Europe Furious That Putin Dares To Retaliate To Sanctions, Blames Economic Slide On Kremlin

Zerohedge ^ | 8-7-2014 | Tyler Durden

[tcrlaf]

The Eurocrats that Obama strong-armed into supporting Sanctions against Russia are shocked that Putin would retaliate AGAINST THEM....

The real comedic part of the EU press release is this: “Politically motivated large-scale trade restrictions are a direct violation of WTO rules, which Russia pledged to comply with,” the diplomat said.

The punchline: “The Russian ban on agricultural imports from the European Union is an “irresponsible measure” that can lead to losses of billions of euro for European as well as Russian consumers,"

[SkyDancer]

Maybe Putin doesn’t know that Russia imports 40% of its food from the EU.

[Noamie]

Honestly, how stupid are these guys?

That is $1bn of yearly US exports - out the door.

Thanks, Obama. Thumbs up, man. No, really.

/spit

[samtheman]

Oh yeah, they are brilliant.

[1rudeboy]

Maybe this dude over at Zerohedge doesn’t know it. I forget, who are the lefties? They guys at Zerohedge, or Business Insider? I get the two mixed-up.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

But more importantly, is this going to effect my supply of Sobieski Vodka?

I’ll do my part to support Poland! Everyone! Pick a country and get busy! :)

[txrefugee]

As usual, the Euroweenies are playing checkers, and Putin is playing chess.

[dfwgator]

As usual, the Euroweenies are playing checkers, and Putin is playing chess.

And Obama is playing Tiddly-Winks.

[Samogon]

Drink Ukrainian for Russia’s demise!

[tcrlaf]

“Maybe Putin doesn’t know that Russia imports 40% of its food from the EU.”

These aren’t Obama voters, who are going to riot if you take Doritos and Pepsi off of the EBT card list.

They can get replacements for most things elsewhere, as well.

[Qiviut]

As usual, the Euroweenies are playing checkers, and Putin is playing chess.

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Divide and conquer ..... Putin’s strategy. The small countries hit with the sanctions against their products will be hurting scooters. The Russians will be hurting, too but the difference is that Putin is in control and he won’t blink. He’s a former KGB leader and Obama is a former Community Organizer Choomer .... the differences are more than obvious.

[1rudeboy]

They are worse than Obama voters. They think the CIA shot MH17 down because Channel One Moscow said so.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Find me a Ukranian Vodka and I’ll do it! :)

[DJ MacWoW]

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[DonaldC]

I cannot think of a single situation where economic sanctions helped but lots of cases where major wars were caused by them.

[Cowboy Bob]

These sanctions have nothing to do with Ukraine. These sanctions against the EU are in response to Conchita Wurst winning Eurovision.

[Stepan12]

Obama is a bigger threat to America and the free world than Putin is.

[OldGuard1]

“The European Union regrets the announcement blah blah blah...”

... is this what “stunned” sounds like these days? I need to get my stun-o-meter adjusted.

[tcrlaf]

“These sanctions against the EU are in response to Conchita Wurst winning Eurovision.”

Well, that explains the sanction against Cheeze. But what about all the other stuff?

[dfwgator]

These sanctions against the EU are in response to Conchita Wurst winning Eurovision.

In that case, they're perfectly justified.