• AgreeableLandscape☭
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    02 years ago

    I mean, if they halted operations, presumably permanently as they seem to imply, it shouldn’t matter right? Since they intend to ditch all their assets and exit the market anyway, right?

    Unless this whole thing was a marketing ploy for Western audiences and they plan to start right back up once people stop paying attention. Hmm…

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      02 years ago

      Yeah exactly, if they were serious about leaving then what’s all the fuss about. Looks like a bluff got called.

      • @Julianus@lemmy.ml
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        02 years ago

        …with a weaker bluff. It’s childish, like the toothless sanctioning of Biden and Hilary Clinton. Or threatening international volunteers for the Ukrainians with legal action, while inviting Syrian mercenaries at the time. The noises coming out of the Kremlin have become farcical.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          02 years ago

          Nationalizing stuff is most definitely not a bluff. There is absolutely no reason for them not to do this, what’s the west going to do in response exactly?

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              02 years ago

              The west was never going to invest there again anyways. Russia’s future is going to be aligned with China and India, the two biggest growing economies in the world.

              • @Julianus@lemmy.ml
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                02 years ago

                Yes, as a client state to China, as North Korea is now. And when China and India flare up, Russia will be forced to choose China. Their options only become more narrow, so long as Putin remains in control.