Thread: Economic Sanctions against Russia and Russia’s Retaliatory Trade Measures

Originally Posted by Eric C.

I fully encourage you also to break your iPhone/iPad with a hammer, like one Russian dude already did (and posted the evidence to youtube); it's very unfortunate if your car isn't Lada or Volga, too, coz otherwise you'll have to drown it in a lake. Money account or cash savings in dollars/euros? You'd better do anything to not let comrade Putin find it out, you don't want to let down his great trust in you, do you? And whatever happens, keep one thing in mind, whatever comrade Putin does, he does for the sake of your happiness and prosperity, and he's going to gain or lose from his every decision just the way YOU're going to gain/lose from them.

IPhones and iPads are assembled in China. Besides, there are a lot of cheap smart-phones and tablet PCs 100% made by China, so this is not an issue at all. Korean and Japanese cars are not a bit worse than the European ones, and the quality of Chinese cars has improved drastically in recent years, as well as that of lada-make cars. So, it's also is not a threat. Although Japan joined the sanctions it made it very reluctantly and there is no wonder, for Japan cannot stay aside watching the Russian-Chinese convergence.

I have a question to Lampada. The decision of the USA and EU to introduce the sanctions against Russia is obviously connected with the Ukraine situation. Since all of the forum threads referring the political situation in Ukraine are banned on this site, I wonder why this one isn't?

Originally Posted by SergeMak

...I have a question to Lampada. The decision of the USA and EU to introduce the sanctions against Russia is obviously connected with the Ukraine situation. Since all of the forum threads referring the political situation in Ukraine are banned on this site, I wonder why this one isn't?

Упс! Поймали с поличным. Ожидала такой вопрос. Отвечаю: дискуссии о трагедии в Украине не должны были быть забанены на МР, но, как известно, перешли в откровенное перебрасывание "какашками" и всяких оскорблений в адрес людей и стран, что не могло здесь продолжаться. Теперь же эта тема, открытая Антонио, которого интересует всякая экономика, вроде бы обещает в потенциале строиться на чинной, добропорядочной и взаимоуважительной основе. Я думаю, что это вполне возможно, конечно, при желании участников.

Originally Posted by Lampada

Упс! Поймали с поличным. Ожидала такой вопрос. Отвечаю: дискуссии о трагедии в Украине не должны были быть забанены на МР, но, как известно, перешли в откровенное перебрасывание "какашками" и всяких оскорблений в адрес людей и стран, что не могло здесь продолжаться. Теперь же эта тема, открытая Антонио, которого интересует всякая экономика, вроде бы обещает в потенциале строиться на чинной, добропорядочной и взаимоуважительной основе. Я думаю, что это вполне возможно, конечно, при желании участников.

As an economist I am interested mainly in the economic aspects.
I didn't link the issue with the Ukraine at all, even if it is connected.

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

As an economist I am interested mainly in the economic aspects.
I didn't link the issue with the Ukraine at all, even if it is connected.

Antonio, be careful! Don't use use the "the" with the word "Ukraine", lest the Ukrainian patriots claim that you are a Putin's spy and provocateur!

Originally Posted by SergeMak

Antonio, be careful! Don't use use the "the" with the word "Ukraine", lest the Ukrainian patriots claim you as a Putin's spy and provocateur!

Serge вам надо успокоиться, вы на грани нервного срыва
Я понимаю что СМИ нагнетают со всех сторони, враги мерещаться за углом и т.п.
Но в западных СМИ Украина по важности занимает строчки даже ниже Сирии, поэтому ваши выпады будут восприниматься с непониманием многими иностранцами.

Originally Posted by SergeMak

I have a question to Lampada. The decision of the USA and EU to introduce the sanctions against Russia is obviously connected with the Ukraine situation. Since all of the forum threads referring the political situation in Ukraine are banned on this site, I wonder why this one isn't?

while I can understand Serge's logic with this question, I for one feel that reasonable debate and exchange of opinions should be encouraged rather than banned. These are after all real and current world happenings that affect people's life. If we can't talk even about them, who can?

Originally Posted by eisenherz

while I can understand Serge's logic with this question, I for one feel that reasonable debate and exchange of opinions should be encouraged rather than banned. These are after all real and current world happenings that affect people's life. If we can't talk even about them, who can?

Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?

Originally Posted by SergeMak

Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?

Where do you see negative? Didn't he say "affect"?

Originally Posted by Lampada

Where do you see negative? Didn't he say affect?

Of course, see no evil, hear no evil! It's so convenient. "let's come together right now oh yeah in sweet harmony"

Originally Posted by SergeMak

Of course, see no evil, hear no evil! It's so convenient. "let's come together right now oh yeah in sweet harmony" ...

Не знаю, что сказать... Пожалуй, здесь лучше мне остаться в непонятках.

Originally Posted by SergeMak

Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?

with all respect I do not understand how you read either of the two into my post;
i merely expressed my thinking that I prefer debate and exchange of opinions as opposed to discussions being banned.