A prominent U.S. economist says that Russia's economic future will be similar to pariah states Cuba, Afghanistan, and North Korea. Even non-sanctioning countries have reduced trade with Russia by 40%. Russia's isolation from global markets is withering its economy and will wreck its status as an energy superpower, experts say (yahoo.com)
An excellent examplar of what happens to nations attempting wars of conquest. Also an excellent source of a host of new headaches and challenges for the rest of the world. A neutered Moscow is a helluva vacuum that ain't gonna get filled smoothly. While these are tomorrow problems, we should be thinking/ planning for them now.
She, MTG, and Gaetz all embarrassed themselves, not their political party. The overwhelming majority of both parties enthusiastically received and supported the Ukrainian President, which is as it should be.
Dimitri Medvedev predicts dire events for the Western world in 2023, presumably if we don’t roll over and let Russia finish its meal in peace. ‘Epic thread!’ Musk reacts to comments by top Putin ally predicting US civil war
Now war clouds over Northern Kosovo. Bad idea if Serbia thinks this is the time to settle old accounts. NATO will not hesitate to use armed force to against Serbia again, and Russia is in even less favorable position to support even if they wanted to. Not Now, Europe. Second War Threatens to Explode
From former US Marine Brian Berletic, transcript available ... Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is being fought differently than the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 not because Russia’s military is inferior or incapable of conducting modern warfare effectively, but because it is an entirely different type of conflict.
Putin is not "Hitler Crazy"...yet... or the nukes would have already been flying. But it's a helleva mess. My take is Putin has given the West the little boy plugging the dike syndrome - Russia gonna do this, Russia gonna do that. The "boy" has heard enough BS threats from the little man. I don't think the West takes those threats as seriously now thats it's been shown Russia is a flea against NATO, the USA and Ukraine. A shell of it's reputation ......Russia is in fact a 3rd rate economic power and 2022 has shown that got nothing militarily either, other than incompetence. Putin hurridly ilegally annexed parts of eastern Ukraine and can't hold most of those territories. Now he is calling it a "war" and Russia is willing to "negotiate". I say the man is now realizing that his ass may be one of the next "Russian" bigwigs to get tossed out the window.
