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Foreign Affairs › Re: Poland Points Finger At US, NATO Over Fighter Jets Delivery To Ukraine by chronique(m): 9:46am On Mar 10, 2022
Lol. Who will bell the cat?
Crime › Re: Ex-DIG, Parry Osayande Says Police New Dress Code Is Illegal by chronique(m): 6:01am On Mar 10, 2022
I'm trying to understand how it improves work efficiency.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Sony Suspends All Playstation Sales In Russia Over Ukraine War by chronique(m): 5:56am On Mar 10, 2022
Lol. I'm trying to imagine what would happen with most of these companies when the war is over. Would they just stroll back into Russia and expect business to continue as usual? Would the government allow them or give them stringent conditions? It would be interesting to see what life after the war would be for these companies.
Foreign Affairs › Re: China Blames NATO For Pushing Russia-ukraine Tension To 'breaking Point' by chronique(m): 12:43am On Mar 10, 2022
Hmmm.
Foreign Affairs › Re: US Ban On Russian Energy Excludes Key Item To Avoid Rolling Blackouts by chronique(m): 4:44pm On Mar 09, 2022
Hypocritical USA.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Kill List: Putin’s Losses Mount With 9 Commanders Among ‘12,000 Killed' - Sun UK by chronique(m): 2:50pm On Mar 09, 2022
Wannabenz:
Guy do you know what's 10,000 people? Lol. I think na there you go start and remember Ukraine is on the defensive so if above 10,000 soldiers of Russia has been killed while Russia has taken over some places, civilians deaths are less than 500. And if you're uptodate with the invasion map, you'll see those figures are fake. 10,000 persons no be 100 people Oo. I'm not supporting anyone, people are dying and a whole country is being destroyed. Forget this online propaganda,go and watch what's going on there. Ukraine capital city has been sorounded,the only free side there is Ukraine West.
Are you answering them. Those ones are talking like people who forgot their brains at home. How can 12000 soldiers die with civilian casualties in hundreds; do people even think at all? How many Ukrainian soldiers have been killed?
Foreign Affairs › Re: Clash Between Poland And US Over Mig-29s Reveals Tensions In Escalating War by chronique(m): 1:15pm On Mar 09, 2022
seunny4lif:
Poland want USA to takeover the jets and hand it over to Ukrainians.
Poland want to fly the jets to USA base in Germany then from there Ukrainians can fly it to Ukraine but the German government don’t want that.
German, UK and USA government said a
All of them are avoiding the responsibility cos they are very sure Putin isn't joking right now and they want to absolve themselves from the blame.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Clash Between Poland And US Over Mig-29s Reveals Tensions In Escalating War by chronique(m): 1:14pm On Mar 09, 2022
The polish government are smart. If they hadn't come up with this, they would have been the ones to bear the brunt of Russia's response. Since everyone knows Putin isn't joking about his statements, it has become very necessary to act wisely when getting involved in the Ukrainian issue.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Breaking::russia Blocked From Global Internet. Plunges Into Digital Isolation by chronique(m): 9:05am On Mar 09, 2022
constance500:
Is it possible there won't be internet at all in a whole Russia, is Russia a joke to you?
Are you answering that one? He doesn't even understand what he posted. A country that was the first to go to space for that matter. This matter just shows you how dumb and badly educated people can be.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Ukraine: US Says Poland Offer Of Mig-29 Fighter Jets "Not Tenable". by chronique(m): 8:38am On Mar 09, 2022
Keegan:
No one among them is brave enough to bell the cat.
I'm telling you. They all are passing the responsibility around.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Ukrainians Angry As Putin Offers Evacuation Routes Lead To Russia And Belarus by chronique(m): 12:36am On Mar 09, 2022
CoronaVirusPro:
Reality that Russian economy is dead and 1 Naira = 20,000 Rubble


Win or lose, Russians won’t get out of this damage in next 3 decades. Ukraine will still exist, but the already rumpled Russian economy will be dead.
What kind of lie is this? How can 1 naira be 20,000 ruble? How did you even convince yourself to type this kind of rubbish in public? Does it make sense to you at all? Russia that is an export driven economy will have her currency fall so poor that the Nigerian import driven economy would have a better currency than Russia?
Gaming › Re: EA To Remove All Russian Clubs & The National Team From FIFA 22 by chronique(m): 4:53pm On Mar 08, 2022
This one does not even make sense at all.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Issues List Of "Unfriendly Countries", Considering Actions Against Them by chronique(m): 7:21am On Mar 08, 2022
JuanDeDios:
Really? Those companies will stop doing business with Russia. Goodbye Russian aviation and other sectors.
Where do you want him to source dollars to pay them with all the sanctions against him? I'm sure you know the west is at war with him and in war, all is fair. At least, he hasn't said he is not going to pay. He's only willing to pay in the currency available to him. When I said that all these sanctions would also affect the west, some people thought I was just typing. Some decisions we take with the aim of hurting the other party, can have serious effects on us too. US, UK, EU and Russia all need themselves and that's just the simple truth.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Issues List Of "Unfriendly Countries", Considering Actions Against Them by chronique(m): 10:40pm On Mar 07, 2022
TroubleMaker47:
That is a silly policy that can't hold ground!
Which sane international company would want to do future biz with Russia after this policy is implemented?
Putin is just making Russia enmeshed into a pariah state
You do realize that the west are in war with Russia, right? And in war, all is fair. Don't forget that the west are busy seizing assets of influential Russians...
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Issues List Of "Unfriendly Countries", Considering Actions Against Them by chronique(m): 10:34pm On Mar 07, 2022
Abegunde993:
Sorry bro but my brain is too weak to understand what they write there
Read again buh this time really very slow and use dictionary too
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Turns To China’s Unionpay System Amid Visa And Mastercard Departures by chronique(m): 7:55pm On Mar 07, 2022
tonididdy:
I have spoken with you before and it's always ended with me schooling you and belive me it's exhausting.

These countries buy this oil to resell and make profit.
Why would Poland go to Canada/Nigeria for her oil? Do you know the costs on shipment? Distance?
Also quality of produce matters.
To keep bilateral trade relationships na make many distant countries trade with Nigeria, sometimes it's a case of trade by barter. Weapons for oil....
Leave that dude. He sounds like a complete novice. I've always said that business, economics and finance should be made a major topic for Nigerians so it gives them proper knowledge before they get out of school. It's just like someone who wants to buy okro from his next door neighbor, going to maiduguri to buy the okro and thinking it would come at the same cost, forgetting that there are other costs associated with buying from maiduguri.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Turns To China’s Unionpay System Amid Visa And Mastercard Departures by chronique(m): 7:49pm On Mar 07, 2022
CoronaVirusPro:
Russia does not hold monopoly of energy.

Canada and Nigeria are good examples of country that can power Europe. stop sounding like Russia is the only country in the world with LNG
At what cost? You think the cost of supplying Nigerian or Canadian gas to Europe is cheap? The question is not about whether there is gas or oil elsewhere but at what cost. Simple economics.
Foreign Affairs › Re: UK Rejects Opening Borders To Ukraine Refugees by chronique(op): 7:12pm On Mar 07, 2022
wenogodie2:
Did you click and read?
I should be asking you that.
Foreign Affairs › Re: UK Rejects Opening Borders To Ukraine Refugees by chronique(op): 6:59pm On Mar 07, 2022
wenogodie2:
Fake News.
Did you check the source?
Politics › Re: Putin Throws Olive Branch To Ukraine, Lists Four Conditions For Peace by chronique(m): 6:32pm On Mar 07, 2022
naija4life247:
Are his current demands different from previous demands? Too many non thinking children on this Forum
I tire for them. Nothing has changed.
Foreign Affairs › UK Rejects Opening Borders To Ukraine Refugees by chronique(op): 6:17pm On Mar 07, 2022
LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday for Britain to ease visa demands on Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving.

The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia started bombarding its neighbour, with hundreds of thousands pouring into Poland, Romania, Slovakia and elsewhere.

Responding to criticism Britain was not doing enough and was far behind its European neighbours in helping address the continent's biggest humanitarian crisis since World War Two, Johnson said:

"We are a very, very generous country. What we want though is control and we want to be able to check." he told reporters. "I think it's sensible given what's going on in Ukraine to make sure that we have some basic ability to check who is coming in."


The British government has been condemned by charities, opposition lawmakers and France after its insistence that refugees first acquire a visa meant some Ukrainians have been stuck in the French city of Calais, unable to enter Britain, and provoking a diplomatic row. read more

The European Union has agreed to grant temporary residency to Ukrainians fleeing the invasion and give them access to employment, social welfare and housing for up to three years.

Britain has announced visa schemes for those who have family in the country or a willing sponsor. Media reports at the weekend said Britain had only issued about 50 visas for Ukrainians so far, although Johnson disputed that without giving further details.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said: "There should be a simple route to sanctuary for those that are fleeing for their lives."

"The Home office is in a complete mess about this, they keep changing the rules," he told the BBC.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Britain was not doing nearly enough. It should let refugees in and deal with the paperwork later, she said.

"Having fleeing the terror in Ukraine, spending hours and hours and hours on arduous journeys, then having to jump through bureaucratic hoops is unconscionable," she told LBC radio.

Interior minister Priti Patel told the Sun newspaper she wanted to create a humanitarian route that would allow anyone from Ukraine to come to Britain. But Europe minister James Cleverly said he did not expect the existing requirements to change.

"We can't do with 'no questions asked' because when people come to the UK we need to make sure they are supported," he said.

Asked to clarify whether Patel was working on a third visa route, Britain's interior ministry sent a statement detailing existing measures but did not rule out future changes.

"This is a rapidly moving and complex picture and as the situation develops we will continue to keep our support under constant review,” it said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-may-ease-immigration-rules-ukrainian-refugees-sun-2022-03-07/
Foreign Affairs › Re: Breaking:surrender Three Regions, Scrap Your Army–russia Gives Ukraine Condition by chronique(m): 5:13pm On Mar 07, 2022
doctokwus:
Ah ah.
If true it shows the little "green man" is starting to feel the heat and knows his army is on the verge of disgrace.
Was it not just a few days ago he vowed to the French president that he won't stop till he takes over the whole Ukraine?
Was it not this weekend he asserted that Ukraine may soon no longer be a state?
As this conflict continues and NATO continues arming Ukraine and the Russian army continues suffering defeats and be exposed and the Russian economy and people suffer,Putin will whittle the demand to just recognition of Crimea,then further to just guarantee Ukraine doesn't join NATO for some years.
Ukraine has even a better bargaining position now than at the start of the war and would outrightly dismiss most of Putin's unrealistic demands because there is growing belief they can wear down the not so great "great Russian army".
Lol. Where did you hear or read all these gibberish you are typing? Ukraine having a better bargaining position? This is very ridiculous to the ear.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Issues List Of "Unfriendly Countries", Considering Actions Against Them by chronique(m): 5:09pm On Mar 07, 2022
Lol. Putin na bad guy sha. Paying them in rubles would obviously affect them when they want to collect their money. Very smart decision.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Natural Gas Prices In Europe Jumps To Record High by chronique(op): 3:29pm On Mar 07, 2022
Just as I have predicted, the sanctions would affect not just Russia but the international community in different ways.
Foreign Affairs › Natural Gas Prices In Europe Jumps To Record High by chronique(op): 3:28pm On Mar 07, 2022
Natural-gas prices shot to record highs in Europe as intensifying fighting in Ukraine threatened to reduce supplies of the heating and power-generation fuel from Russia.

Russian gas is still flowing through Ukraine in large quantities to customers in Europe. However, traders fear those supplies could be cut off as Russia intensifies its fighting, and that Russian gas supplied via other pipeline routes might get disrupted by Western sanctions on Moscow. Alternatives such as liquefied-natural gas from the U.S. would struggle to fill the hole left if Russian exports were removed, and come at huge expense as Europe competes with other gas-consuming regions for scant supplies.

Those concerns drove futures contracts for gas in the northwest European market up 42% compared with Friday’s close to more than 270 euros, equivalent to $293, a megawatt-hour Monday. Earlier in the session, prices hit a record high of 345 euros.

Before Friday, prices had never topped 200 euros, according to FactSet data stretching back to 2013. Before last year, they had never surpassed 30 euros.

The surge in prices for a fuel widely used to heat homes and generate electrical power threatens to cause economic disruption in Europe, where energy-intensive industries including fertilizer and metal producers already had cut output in 2021 when prices were well below where gas traded Monday. The rise will likely cause difficulties for the European Central Bank, which has taken a more cautious approach to raising interest rates than the Federal Reserve and Bank of England in the face of rising inflation.

The prospect of rapidly rising energy prices in Europe, which gets about 40% of its gas supplies from Russia, prompted the European Union and U.S. to refrain from including oil and gas in their initial rounds of sanctions. The U.S., however, said this weekend it is working on plans for an embargo on Russian oil with its allies.


https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-03-07/card/natural-gas-prices-in-europe-jump-to-record-highs-as-war-intensifies-RZeWDEgiOYW2XbAIJjTh

Foreign Affairs › Re: Stuart Varney: Zelensky Is A Puppet Not A Hero. Fake News Coming From Ukraine by chronique(m): 12:41am On Mar 07, 2022
neuf:
really?

so they are trying avoid conflict with Russia yet the endorsed the resolution?
smh
Google is there to help you in case you need to confirm my assertion.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Stuart Varney: Zelensky Is A Puppet Not A Hero. Fake News Coming From Ukraine by chronique(m): 11:55pm On Mar 06, 2022
neuf:
why did Russia vetoed the resolution then?

it's like the US going into the second gulf War knowing nothing will happen.
so if Russia like you claim is strong enough to know no country will enforce a no fly zone. why did it vetoed the resolution?
That was just an academic exercise. You clearly heard the leaders of most NATO countries vehemently opposing the idea of a no fly zone over Ukraine and stating clearly that it would bring them in direct conflict with Russia which is something they are all avoiding.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Stuart Varney: Zelensky Is A Puppet Not A Hero. Fake News Coming From Ukraine by chronique(m): 11:27pm On Mar 06, 2022
neuf:
if Russia didn't vetoed the UNSC resolution, Ukraine would have a no fly zone by now and there would have been nothing Russia can do
Not correct. Even if the UN approves a no fly zone over Ukraine, no country will try to enforce it. Doing that would amount to drawing NATO and the US into the conflict and it is something they all are avoiding.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Stuart Varney: Zelensky Is A Puppet Not A Hero. Fake News Coming From Ukraine by chronique(m): 11:24pm On Mar 06, 2022
VirileNelly2420:
The young man @zelensky seems to be devoid of d knowledge of international politics.
Wot d west are avoiding, u welcome wit an open hand. @war wit Russians
Like, I don't even understand what he was thinking and what gave him that kind of foolish courage.
Foreign Affairs › Re: JUST IN: Russian Banks Switch To China's Unionpay After Visa, Mastercard Snub by chronique(m): 5:25pm On Mar 06, 2022
Patriot9:
Yes sir. I agree with all what you said.
Europe is the biggest market of Russian oil and gas. However, this is the main reason why Russia needs to thread with caution because most of her oil buyers are the ones imposing sanctions on her.
This is not a supremacy Battle between Russia and the whole of Europe. It's "many"against "one"

Now let's go to the Asian market. Here, China is the only serious buyer in Asia. In fact, china needs Russian oil and gas more than anything else. But the problem here is, Chinese market can't replace the whole of Europe and Russia won't be stupid to ignore Europe with high level of "capital intensive industrialization".
Don't you see the trend? Russian ecomony is falling like a pack of card.
Please answer this question.
1. Why hasn't Russia cut off the total supply to the whole of Europe and America?
2. Why was Germany in a hurry to halt part of Nord project?
3. If you were Putin, would you cut of the supply and starve Europe?

Finally, I guess there is a reason why "demands" always come ahead of "supply".
I have reiterated on this forum here that Europe, US and Russia all need themselves. They can't survive economically without each other. I for one feel the west is just trying to put pressure on Russia with these sanctions and it could backfire. Now, check this out.

America can't do away with Russian oil. If they do, gas price in the US would soar higher and before you know it, protest would start. The government won't want to put that kind of pressure on themselves and as such, would not do away with the supply from Russia. But guess what? They are the ones screaming about sanctions most.

Germany halted the nordstream 2 but desperately needs cheap gas from Russia that they can't get elsewhere. They know what it means to be cut off from that supply. Not just them but most of Europe.

Russia and Ukraine supply the largest percentage of wheat globally. The crisis there is already making the price of wheat in the market go high...

Russia on her part with the sanctions, is already seeing her currency rumble so fast. What it means is that they would earn less money than they have been earning with same level of supply. But guess what, they based their budget on $40 per barrel and as such, would still have just enough to keep them afloat. They are not going to just capitulate overnight. Even the US issuing the sanctions isn't immune from the whole thing. Imagine Russia and China doing a lot of trade with the yuan/rubble, the demand for the dollar(which by the way is what is keeping the US economy), drops. If other countries key into it and start trading more with the yuan and the demand for the dollar drops, the US will find herself in a very bad position eventually. Like I said, they all are going to be affected one way or the other. There's not one of them who would not be affected.
Foreign Affairs › Re: JUST IN: Russian Banks Switch To China's Unionpay After Visa, Mastercard Snub by chronique(m): 2:30pm On Mar 06, 2022
Patriot9:
By the time the war is over?

Sir, by the time the war is over, Russian ecomony would be more devastated and damaged than the devastation and damages Russia has caused in Ukraine itself.

Infact, by the time the war is over (which is not ending anytime soon) it will be easier to rebuild Ukraine than to rebuild Russian ecomony.
This is not some economics textbook tactics.
It takes more than mere friendship of two nations or provision of alternative to dislodge the power of the west.
We all said the same thing when Russia and China had a currency deal and the last time I checked, many countries still finance their trade with dollars.
With the war on and despite all the sanctions, America is still spending over millions of dollars daily buying oil from Russia. Europe is still spending billions of euros daily buying oil and gas from Russia despite all the sanctions. That's outside the trade Russia has elsewhere. 5% of Russian oil exports goes to the US and 60% goes to Europe with 20% going to China. 40% of Russian gas goes to Europe... Despite all the sanctions, the leaders of the US and all European countries have rejected the demand that oil and gas imports from Russia be stopped cos of the way it would affect both the US and the whole of Europe. You guys need to read properly and understand what is at stake. Russia is not Nigeria. Those who are placing sanctions on them but left the oil and gas deals in tact, aren't stupid.
Car Talk › Re: Which Car Can I Buy For 3.5m by chronique(m): 11:58am On Mar 03, 2022
drake49:
Good day Nairalanders and those of us that are experts in cars. i intend to get my first car in a weeks time. please suggest a good car with good maintenance that i can get within 3m to 3.5m. thanks
Check this 2009 Acura tsx out.

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