Russians standing in long lines in Saratov today in an attempt to panic-buy sugar.
Via @visegrad24
https://twitter.com/AlexandruC4/status/1505198364811534339
This should be very obvious and is another sign that, contrary to our western media, the Ruskies are winning big time.
While the Ukes may not be able to enter into an agreement to remove sanctions, they didn’t enter into an agreement to impose sanctions, either. It is easy to see a straight line to those who did impose sanctions to be forced to lift them.
More video: Russian panic buying sugar
https://twitter.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1504397511099830284
https://twitter.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1504397911580413959
We’ll lift sanctions just as soon as Russia withdraws and pays reparations and fixes all the damage.
I wonder how far Russia’s $600 billion in frozen reserves would go to fixing the damage.
Maybe we should hold out until Russia de-militarizes, de-nukelifies, and de-nazifies and all war criminals have been tried.
But the reality is that the sanctions will simply evaporate once the shooting starts because sanctions, like a chain, are only as strong as the weakest link and too many nations will put commerce over security, especially when security is not obviously and imminently at stake.
” the issue of sanctions against Russia (and their lifting)”
Whoa! What’s up with that? We were told by Team Pooty over and over that the sanctions would not have all real effect, they weakened the West instead and strengthened Russia and China, they would collapse the dollar giving Russia and China a big win, yap, yap, yap.
Does Putin and his negotiators know all that? Apparently not.
If the Russians are smart they won’t negotiate that as part of this deal.