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The sanctions are hurting, and Putin is pissed. Putin is threatening to escalate matters due to the sanctions.
Link to tweet
At a meeting in Moscow, Putin claimed that the wide-ranging, extensive sanctions leveled by the United States and the international community in response to Russias invasion of Ukraine amount to a means of fighting against Russia.
These sanctions that are being imposed are like the declaration of war, he said.....
The worldwide enforcement of extensive sanctions against Russia has intensified in recent days. The Russian economy in particular has taken the brunt of the international communitys actions. The value of the ruble plummeted to less than 1 U.S. cent this week, and the Russian government is still unable to tap into a large portion of its $640 billion in Central Bank reserves, a lifeline that would skirt the impact of global sanctions.
Clash City Rocker
(3,398 posts)cloudbase
(5,525 posts)He may not like the response.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,429 posts)Notice he didn't say it was a declaration of war, he said it's like a declaration of war.
Interesting, is he being careful in choosing his words for fear of NATO responding to a declaration of war?
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Is providing aid and comfort to the enemy at a time of war.
TREASON.
Lock 'em up.
Lovie777
(12,326 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)What a weakling. He will never win this war. So he threatens NATO. He really cant fight NATO. In a conventional war, his army and air force will get blown to bits. So he threatens with weapons he can never use. Its like he only has a queen on the chessboard against six pawns, two rooks, a queen, and two knights. Regarding NATO, all he has are bluffs. He cant even win over Ukraine, and he thinks he can defeat NATO?
His generals should be dragging him off to Siberia, where he cant hurt anyone. As it is, Putin will likely see the end of his rule in months, not years. If not, he will destroy both Ukraine and Russia.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)A lot of people are mocking sanctions as weak & ineffective and want more aggressive things like a no-fly zone or bombing Russia's stalled convoy (sooooooo tempting!) that we can't do right now. But it looks like the sanctions are having a strong effect, which may be a useful bargaining chip.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)didn't even know why they were there. And as I've read, it's not the people of Russia waging this was, it's him!!!
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)Yer God Damn right Vlad.
For the first time in a loooooong time.
Martin68
(22,877 posts)He's run out of ideas.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)pandr32
(11,611 posts)Sorry you don't like the sanctions. That was the point.
Talitha
(6,613 posts)Those fuckers are two peas in a pod.
moondust
(20,006 posts)saw how much success his orange puppet had with projection and big lies even with a free press tracking and reporting them. He knew he could do even better with his own totalitarian propaganda network and little or no domestic competition for the "truth."