Sooo....no talk on Kiev's gradual descent into Mad Max beyond Thunderdome status??
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lol pathetic
Furious Kerry calls Netanyahu to complain about Israeli defense minister's remarks
head devil in charge all you niccas pray to directly or indirectly wants ww3.
http://rt.com/usa/furious-kerry-calls-netanyahu-137/
US Secretary of State John Kerry took offense to critical comments made by Israel’s defense minister, calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to vent his anger.
According to State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, Kerry “protested” the remarks by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who criticized the United States for projecting a feeble image throughout its foreign policy agenda, from the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program to the escalating tensions in Ukraine.
head devil in charge all you niccas pray to directly or indirectly wants ww3.
When shyt gets real, brehs 
Putin orders Russia’s central bank to help his billionaire friends after U.S. targets them for sanctions
Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press | March 21, 2014 9:59 AM ET
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Crimea sanctions target 20 people in Putin's entourage
MOSCOW — Russian stocks were under pressure Friday as another credit rating agency put the country on notice of a possible downgrade and Visa and MasterCard stopped serving two Russian banks, a day after the U.S. ordered economic sanctions against two dozen people from President Vladimir Putin’s entourage.
Fears over Russia’s economic outlook have ratcheted up this week after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty to annex Crimea following Sunday’s hastily called referendum which overwhelmingly supported that move. The West considers the vote illegitimate.
President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Putin’s inner circle and a major Russian bank that provides them support. Putin’s chief of staff and four influential businessmen who are believed to be Putin’s lifelong friends were among the 20 individuals sanctioned.
The MICEX benchmark was down 2 per cent in midday trading Friday with the companies co-owned by the Russians sanctioned by the White House leading the decline. The Russian stock market has lost than more 10 per cent this month.
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And clients of another Russian lender, SMP, woke up Friday to discover that they cannot use their cards. In a statement, it said Visa and MasterCard stopped providing their services to them “without prior notification.” SMP’s co-owners, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg — billionaire brothers and childhood friends of Putin — were hit by the U.S. sanctions on Thursday.
The bank, which is in Russia’s top 40 with $5 billion in assets, said it had no assets in the United States and described Visa and MasterCard’s actions as “illegitimate” because the bank, unlike its owners, was not covered by the sanctions.
As a result, customers in the two banks won’t be able to use cards backed by Visa and MasterCard to buy products in shops online or withdraw cash from ATMs beyond their own bank’s. They can also get cash directly inside their banks’ branches.
President Putin on Friday ordered the country’s central bank to help clients of Rossiya. He denied having an account there but ordered the Central Bank to “take the bank’s clients under protection and provide all possible assistance to them,” according to the Interfax news agency.
Describing Rossiya, which was rumoured to serve nearly everyone in Putin’s close entourage, as “just an average bank,” Putin said he had never had an account there, but promised to open one “first thing on Monday” and asked his salary to be transferred there.
Russia’s central bank earlier said that the blacklisting of Rossiya and its transactions by U.S. “does not have a serious bearing on the lender’s financial stability.”
Amid the signs that the sanctions are beginning to impact on day-to-day life in Russia, ratings agency Fitch followed Standard & Poor’s in warning Russia that it may have its credit rating downgraded. In a statement, Fitch said it has revised down its outlook for Russia’s debt to reflect the potential impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy, a day after
S&P warned of a potential downgrade too.
Fitch operates a 23-notch rating system and Russia’s BBB rating ranks ninth on that scale, two above what is considered to be junk status. Lower ratings are important because it can make a country’s borrowing costs more expensive.
“Since U.S. and EU banks and investors may well be reluctant to lend to Russia under the current circumstances, the economy may slow further and the private sector may require official support,” Fitch said.
Putin orders Russia’s central bank to help his billionaire friends after U.S. targets them for sanctions
Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press | March 21, 2014 9:59 AM ET
More from Associated Press
Crimea sanctions target 20 people in Putin's entourage
MOSCOW — Russian stocks were under pressure Friday as another credit rating agency put the country on notice of a possible downgrade and Visa and MasterCard stopped serving two Russian banks, a day after the U.S. ordered economic sanctions against two dozen people from President Vladimir Putin’s entourage.
Fears over Russia’s economic outlook have ratcheted up this week after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty to annex Crimea following Sunday’s hastily called referendum which overwhelmingly supported that move. The West considers the vote illegitimate.
President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Putin’s inner circle and a major Russian bank that provides them support. Putin’s chief of staff and four influential businessmen who are believed to be Putin’s lifelong friends were among the 20 individuals sanctioned.
The MICEX benchmark was down 2 per cent in midday trading Friday with the companies co-owned by the Russians sanctioned by the White House leading the decline. The Russian stock market has lost than more 10 per cent this month.
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And clients of another Russian lender, SMP, woke up Friday to discover that they cannot use their cards. In a statement, it said Visa and MasterCard stopped providing their services to them “without prior notification.” SMP’s co-owners, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg — billionaire brothers and childhood friends of Putin — were hit by the U.S. sanctions on Thursday.
The bank, which is in Russia’s top 40 with $5 billion in assets, said it had no assets in the United States and described Visa and MasterCard’s actions as “illegitimate” because the bank, unlike its owners, was not covered by the sanctions.
As a result, customers in the two banks won’t be able to use cards backed by Visa and MasterCard to buy products in shops online or withdraw cash from ATMs beyond their own bank’s. They can also get cash directly inside their banks’ branches.
President Putin on Friday ordered the country’s central bank to help clients of Rossiya. He denied having an account there but ordered the Central Bank to “take the bank’s clients under protection and provide all possible assistance to them,” according to the Interfax news agency.
Describing Rossiya, which was rumoured to serve nearly everyone in Putin’s close entourage, as “just an average bank,” Putin said he had never had an account there, but promised to open one “first thing on Monday” and asked his salary to be transferred there.
Russia’s central bank earlier said that the blacklisting of Rossiya and its transactions by U.S. “does not have a serious bearing on the lender’s financial stability.”
Amid the signs that the sanctions are beginning to impact on day-to-day life in Russia, ratings agency Fitch followed Standard & Poor’s in warning Russia that it may have its credit rating downgraded. In a statement, Fitch said it has revised down its outlook for Russia’s debt to reflect the potential impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy, a day after
S&P warned of a potential downgrade too.
Fitch operates a 23-notch rating system and Russia’s BBB rating ranks ninth on that scale, two above what is considered to be junk status. Lower ratings are important because it can make a country’s borrowing costs more expensive.
“Since U.S. and EU banks and investors may well be reluctant to lend to Russia under the current circumstances, the economy may slow further and the private sector may require official support,” Fitch said.
.they have russia, syria and iran cornered.
i saw some sh1t, from russia, on ebay being sold for cheap. almost jumped on it. but didn't want anything to do with it
. i'm poor, i can't save them 
.Zero Hedge claims Russia is gonna bypass the PetroDollar for a major deal with China: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...n-prepares-announce-holy-grail-gas-deal-china
Figured this was where it would go, makes perfect sense. China needs to chill out on all that coal burning, Russia got a shytload of natural gas to sell and would love to cut off their current customers for what happened in Kiev.
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
they have russia, syria and iran cornered.
i saw some sh1t, from russia, on ebay being sold for cheap. almost jumped on it. but didn't want anything to do with it
dont forget venezuela, all the losers are going down breh, just stick with the westside, its where the money is at
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Putin did get the computers 'putin around the weekend with some shyt like this a few weeks back.
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
if he did, that would be an L for Obama, i think behind the scenes the us has told russia that if they invade ukraine nato would get involved, so if putin goes ahead he truly gives no fuks
but i doubt he will, one thing people need to understand is the tactical situation, russia never really invaded crimea, the russians were already there as part of a treaty, what putin did was to tell the russian troops to leave there bases and then sent some more troops in
which is fine, that was a good chess move, but it was also all he could do
invading ukraine is a whole different story, there are only a limited amount of roads into ukraine, the ukranians arent stupid, they are blocking all those roads, if russians troops step across the border there would be an instant gunfight between ukrainians and russians, it would be a real war, russia doesnt want a real war, if nato sent a few planes into ukraine, which they will, ukraine would win the war
i think russia was hoping for a complete breakdown and chaos in eastern ukraine, which would give them some cover, but that never happened, the ukranians seem to have tactical control of their territory outside of crimea and the cities are not in chaos
Couple of thoughts on Cold War 2:
Sarah Palin was right and is owed an apology by the media for dragging her through the mud over inarticulate comments about being able to see Russia from her house. It's not her fault she has a speech impediment.
Mitt Romney was right as well and received similar comedic backlash for his Russia comments during the 2012 debates.
The timing of this latest crisis coincides with renewed government attempts to cut defense spending. Synergy or coincidence?
Ronald Reagan "won Cold War 1" by bankrupting the Soviets through drawing them into unsustainable militarism and proxy wars with Arab extremists. We appear to be falling prey to the same strategy and it's our 'allies' who are doing the pushing. I'm willing to bet this won't gain much traction during the upcoming election, as we'll be too busy arguing about Monica Lewinsky and health care. I'd love to see a government that allowed for both a Rand Paul anti-military industrial complex foreign policy and a Hillary Clinton domestic/ social agenda. I'm starting to think that if our government is going to regain any kind of functionality we need to consider alternatives to the current 2 party system.
Sarah Palin was right and is owed an apology by the media for dragging her through the mud over inarticulate comments about being able to see Russia from her house. It's not her fault she has a speech impediment.
Mitt Romney was right as well and received similar comedic backlash for his Russia comments during the 2012 debates.
The timing of this latest crisis coincides with renewed government attempts to cut defense spending. Synergy or coincidence?
Ronald Reagan "won Cold War 1" by bankrupting the Soviets through drawing them into unsustainable militarism and proxy wars with Arab extremists. We appear to be falling prey to the same strategy and it's our 'allies' who are doing the pushing. I'm willing to bet this won't gain much traction during the upcoming election, as we'll be too busy arguing about Monica Lewinsky and health care. I'd love to see a government that allowed for both a Rand Paul anti-military industrial complex foreign policy and a Hillary Clinton domestic/ social agenda. I'm starting to think that if our government is going to regain any kind of functionality we need to consider alternatives to the current 2 party system.