Thanks. The zero-sum link has my head swimming … very thorough and well documented.
Ukraine corruption leads to top leaders departure, but no repayments of the millions taken.
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Ukraine looks like they’re going to lose with the huge Russian mobilization unless we’re willing to get in a hot war with them. Apparently we are.
- Announcement on Abrams Tanks Could Come This Week, Officials Say
- Germany Is Expected to Agree to Send Leopard 2 Tanks and Permit Other to Do So
- U.S. Leans Toward Providing Abrams Tanks to Ukraine, Officials Say
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/germany-leopard-tanks-abrams-ukraine/
- FIRST GERMAN LEOPARD TANKS TO DEPLOY IN UKRAINE IN THREE MONTHS.
- RUSSIAN EMBASSY: THE GERMAN DECISION TO APPROVE THE DELIVERY OF LEOPARD TANKS TO UKRAINE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, TAKES THE CONFLICT TO A NEW LEVEL.
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bump
Nuclear arms control treaties falling apart due to the war. US blames Russia of course.
Meanwhile, we’ll smooth things over with 100+ tanks.
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I see they found some of our tax dollars
the woman leading the Kyiv tax authority was accused of massive fraud after a raid of one of her four homes
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So much for that oil price cap, plenty of buyers.
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and middlemen.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-16/india-now-buying-33-times-more-russian-oil-than-a-year-earlier
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Last June, the Navy divers, operating under the cover of a widely publicized mid-summer NATO exercise known as BALTOPS 22, planted the remotely triggered explosives that, three months later, destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines, according to a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning.
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on the military front,
- RUSSIA TO INCREASE TANK PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO WESTERN ARMS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE - FORMER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV
- CHIEF OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL STAFF: THE QUESTION OF LONG-RANGE WEAPONRY AND FIGHTER JETS FOR UKRAINE HAS BEEN RESOLVED, GIVES NO DETAILS
- RUSSIA’S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RYABKOV: DIALOGUE ON THE NEW START TREATY WITH US HASN’T STOPPED.
on the economic front,
- EU’S MICHEL: ONLY FAIR THAT FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS SHOULD BE USED TO REBUILD UKRAINE
- RUSSIAN WEALTH FUND TO HOLD ONLY YUAN, RUBLES, GOLD: TASS
- RUSSIA TO SELL ALL EURO ASSETS FROM WEALTH FUND THIS YEAR: IFX
- RUSSIA AND CHINA SIGN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON GAS SUPPLIES VIA THE FAR EASTERN ROUTE - IFAX
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Peace in our time. Seizing weapons that were opposing (the US backed) Yemeni genocide, send them to Ukraine.
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It’s ok if they’re SOBs as long as they’re our SOBs 
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and then selling the refined diesel to NY etc How India Is Turning Russian Oil Into The West's Fuel.
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Index providers ending their service for the Russia stock market, causing the corresponding ETFs to shut down.
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Russia is using Yuan/ Rs etc to trade oil now. Apparently at record highs. I wonder how this impacts USD long term.
Could be much more detrimental compared to our billions being spent on the war
If the war grinds on like this for years, it will be worth asking – are we letting Ukraine get destroyed in order to save it
our tax $ @work Apparently there is one pentagon guy on the ground there
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Hmm … which is more surprising - that they’re doing anything about it, or that it’s getting any coverage on liberal/progressive/socialist networks? I know the coverage won’t last, or be in-depth, but that it’s getting 20 seconds on the air seems shocking.
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and now Yellen makes a secret trip. Why are we footing most of the bill??