Triangles1:
Don't be surprised the west cooked this war in other to seize some of Russian investment, Putin supposed to carry his billionaire families along this war, it may look as if Russia is winning but the west are on top of the game,
If you know you know.

Wisdom is profitable power only exhaust the strength.

Putin on hardwork.
The west on smart work.

RichDad1:
Retaliation time. Interesting days ahead.
Personally, I think the world would cope without Russia. However, not sure Russia can cope without majority of the rest of the world.

angelfallz:
https://www.quora.com/Whos-winning-Ukraine-or-Russia/answer/Paul-Denlinger?ch=15&oid=341949069&share=35048d7e&srid=uT7V2k&target_type=answer

Who's winning, Ukraine or Russia?
In times like this, it helps me to look back to get perspective.

In 1989, there were the Tiananmen demonstrations in Beijing, where students called for western-style freedom and democracy, and urged Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Communist Party to relinquish power.

The most famous image from that time is the image of tank man, the individual who became a symbol for so many people in the west of the desire among ordinary Chinese for freedom and democracy.

The whole world outside China sided with this one individual. Following the events of June 4, sanctions were imposed on the Chinese government; some of these are still in place, such as the US and EU arms embargoes against the Chinese government. For years, the Chinese economy slowed down. Deng Xiaoping called on Chinese to continue to go about their lives. In 1992, he visited southern China and Shenzhen to encourage business and trade with the rest of the world. Slowly, the economy picked up. Today, China has the largest economy in the world.

Who won: the Western media and western values of freedom and democracy? Or was it the Chinese Communist Party?

I would say that it was the Chinese Communist Party which rode out all the criticism and embargoes coming from all directions, and got on with the business of modernizing China. The people who made the most noise and predicted its downfall lost.

In 2019, there were severe demonstrations and arson in Hong Kong, with many of Hong Kong’s youth calling for Hong Kong to become independent of China, or even becoming a British colony again. They repudiated their own Chinese heritage, and fully embraced Western values of freedom and democracy, and called on the US government to intervene on their behalf. Western non-government organizations (NGOs) gave financial support to these demonstrators which made it difficult for many people to go to work. The Hong Kong government was helpless in dealing with the demonstrations.

The Western media again embraced these Hong Kong demonstrators as a symbol for how the people of Hong Kong and ordinary Chinese wanted freedom and democracy so that they could elect their own political leaders, just as they are elected in the west.

The Chinese government in Beijing passed a National Security Law for Hong Kong; the Hong Kong government had been unable to pass this since Hong Kong was returned to the PRC in 1997 because of local opposition. With the passage of the National Security Law, Beijing was able to send security personnel to Hong Kong to provide support to the Hong Kong police in apprehending demonstrators, and in putting the leaders on trial.

Today, in 2022, there are no more demonstrations in Hong Kong, and people are able to commute to their daily jobs without fear. The National Security Law has made clear that calling for overseas support against the Chinese government is illegal. Some Hong Kong people who do not like this law are emigrating to western countries. But the majority of people in HK have chosen to stay, and are just quietly getting on with their lives.

Most people in the Western media have forgotten about these Hong Kong demonstrations, because now they are focused on what is happening in Ukraine.

Here are the lessons I have learned, and how I apply them to the Russia/Ukraine dispute:

Issues are complicated, and most people don’t have the patience to understand all the contributing factors. Instead they embrace their own emotions and images. But often these are not real, because politics and international relations are about raw power, not emotions.
The stronger the initial reaction, the more quickly it is forgotten. People have short attention spans, and they are getting shorter;
Sanctions work until the nations and companies applying the sanctions review their profit and loss statements at the end of the quarter. Then they start wondering;
The western media has a stranglehold on western audiences because they like to focus on human interest stories with victims. How can anyone not sympathize with a Ukraine mother who loses her 9 year-old daughter who was shot by a Russian soldier? Doesn’t that show how evil Putin is? What more needs to be discussed?
The people and politicians who win in the end are the ones who take the long view and can ride out a tough situation, and don’t let the media frenzy distract them. Who was in charge in China in 1989? The Chinese Communist Party. Who is in charge in China in 2022? The Chinese Communist Party. I am not saying that they are good or bad, but they certainly know how to ride out a tough situation without getting distracted by western media noise.
Putin was a KGB colonel stationed in East Germany when the Berlin Wall came down. He has ruled Russia after the collapse of the USSR, and when it went through a decade of chaos before it gradually rebuilt its economy and society. Setting aside what you think of him personally, he is a tough person who has seen a lot more than any other western politician, and has had to survive these challenges.

China’s Xi Jinping is also a tough character; he was sent to a village for seven years where he had to clean latrines, among other tasks, for seven years. Do you know any western politicians or media personalities who had to do this? I don’t.

I believe that the close personal bond between Putin and Xi is based on the fact that both have had to deal with huge personal challenges, and they came out winning in the end. They understand that patience wins in the end, not what other people, especially the western media, say about them.

Right now, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is doing all he can to stay in front of the western media and win sympathy for Ukraine. Most in the west denounce Putin for his policy, and he is largely staying out of public view. Most people in the West are convinced that Putin is insane.

Putin is toughing things out, while western governments and the media are trying to land a knockout blow against Russia.

But Russia has had to deal with very tough situations before, and they came out as winners, just as the Chinese Communist Party has in China.

If my observations about China apply, Putin will come out the winner in the end, even though he will suffer in the short-term and will never be accepted in the West. But that doesn’t matter, because in the end, it is what Russians think of him which is most important.

prophetfire:
. Honestly, that's what is happening. Putin is all brawns only.
Definitely, he will capture Kyiv but he wouldn't win and even if he stops the operations, the west would still use the sanctions to ruin Russia and drag them back in such a way that it would take a very long time for Russia to recover.

Russia is getting bleeped real hard. Though I don't support US and NATO.

RichDad1:
Retaliation time. Interesting days ahead.
Personally, I think the world would cope without Russia. However, not sure Russia can cope without majority of the rest of the world.

RichDad1:
Retaliation time. Interesting days ahead.
Personally, I think the world would cope without Russia. However, not sure Russia can cope without majority of the rest of the world.

MemoriesAndMe:

If North Korea could cope without the rest of the world, Russia will too. There is more to this war than many understand. Russia simply doesn't want to be intimidated by the west that already controls Ukraine that happens to be her neighbor.
If Nigeria has a problem with America for example, do you think Nigeria will be fine with America setting up military bases in Benin Republic? That's what's happening here.

Basheer22:


How much of its foreign reserves can Russia access as at today? Tell us.

lalasticlala:


https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/02/tech/russian-oneweb-launch-refusal/index.html

DoggoneDogg:
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Look at this idiot giving me google search results.
I'm talking about the rockets not the company.

Nawa for Nairaland war strategist

Teaser4:
bro the point be say na everyone go feel d heat, after all the sanctions… dem go surely hit back, dem no want to be distracted, focus on Ukraine first then dem deal with economic setbacks later, tbh nah everyone go feel am… he never turn off the gas, price don rise plus inflation, make we wait and see… I just want the bloody war to stop, I like economic and cyberwar better…. This is no fun….

Nosayer:


People do forget that foreign reserves are only safe if you're in good books of your foreign bankers. Banks are being stopped to stop dealing with Russia already.

This is going to be for a long time even if the Ukraine crisis stops tomorrow. If you're in STEM, migrating to the US soon might become easier. E get why

Triangles1:
Don't be surprised the west cooked this war in other to seize some of Russian investment, Putin supposed to carry his billionaire families along this war, it may look as if Russia is winning but the west are on top of the game,
If you know you know.

Wisdom is profitable power only exhaust the strength.h

Putin on hardwork.
Listen to yourself you're dumber than you sound, the US economy triples that of the Russian, stupid dim wits everywhere
The west on smart work.

Mooh247:





You sanction them, they sanction you back


Let Putin turn off Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Europe, let's see if Europe without Electricity powered by gas turbines are better than normal Nigerians without power shouting up NEPA

Let's see if they can withstand winter cold without Russian gas

Now all satellite company would have to pay through their noses to use NASA or Space X lunch vehicles..... America is truly an evil genius and masters of the game



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CoronaVirusPro:


Hello! Nigeria and Canada have potentials to power Europe

Liquified gas is not a gift only to Russia. Its abundant! Russia loses the most

Mooh247:


Hello ?!! Did you factors in cost of logistics

CoronaVirusPro:


If fiber optics can go from Africa to Europe, Pipelines can go too.

Mooh247:


Yes it can, that's why Buhari is connect Morroco soon with pipeline

Putin would be glad to watch 25 million Europeans freeze their asses off pending the decade that the pipeline would finally get completed

CoronaVirusPro:



30% it accounts for not 100%

Rationing can sustain pending completion. And alternative source of energy explored.

Mooh247:


40% in the most difficult terrains...

mrvitalis:

China , India are already 3 billion people , the rest is over a billion ...and you think it's not half of the world ? Who thought you maths ? ... Europe and USA are not even upto India combined

CoronaVirusPro:


What terrain is difficult? How many months is winter?

In a joint collaboration of EU, such project will be fast tracked and far ahead of schedule

Impossibilities does not exist where engineering is, cost and constrains will only come to the table. And Russia will be drinking its liquified gas.

EU got alternatives at least, where will Russia takes its gasses too? Probably hawking it on Ebay

Mooh247:


China

CoronaVirusPro:


Do I still need to tell you China is the hub of cheap skilled labour?

brandsoncharlie:

How many poor people compared to both that's in terms of economy.
How viable are those economy apart from China?

Mooh247:


And do I need to remind you as a manufacturing hub heavily dependent on Coal, getting more clean fuel like LNG would be a win win for China and Russia

CoronaVirusPro:



So China will use up the 30% when they are power generator themselves..... China is too stingy to even go green. They have abundance of coal and will only patronize Russia out of pity.

Europe has clear and clean clean options.

If LNG Nigeria should get such offer, It will be highly welcomed. Nothing special about Russia`s energy. It abundance is all over the world.

You hoarding Garri that everybody can plant cassava and produce.