Ukraine mega thread

[CRedskinsRule]

An interesting thing, as we levy these various sanctions. Russia has pegged (or is about to in May) the ruble back to a gold standard, and is on the verge of only selling their oil for gold or rubles.

I will admit, this is an interesting tactic, and if they get enough buy in, maybe it blows up the underbelly of the US banking system. Certainly there are a lot of fearmongers out there that have been warning of it from China for a long time.

I still have this bad feeling that Putin is just playing the western leaders like a fiddle. But maybe he's just a maniac.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

An interesting thing, as we levy these various sanctions. Russia has pegged (or is about to in May) the ruble back to a gold standard, and is on the verge of only selling their oil for gold or rubles.

I will admit, this is an interesting tactic, and if they get enough buy in, maybe it blows up the underbelly of the US banking system. Certainly there are a lot of fearmongers out there that have been warning of it from China for a long time.

I still have this bad feeling that Putin is just playing the western leaders like a fiddle. But maybe he's just a maniac.

i read china has agreed to use the euro with russia oil. this goes back to iran wanting to have OPEC use euro 4-5 years ago. smart move if they could ever get all the moving (and sometimes warring) parties n'sync.

[NC_Skins]

Reports: 100,000 'yes' ballots for referendum intercepted in Sloviansk


Putin trying to rig the votes. Probably about time we either put some serious damaging sanctions against Russia or we send some military over there and dare Putin to strike.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Reports: 100,000 'yes' ballots for referendum intercepted in Sloviansk


Putin trying to rig the votes. Probably about time we either put some serious damaging sanctions against Russia or we send some military over there and dare Putin to strike.

As one commenter said: This is just proof that eastern Ukraine really does want to be part of Putin's Russia. They've already adopted the Russian voting system!