“The war crimes prosecutors at The Hague are operating with a blank check. The first charges are expected before the end of this year, but National leaders have already been briefed, and has seen some horrific images of the nightmare world that Putin is seeking to impose.”
With the US and Europe having DEPOSED themselves as the king of the hill on the world stage in their tizzy over Ukraine, the days of The Hague being the only place where war crime tribunals take place is rapidly coming to an end. So, you might want to tell your Neocon friends at State to be REALLY CAREFUL regarding travel to 85% of the world NOT run by Neocons, as they may well find themselves in Moscow, answering for their WAR CRIMES, starting with Serbia, but also many other places. Would be cute if they got to share cells with the Azovs there!
As to Russia going bankrupt, you guys are a BROKEN RECORD, with those predictions started in March, if not February. And all that you guys can show, beyond yet more unsupported predictions, was the trouble Russia was having in bringing down the value of the Ruble, after it got so STRONG, that it was starting to hurt their economy.
So go ahead, keep predicting away, it’s entertaining for us to know what will NOT happen in the future.
“the days of The Hague being the only place where war crime tribunals take place is rapidly coming to an end.”
The court at The Hague is a UN body, not of the EU.
“As to Russia going bankrupt, you guys are a BROKEN RECORD, with those predictions started in March, if not February. And all that you guys can show, beyond yet more unsupported predictions, was the trouble Russia was having in bringing down the value of the Ruble, after it got so STRONG”
Many times, many posters have provided many such supporting facts.
This thread, for just one example.
The gas flow is shut off. Kind of big deal.
Russia is now the most heavily sanctioned country on Earth.
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt. And has fallen below the creditworthiness to receive any official credit rating at all.
The list could go on and on.
The only really good economic news for Russia has been the strength of its oil and gas revenue, during the initial wartime price surge. Since then, oil prices have fallen back by a a quarter, gas sales have collapsed dramatically, and serious new sanctions and possible price declines threaten what remains of oil revenues.
Now that gas has collapsed, oil is the only lifeline left, and it is being actively targeted.