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

Originally Posted by 14Russian

Apparently, Russia needs more sanctions?

Terrorists trained in Russia are caught after trying to kill Ukrainians during a peace march.

https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyi...es-381532.html

Putin must have to recruit people with major mental problems but I guess that circumstance is quite prevalent after reading posts here and other places where these sentiments exist. The amount of support and Putin/Kremlin sympathism is too great to simply declare it's a coincidence.

Needs more sanctions? Not really. The West has already proven how unreliable they are as business partners. Or is that hostile? I mean they did do everything they could do to try and crush the competition, right? Imo some of those countries should be sued for fraud and they should all be sued for slander.
About the Ukrainian Secret Service fairy tale - I would believe the sky was green with bright purple dots before I would believe anything they said.

@ Lampada:
I'm not surprised that the Russian economy is growing again. Vladimir Putin brought the economy way up after the Yeltsin economic stagnation. And I noticed he was making all the right moves during the crisis. And now with Unionpay and all the plans for rebuilding industries in Russia, the future look really good. I also believe the Russian economy will grow even more and faster than the economists are predicting.
Btw, happy May Day, everybody! I'll be watching the parade.

To the people who critisized my purchase of Russian shares in December.
YOUR LOSS people!

Here is how these random shares performed since I bought them in November or December last year.

Sistema +214%
Amur Minerals +33.3%
Gazprom +34%
Magnit +40%
Raven Russia -5.3%
VTB Bank +30%

Average growth of my Russian shares in five months: 58 %

Compare the with the average development of the FTSE or Dow Jones since then.

With this level of growth I'll have 100% growth in under a year..
Russia, a loser country, doomed to failure? I think not!

Russia has a fraction of the debt level of the USA, or even the UK.
It has substantive verified gold reserves, as opposed to the USA. They don't have the increasingly complex immigration problems Europe has, and they are not ruining their economy with endless wars and making enemies of everyone, like the USA. It may be a bit tough for Russia now, but the long term prospectives are good.

I have kept an eye on events in Ukraine and Donbass, as sad and tragic as they are. After making sure I heard both sides of the story, I don't see that Russia has done anything sufficiently immoral for me to turn my back. Certainly not in comparison with the UK where I live.

Originally Posted by Hanna

To the people who critisized my purchase of Russian shares in December.
YOUR LOSS people!

I sincerely congratulate you on making some profit of it, but you have to realize one simple thing: it's not OUR gain or loss, it's YOURS! That said, you probably shouldn't get engaged in market trading just to prove your point to your opponents. But it's all up to you. Good luck with that!