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood".
Carmine would still argue that Russia was 'forced' to do this by NATO because, as he explicitly stated, NATO and the US have 'surrounded' Russia with bases. Of course this position ignores the geographic facts that NATO is only to the West and Southwest of Russia and has no bases on Russia's long Southern border or long Northern border. The Eastern border has North Korea and ocean. And while Alaska and Siberia are very close to each other, Russia is as much of a threat as the US at that point on the globe.
it also ignores the fact that Russia says that border nation Finland being in NATO is no big deal and doesn't matter much to Russia.
Another shock regarding Russia, in addition to the stunning cowardice and ineptitude of the Russian military, is its lack of care regarding Russian war dead. Russia just leaves Russian soldiers to rot where they died. Absolutely unheard of practice in the West.
I don't think anyone knew just how abnormal Russians are -- they don't even care about themselves or their war dead. Russians just don't have normal emotions like brotherhood, sense of family, compassion or duty. These abnormalities seem to have infected the pro-Putin/pro-Russia fans here, who don't seem to realize how disgusting they are themselves.
