Flipper,
Yes, the sanctions are having a major impact
The US and other countries have frozen 600 billion in assets...the "reserve fund"
The Interest rates have been hiked from 7.8% to 20% in Russia
The Ruble has crashed down 30-40%
Russian Stock market has closed for fear of crashing
Energy company BP has just divested their share in the oil company
No Russian Airliners are allowed in most airspace
SWIFT access cut off for many major Russian banks
Germany now supplying arms to the frontlines, first time in 60+ years?
Poland now getting invovled
Kosovo asking to join Nato and allowing US to establish Airbase there
Sweden and Finland, previously wanting to stay neutral, are joining NATO
And this from the Biden Administration:
"We learned over the course of the weekend from our allies and partners was the Russian Central Bank was attempting to move assets and there would be a great deal of assets starting on Monday morning from institutions around the world. So, we took these that we're taking these actions in a way that they will be effective immediately," an official said.
This is going to prevent the Russian Government from propping up their economy with the reseve cash they put aside.
And let's go a little further. Retired Russian Generals have spoken out against Putin, sepcifically the head of that organization used to be the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. and have denounced what Putin is doing as a war crime.
A retired Russian general's criticism may signal a larger problem for Putin | TheHill
Flipper, your mind is full of conspiracies
Putin has gone off the rails. Has nothing to do with his puppet Trump or Biden falling asleep at the wheel. Putin has been in isolation for far too long and people believe he is suffering from a mental illness.
This is the beginning of the end for Putin. Hopefully there are controls to prevent a catastrophe. To understand how off the rails he is and how much he realizes he miscalculated, he's threatening with the nuclear option...that shows how weak he has become and how poor his strategy is.
You're former military ... you don't see this?
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