cooltola:


Why did the soviet union fall? History repeat itself- Soviet Union fell because of Bad economy and other political factors - The same is meant to happen to Russia if their economy does not improve- The Ruble is dropping fast. Fighting a war is very expensive and will require Russia will use their resource at a fast rate. It does not matter if Putin have strong men running the country or backing Putin, Once the sanctions are affecting the average Russians- The core of Putin Support might not be so strong If the economic does not improve- The worst thing in fighting a war is losing the support of general Russians, if Putin can keep his approval rating high among the average Russians then he has a chance to be in power or vice versa.

The truth is majority of Russians don't see it the way u seeing it, Russia have been an isolated State that don't care abt the west, only few that u see demonstrating which the govt. tries to control, everything in Russia is controlled by the govt even media

kayo8080:


Mehn! This is deep. The language we're using to communicate is there's... So, in a way, we will always feel inferior.

Ur fellow black man will even insult u that u can't speak good English, borrowed language fà

chronique:
Russia is too big and strategic a country to isolate. No matter how much support you galvanize against them, you can never totally isolate them.

Europe is not sincere with sanctions. they should have sanctioned everything about Russia, instead they still benefit from russian oil and gas.

Al Jazeera

Latest on Ukraine

Rescue operations underway: Rescue efforts are taking place in Mykolaiv on Saturday morning at the scene of a missile strike on a barracks housing soldiers, regional boss Vitalli Kim said. Dozens of troops are reported to have been killed in the attack by Russian forces, according to journalists from CNN Swedish affiliate Expressen who were at the scene.

US officials confirm Russia has used hypersonic missiles against Ukraine
From CNN's Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto and Barbara Starr
US officials confirmed to CNN that Russia launched hypersonic missiles against Ukraine last week, the first known use of such missiles in combat. The US was able to track the launches in real time, the sources said.
The launches were likely intended to test the weapons and send a message to the West about Russian capabilities, multiple sources told CNN.
Russia's Ministry of Defence said Saturday that
it had launched hypersonic Kinzhal missiles against a military ammunitions warehouse in western Ukraine on Friday, destroying the structure in the Ukrainian village of Delyatin. CNN is unable to independently verify this claim.
Traveling at Mach 5 speed or faster, hypersonic weapons are difficult to detect, posing a challenge to missile defense systems. Hypersonic missiles can travel at a far lower trajectory than high-arcing ballistic missiles, which can be easily detectable. Hypersonics can also maneuver and evade missile defense systems.
The Pentagon has made developing hypersonic weapons one of its top priorities, particularly as China and Russia are working to develop their own versions.
CNN's Oren Liebermann contributed to this report.

generalwo:
.... Well.... The sanctions are not meant to eliminate Russia but to weaken their economy... That's the point I want u to see it from.... The sanctions may not have the Iran effect on them but it will deal a major or significant blow to them

Yes that very true. But it's a two way traffic, without my oil ur economy will crumble den u turn arround and say u r not buying my oil again.who will suffer it the most. Biden is already under serious pressure as the price of gas has quadrupled..inflation is climbing all tnks to Russian crude....why is Germany a major player in the EU and a member of NATO not boycotting Russian crude? Even Europe as a whole is still buying..Russia have placed itself in a very strategic position and will be hard to crack..na dialogue fit settle dis mataz

Oddfinder:

Consider this:

Russia’s total natural resources are valued at USD 75 trillion.

Russia has the largest reserves and is the largest exporter of natural gas. It has the second largest coal reserves, the eighth largest oil reserves and is the largest exporter of oil and wheat in the world.

Russia is a leading producer of copper, fluorspar, iron ore, lime, gold, magnesium compound and metals, mica, cobalt, aluminum, asbestos, arsenic, cadmium, coal, cement, boron, bauxite, vanadium, titanium sponge, tin, tungsten, potash, sulfur, silicon, rhenium, steel, pig iron, nickel, palladium, phosphate, petroleum, nitrogen, peat and oil shale.

Russia has 40% of world’s gold reserves.

20% of the global production of industrial grade diamonds and 25% of global gemstone production come from Russia.

11% of the global aluminum market is controlled by just one Russian company, Rusal.

Russia has more than a fifth of the world's forests. About one-fifth of the timber in the entire world is present in the forests of Siberia.

If you laid the oil and gas pipelines of Russia around the equator, it would encircle earth 6 times.

Only one lake of Russia, Lake Baikal has 20 percent of entire fresh water in the world. Russia has 4 of the 10 largest rivers in the world.

Russia’s top 20 billionaires have a combined wealth of about USD 250 billion, which is more than the GDP of 150 individual countries in the world.

Russian inventions include transformer, helicopter, video-tape recorder, synthetic rubber, grain harvester, electrical telegraph, arc welding, radiator, powdered milk and thousands of other things without which life would be very different today.

Russia is not a shit hole ur masters made u believe

Well said.

saintrow1:


You need a proper education
You are not well educated
Go to beer parlour and tell people this non sense.

Asinwin! You have nothing upstair olodo

Help2020:

You claimed Ukraine should not be invaded by Russia sighting sovereignty as the reason. Now you want to sanction a sovereign nation India for taking decision as a sovereign state. Only you can do what you want and Russia can't, hypocrisy.

I used to think US was smart.

generalwo:
.... Baba calm down... The west is not losing shit... India bought the oil at a discount... Moscow is desperate at the moment and people will take advantage of it.... Oil wen dey sell for $10/barrel fit sell for as low as $2 per barrel... If u no sell, drink your oil... It's no longer in demand as before.... The sanctions won't do anything to USA and the west but it will make people take advantage of Russia... See it from that angle

Oga, stop getting news from nairaland, go online and get authentic news that's not from western control stations

Who told you Russia is desperate, Russia is only giving discount to her allies who are still interested in doing business with them
And for west who is in support of the Russian sanctions will pay double price per barrel (this is what Moscow said)

Break yourself free from the western media chains and see the truth clearly

Russia is too big to be isolated
Western medias announced that McDonald has pulled out of Russia, do they also announce that another brand, called "B" something ( i can't remember the full name now) has filled in the gap?

The rest of the world is waking up but majority in Africa is still licking western ass

Invitationn:

Action and consequences.
India knows the implications of their action.
Zelensky knew the implications of his too.

Both should be agreeable to the consequences of their actions.

Wrong!
Do u think it will be fair if USA start bombarding India today because they choose to align with Russia?

Author267:
The west are losing it alreadyyy
The table is changing
Everybody eyes are opening
The earlier we know the truth the better it is for us
And what pains me most is Africans instead of us to unite and fight our common enemies we instead fight ourselves
We all need to wake up

This reminds me of one of our books
Africans in bondage
Its available on amazon

Unite to fight which enemy Fight your politicians that steal and bankrupt your country first... charity begins at home

Nigeria will soon be better than Russia

NOETHNICITY:
Another dull head Nigerian CNN addict spotted
Dumbo

Asinwin is what you are, your papa dull very well that's why you are disgracing yourself on social media.

Russian oil; gas & wheat are all sanctions in the media like CNN, BBC etc

But in reality these are being traded in the future markets controlled by same Western world..

U can always fool the masses but not the businessmen.

Author267:
The west are losing it alreadyyy
The table is changing
Everybody eyes are opening
The earlier we know the truth the better it is for us
And what pains me most is Africans instead of us to unite and fight our common enemies we instead fight ourselves
We all need to wake up

This reminds me of one of our books
Africans in bondage
Its available on amazon

India has always been an opportunistic country. If they can eat u alive as a Blackman praising them they will eat u.

Better praise and thank the US from saving u from slave drivers. If only u will hear the truth.

India doesn't care about anybody not even Russia.

Nellsworld:

The truth is majority of Russians don't see it the way u seeing it, Russia have been an isolated State that don't care abt the west, only few that u see demonstrating which the govt. tries to control, everything in Russia is controlled by the govt even media

the older Russians who lived during the soviet union might see as an isolated state , but You got to remember the younger generations of Russia who grew up with western culture might not - Things not might be same in Russia, Putin might not be as popular as one thinks or Putin thinks. Many Russians support Putin and Many Russians oppose Putin, Putin just kills his opponent and oppress those who oppose him. The resistance will keep growing and The worst thing for Putin is too lose the general support of the Russian People. It is just a matter of time that if the economic sanctions start getting out of hand.

timay1:


The first mistake that the guys at the white house made was treating Russia like some small country on the map with little to no strategic resource of importance, like North Korea.

It's one decision that would come back to hunt the west. In all of these, I have never seen them proffer a peaceful solution to the crisis at hand. All their approach has been such that shows they truly enjoy the confrontation with Russia. While the Russians would suffer in the immediate future, the west would lose as well in the long run. A lot of realignment and balancing of power globally is about to happen and the west would lose a significant portion of the power they weild globally.

Rubbiish:

Wrong!
Do u think it will be fair if USA start bombarding India today because they choose to align with Russia?

I don't think the USA would even bother (I think it will even support it)

grandstar:


Whether India buys or does not buy Russian oil, the Russian economy is already in trouble. Half of those sanctions are enough to cripple any country. Do you know what it means when commercial airlines can not fly to your country?

Biden has said the sanctions will not be permanent but will depend on Russia putting an end to its invasion of Ukraine. That, however, won't stop Putin.

You speak like a typical troll. Is it every country that aren't flying planes to Russia? With the exception of the EU and US, most other countries of the world are dealing with Russia normally. Besides, the sanctioners have more to lose from the ban than Russia has to lose.

The size of Russia alone means that most of the nations in Europe and beyond that sanctioned it would have to fly longer hours to get to their destinations as the Russian counter ban forbids them from using it's airspace, which is far costly for Europeans compared to the effect Russia would face.

NOETHNICITY:
China will also definitely buy more Russian oil.
Western effort to ostracise Russia is doomed to fail. This is only just the beginning
Russia will feel the heat of the western imposed transition. But it will eventually pull through and come out better and stronger
Joe Biden you see your life

how come the Russian currency is falling and their stock market is shut. The sanctions are clearly working. How come they now sell oil below the market price? I know you think its all fun for Russia but it actually isn't.

chronique:


It's one decision that would come back to hunt the west. In all of these, I have never seen them proffer a peaceful solution to the crisis at hand. All their approach has been such that shows they truly enjoy the confrontation with Russia. While the Russians would suffer in the immediate future, the west would lose as well in the long run. A lot of realignment and balancing of power globally is about to happen and the west would lose a significant portion of the power they weild globally.

I think sooner everybody will come again and settle but Ukraine well(lost is lost)

tctrills:

how come the Russian currency is falling and their stock market is shut. The sanctions are clearly working. How come they now sell oil below the market price? I know you think its all fun for Russia but it actually isn't.

Russia selling at a discount is purely a business decision

Fake news. Eastern Propaganda

generalwo:
Briiliant from India.... Taking advantage.... Oil wen Russia dey sell $3/barrel fit come down to as low as $0.5 / barrel... If u no see, drink your oil..... They are desperate right now.... So they will have to sell almost at any prize.... Even if the sanctions are lifted at some point, serious damages may have been done to the Russian economy already...... And it may take some time to fix while others countries advance.......

Eehya, the pain can be felt in your cries all over the thread. Pele.

So why are you blaming Ukraine for thinking of joining NATO if its about survival?
And why are you blaming Russia for invading Ukraine if life is about survival?

The world is a game and every game has a rule so play by the rules.

You can do whatever you like simply because it's survival.

Rogerss:
Every Country should do what is right for their survival.

Lexusgs430:
Indian's ...... Never to be trusted......

That's why they abstained, during that voting process.......

Russia helped India defeat Pakistan.
British merged India and Pakistan.
Just like they did in Nigeria.
The same lugard did the India and Nigeria job

So why are you blaming Ukraine for thinking of joining NATO if its about survival?
And why are you blaming Russia for invading Ukraine if life is about survival?

The world is a game and every game has a rule so play by the rules.

You cant do whatever you like simply because it's survival.

Rogerss:
Every Country should do what is right for their survival.

The world is now divided, nothing like unification anymore, war is inevitable now but we Africans will suffer more coz we only depends on the west... No African country has nuclear weapon, they stop south Africa from producing nuclear weapon, they rob African of our resources just because we lack initiative and believe they are helping us

engrchykae:
Russia helped India defeat Pakistan.
British merged India and Pakistan.
Just like they did in Nigeria.
The same lugard did the India and Nigeria job

So we return back to blame a man, that died many years ago ..........

Russia is now in desperate times..the sold the oil at a discount after half of their foreign reserves have been seized..who said the sanctions werent effective

tamdun:

Ur fellow black man will even insult u that u can't speak good English, borrowed language fà

Exactly

lalastimlala:
All these mumu Nigerians campaigning against America go soon collect. Every Nigerian that hold Canada, USA and British Visa's should be immediately revoked and returned back to Nigeria. Let them go to Russia, China and India. Mumu people.

No matter the passport you have ,youn are still a second class citizen .world rearrangment will help africans i believe.