The Debt said:
Whatever this is, I am gladly not with these people
Skip ahead to 36:45 for your wake-up call.The Debt said:
Wake me when China starts declining in population.
US and Russian presidents meet in the Metaverse.will25u said:United States and Russian presidents to meet virtually on Tuesday.
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You forgot leave 20% of your GDP (over 300 billion) in Western banks to be frozen by sanctions while starting the "feints" against a satellite country in order to achieve the real goal of ponderously carving a sliver off - which coalesced after the "feint" forces relocated and regrouped after being routed and expectations were managed accordingly.Hydrocele_aggie said:The Debt said:AlaskanAg99 said:
Russia may be doing that over Ukraine. The big bet being once the special operation is over the weak EU nations will capitulate and return to normal economic trading. If the sanctions remain in place, who knows what may happen.
The cost for EU to normalize trade will be greater than they imagine.
Start a war , show the world your army is incompetent, suffer over 20k causalities , make life miserable for your citizens..
Seems a long way to go to increase oil exports
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Russia appears to have defaulted on its international debt for the first time in over a century, after Western sanctions made the country's efforts to pay its overseas creditors impossible.
Here's what happened
Like any country, Russia sold bonds to investors abroad and at home to support its economy, promising to pay interest in euros and dollars. But after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the United States and Europe pushed to weaken the Russian war chest, freezing the country's access to foreign currency assets held overseas.
This put Russia on default watch as early as the spring. But Moscow kept paying its debts from currency reserves at home. In May, however, the U.S. Treasury blocked even those transfers to American investors.
With that, two Russian interest payments worth about $100 million combined got stuck after Russia transferred them out of its coffers in May. On Sunday night, the clock ran out on a grace period for these payments, and several reports say bondholders have not received this money, meaning a default.
However, an official declaration of default is unlikely. Major credit ratings agencies, which might typically declare, face sanctions barring them from Russian business. And investors themselves may prefer to stay out of the limelight as they sort out how they might get at least part of their money back.
