Russia Surrounded

[Clinamenic]

None to speak of. All the more curious, especially considering I haven't even been watching lectures on western esoterica lately.

 

[vimothy]

So I guess some SWIFT moves will be made.

Western allies to expel key Russian banks from global system; Ukraine vows to fight on

Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking key Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv.

www.reuters.com

Also, has anyone gotten an ad from the Knights Templar Order? Just saw this on the Reuters article.

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my understanding is that there are some exclusions from switf, but there will still ultimately be a way to settle for energy contracts

 

[DannyL]

 

[luka]

im not beleiving any stories like that for the duration of the whole thing. 99% of it is going to be bollocks in my opinion

 

[hmg]

Russia bankrupted

 

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[Clinamenic]

my understanding is that there are some exclusions from switf, but there will still ultimately be a way to settle for energy contracts

I wonder if the terms will be such that Russia is still allowed to export to Europe, just at lower prices, or some other arrangement unfavorable from Russia's perspective.

 

[Clinamenic]

I love a good pile on.

 

[vimothy]

the intention I think is whatever happens the flow of energy will not be disrupted

 

[luka]

vim change your avatar to the one me and Stanley selected for you

 

[luka]

this is your personality.

 

[Mr. Tea]

did you have any military training stan?

"DROP AND GIMME TWENNY, YOU LIDDLE MAGGOT!"
"Do you realise that the universal adoption of blockchain could render all forms of armed conflict obsolete?"
*thwack*

 

[Murphy]

I love a good polonium on.

 

[Clinamenic]

"DROP AND GIMME TWENNY, YOU LIDDLE MAGGOT!"
"Do you realise that the universal adoption of blockchain could render all forms of armed conflict obsolete?"
*thwack*

Twenty would be easy. I suspect that exchange would unfold at 40.

 

[vimothy]

adam tooze's chartbook has lots of interesting detail about financial sanctions against russia: https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-87-are-we-on-the-brink?utm_source=url

 

[vimothy]

also this one: https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-86-about-those-sanctions?utm_source=url

 

[luka]

yay!

 

[Clinamenic]

Yes!

 

[vimothy]

the people have spoken

 

[IdleRich]

Are escooters getting big in UK now? It exploded here a few years ago and it's a disaster, you can't walk down the street in peace anymore

Massive here. I gather they are very cheap, convenient etc probably wonderful for the environment for all I know - but all of us that don't use them nurture a festering loathing of them and everything they stand for, and despise everything and everyone having even the loosest of associations with them.