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Russian Getting Ready For War??? - River Song - 16 December 2014
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - bigpaul - 16 December 2014
on the breakfast news they said there was a fall in the rubel, maybe that's something to do with it.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - Devonian - 16 December 2014
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - NorthernRaider - 16 December 2014
TWO commentators on Sky News not 30 seconds ago BOTH used the "P" word about the Russian economy, both said investors, speculators, currency traders etc are PANIC moving their money OUT of Russia.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - bigpaul - 16 December 2014
I don't go much on what UK TV stations say these days, I tend to get most of my news from Aljazeera and RT news channels, they give more of a non tainted view of the news whereas the UK channels are mostly government and media mouthpieces. as far as this item goes I think this has more to do with the drop in OIL prices than anything else.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - Devonian - 16 December 2014
(16 December 2014, 15:14)bigpaul Wrote: I don't go much on what UK TV stations say these days, I tend to get most of my news from Aljazeera and RT news channels, they give more of a non tainted view of the news whereas the UK channels are mostly government and media mouthpieces. as far as this item goes I think this has more to do with the drop in OIL prices than anything else.
You are right about the Oil Price being a (major) factor in this, but there is more to it than just oil.
Putin isn't interested on blaming the ever growing financial crisis in Russia on the price of oil, he is more interested in blaming it on Western Powers who he claims are solely determined to break up and destroy Russia, and which he is prepared to do whatever is needed to prevent that from happening.
For example the following statement (from the above referenced Presidential Speech) is with regards to the EU/Ukraine membership/trade agreements:
"....Our response was to say: fine, if you do not want to have a dialogue with us, we will have to protect our legitimate interests unilaterally and will not pay for what we view as erroneous policy...."
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - bigpaul - 16 December 2014
oh that's just political rhetoric for home consumption, I wouldn't read too much into it.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - Devonian - 16 December 2014
Maybe for home consumption, maybe for international consumption, but either way Putin still has huge mistrust of the US in particular, but also of the EU who are seen to side with the US.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - bigpaul - 16 December 2014
well that is par for the course and is nothing new, i'll monitor the situation and see how,if at all, it develops but I'm more concerned with ISIS and the Islamic threat TBH.
RE: Russian Getting Ready For War??? - Devonian - 16 December 2014
Yep totally agree, chances of anything kicking off are remote
