gaddafe: Economically the west cannot defeat China. US and China have been having trade war and both sides have shown what they are capable of. There is no economic sanction from the west that will affect China. In fact they ( the west) have tried it and it didn't have any effect on China. Putin was wise after all. He expected the west will move to economic sanctions and he had China as a back up plan for the economic sanctions that will follow. Moreso we have not heard from North Korea. That is another mad man that is worth hearing from as everyone is just cashing out from this war.
THe wast made china, the west can defeat china. Ok?
mach7: Russia already had the MIR payment system which covers all Russian Banks, Belarusian banks and Banks within the CIS countries. What Unionpay does, is to enable the card holders of Russian banks to still be able to perform transactions internationally outside of Mastercard and Visa.
Update: Unionpay is accepted in 180 countries of the world.
UnionPay is a long term solution, they need something on the short term, so Russia will surely feel the pain, and UnionPay is only used by Chinese banks, so it's not much of a solution either
cazchi: Lol at OP and the first 2 comments above. Classic Zoogerian response. Guys, never go full zoorgerian again.
You expect Russia to raze Ukraine with fire like the US razed Syria?
These are the same people. Ukraine and Russia. Putin isn't on a genocidal run. Don't you get it? He's said it times without number that this is a denazification demilitarisation operation. Una go just dey talk online while Russia captures barracks, destroys intelligence offices and destroy power generating plants.
Areola14: It is only someone who doesn't know what is going on around the world will blame Russia... as for me I stand with Russia.... why is it that America always want to destroy any peaceful nation and turn it to war zone? Russia should never allow Ukraine to join nato because it will soon become a threat to Russia.... I know for sure China is solidly behind Russia because China want to reclaime Taiwan and Hong Kong... if China should support Russia in the war, definitely Russia will support China also to reclaim Hong Kong and Taiwan... rub my back and I rub your back!.. that is just the game.. Afghanistan and Iran are also looking forward for America fall....
Wow! The idiocy on this forum is crass. Ukraine is not qualified to join NATO you dimwit. They have even applied and NATO shunned them. Ignorant fellow.
owagbeba: EuroAtlantic information machinery is so vast a complex that Russia can NOT surpass the west in this arena in the immediate future.
The only way Russia could get her voice heard is to capitalize on the western “short-attention” span and drip by drip spread her own narrative to win more ears. People must often react to a headline for a few days and literary get tired of hearing that news. Give it a few more days Russo-Ukraine conflict won’t make it to NL front page.
China was very clever as setting up all western media / platform alternatives thus preventing the west from gaining an information foothold within China. Facebook, Twitter, CNN, BBC, WhatsApp are blocked in China except through VPN. But the catch is if you connect via VPN then most Chinese banking apps and Alipay won’t work
that justifies the genocide against Uyghur people. Abegi get away
KingOfAmebo: "The world is outraged with Russia for invading Ukraine her neighbor who is posing a security threat by having an affair with an arch enemy of Russia the Americans...
But the world was not outraged when America invaded Iraq killing over 400,000 civilians and children on a baseless claim of Iraq having a weapon of mass destruction which was found out to be a big fat lie...Bloody hypocrites.". - Village People Spokesperson.
justli: Don't mind the clown, they should hide their head in shame. In just under one year, everything Trump built in economic stability is being destroyed by the clueless Biden, and they are writing epistles to make excuse for him. Since when did America become Nigeria where presidents thrive on excuses for failure. It's either you're winning or you're losing and as it stands now America is losing woefully.
BanevsJoker: CNN on DSTV is responsible for brainwashing ignorant Nigerians. They don't even bother to think critically anymore. They just swallow the propaganda whole. Trump was President for 4 years and Putin didn't invade any country. Putin invaded Ukraine when Obama was president and annexed Crimea. He waited for another dumb President in Joe Biden and returned for the rest of Ukraine.
zoghys: And surely you are one of the imbeciles. You are trying too much to make sense, you ain't just cutting it. And if I may may ask, where in united state are you residing because someone need to check on you.
please counter my assertions. Biden is a failure. Bubu 2.0
wingmanIII: Trump is the most stupid American president. What a shame. They should put him out of his misery. Disgracing the great U S A always.
Didn't Putin play Joe Biden like a fiddle? Putin took advantage of Biden s stupidity. Why are you people hating Trump this much. The fact is that Putin did not do anything throughout Trump's administration.
Brexxit: Some of you will just open mouth waaaa! yarning thrash without researching.Ekuke analyst.
Current inflation in US is caused by the supply chain crises as a result of reopening the US economy after shutdowns from coronavirus coupled with high demand from consumers.
Biden made the best decision to pull out from Afghanistan,they should take responsibility for their own country,US can't keep wasting resources there.
Putin would still have invaded Ukraine with or without trump in office.
I know y'all are still pained over Trump loss.
Bunch of sore losers!
complete BS. The over supply of dollars, to much liquidity causes inflation, the shutting down of America's oil industry and relying of foreign oil made fuel prices go up. Pulling the US army out if Afghanistan is Trump's idea, in fact it started under him, it was Bumbling Biden that bungled the whole pull out by evacuating the soldiers before civilians, who does that? Only a failed foolish man. The same person who his own boss Obama, said that no one should underestimate his ability to mess thing up. WHY DIDN'T PUTIN INVADE UKRAINE FOR 4 WHOLE YEARS YOUR NIGHTMARE WAS IN POWER? WHY? This forum is full of imbeciles.
DropsMic: Putin already envisaged all these.... He's not a madman as the western media(s) are trying to paint him..
A normal person won't sit at home hands folded and watch his enemies surround him by alligning with his next door neighbor... He wil surely respond. It's the reasonable thing to do after complaining too long to deaf ears.
The white God will help them and settle their family matter.
blame Joe Biden for this mess. You see? After trump questioned the rationale behind the fact that Germany pumps Billions of dollars in the Russia, for natural gas and only contributes less than 1%of their annual GDP for the upkeep of NATO, while the US, a much larger economy contributes more than 4% for the same NATO, which is meant to protect Germany from the Russia. Donald Trump quickly sanctioned the two companies involved in that gas (Nord stream) pipeline project. So Putin did not have enough resources then to move into Ukraine or any other country, but Joe Biden came along and removed those sanctions and Putin suddenly finds himself awash with cash, so now he can do almost anything and get away with it.
BabangidaHamza: Hope they can survive without Putin's gas
Donald Trump warned them about this. How can the US be paying Billions of $$$ to finance NATO, to protect Germany and co from Russia, and in turn Germany pumps Billions of $$$ to the same Russia , in the name of natural gas.l