Russia Surrounded

[padraig (u.s.)]

Look at the absolute shambles they're making of it

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

It might as well just be a gif of "I've made a huge mistake" from Arrested Development

 

[luka]

are they making a shambles of it? i dont read the papers or anything. where have you been following it?

 

[luka]

i saw on twitter they're about to take Kiev so assumed it was going pretty good

 

[Clinamenic]

This channel is gonna do a video essay per day on the invasion. They put out high quality geopolitics content.

 

[DannyL]

They've fucked up so far and lost loads of troops. I've read they've lost as many in two days as America did in the whole of the Iraq war. Its a total shit show. Though it might get really band tonight with brute force attempts to submit Kiev.

 

[luka]

where are you reading about it Danny?

 

[Clinamenic]

Could be set for the SWIFT exclusion, if this tweet is correct.

 

[vimothy]

theyre not gonna cut them out from swift where it matters

 

[luka]

theyre not gonna cut them out from swift where it matters

explain this to me pls

 

[Clinamenic]

Yeah I guess not wherever it hurts everyone else too much.

 

[yyaldrin]

They've fucked up so far and lost loads of troops. I've read they've lost as many in two days as America did in the whole of the Iraq war. Its a total shit show. Though it might get really band tonight with brute force attempts to submit Kiev.

they could still carpet bomb the place though

 

[vimothy]

explain this to me pls

europe still needs to buy russian oil and gas and russia still needs to sell it to them

 

[Mr. Tea]

europe still needs to buy russian oil and gas and russia still needs to sell it to them

Basically capitalism will save the day, as usual.

 

[Clinamenic]

europe still needs to buy russian oil and gas and russia still needs to sell it to them

Do they need to? Or are they just the best options in the current international market? That is, if deep sanctions hurt Russia's top export markets, how well could other national consumers adjust and rely on other exporters?

 

[Clinamenic]

Even if there would be adjustment pains, European leaders may still think it's worthwhile to cut Russia deeply with SWIFT limitations.

 

[Clinamenic]

Basically capitalism will save the day, as usual.

The invisible hand will mend the tear!

 

[vimothy]

I think everyone is locked into the current arrangement by extensive physical infrastructure that can't easily be changed overnight. There is a good twitter thread focusing on gas here:

 

[Benny Bunter]

hes declared jihad on electric scooters

Can relate tbh

 

[Clinamenic]

I think everyone is locked into the current arrangement by extensive physical infrastructure that can't easily be changed overnight. There is a good twitter thread focusing on gas here:

Yeah thats a good thread.