Germany needs to stop buying Russian gas. Full Stop.
Yup, recession might well come - but it will most likely stop the war - short term pain, long term gain.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61040424
Which is more important to Germany?
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on Nato to make quick decisions about how best to help stop President Putin's forces.
“Either you help us now, and I’m speaking about days not weeks, or your help will come too late and many people will die, many civilians will lose their homes...
Anyone see Guy Verhoftadt's speech? (could have been yesterday..)
Brilliant - I've no idea how to put t up on here, but everyone should see/hear it - it's on twitter.
We all (UK, USA, EU) need to stop sending Russia millions of £/$/€ every day, funding their army and it has to stop.
How can...
Jeremy Bowen's reporting on the BBC over the past couple of days is quite horrific. Quite unimageable that this is happening in Europe.
Time to massively ramp up the sanctions - including stopping buying any Russian Gas / Oil immediately - why are we funding the Russian war machine?
If it...
By all means slag the UK Govt off for a multitude of mistakes over the past few years - and there are plenty - but denying that the UK is arming the Ukrainians makes you look pretty silly.
Zelensky in his most recent interview with The Economist makes that very clear.
154K in Italy
135K in France
122K in Germany
342K in Russia
943K in USA
Our Govt. has made some huge mistakes re COVID - as have all the above - but PLEASE can we keep this thread about the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine.
To start with...
SWIFT ban (looks like Germany, Cyprus, Italy not on board though)
Travel ban on ALL Russians (to UK, Canada, EU, USA, Australia) - we need the people of Russia to see what this means for them.
Remove RT
Asset freeze on all Russians / Russian Companies - delisting from...
UK wants to withdraw SWIFT
Germany, France and Italy don't.
We have a shit PM, but unfortunately the leaders of the most powerful European Nations are (perhaps understandably) more interested in keeping their citizens lights on than hurting Russia.
Can the West (EU, USA, UK etc.) stop ordinary Russians from travelling to those Countries?
For example hundreds of thousands of 'middle class' Russians flock over to Egypt, Greece, Cyprus etc in the summer. Many of them own properties in those Countries (especially Cyprus and Greece)
I...