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🇬🇧🇷🇺🇺🇦 UK banks refuse to steal $10.6 billion in Russian assets for Ukraine, FT
▪️The government did not provide them with guarantees of compensation for damages in the event of retaliatory actions by Russia.
▪️They expressed concern that UK lenders could face “serious legal risks”.
▪️Earlier, France also abandoned the idea of stealing Russian assets .ParticipantParticipant14 mins …
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ParticipantLarry Johnson writes about theft …
“If you are caught between a dog with a full bladder and a fireplug, you are going to get a golden shower. If the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen gets her way, Belgium faces an unpleasant hosing down. Some European members of NATO, eager to save a Ukraine that is beyond salvation, are desperately trying to figure out a way to steal Russian assets held by Euroclear without admitting that they are guilty of theft. The European Commission is the most vocal advocate for using the cash and windfall profits generated by frozen Russian sovereign assets held at Euroclear (and similar EU institutions) in a deceitful scheme to back large loans for Ukraine’s budget, defence, and reconstruction. It presents this as an unprecedented but legally “safer” reparations‑loan mechanism that leaves Russia’s ownership claim over the underlying assets formally intact while redirecting the income and cash balances they generate. But anyway you paint it, it is still theft and Belgium is squirming at the prospect.” con’t at link
https://sonar21.com/belgium-is-caught-between-the-euro-dog-and-the-russian-fireplug/
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Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever called the European Commission’s proposal to use Russian assets for Ukraine “theft.”
“Of course, there are better solutions than stealing money from the Russian central bank. This is a radical step. I think it’s very unwise and ill-considered.”
He didn’t rule out filing a lawsuit against the EC to block the possible decision to use Russian assets.
A rare voice of reason in the EU. The confiscation of sovereign assets is a dangerous precedent that will ultimately undermine trust in the Western financial system and the dollar.
ParticipantParticipantabout 8 mins … get your tissues out …
An American here – we have never had a leader of Putin’s caliber (in my opinion of course) … and I think we would be hard pressed to find a citizen hero, such as this Russian test pilot … who could speak so eloquently, extemporaneously.
Participantlagniappe … I had to look that one up…
well, both … actually … lol …
ParticipantMr. P
Yours is a ‘beautiful mind’ … as the phrase goes (except for Barbara Bush’s definition!)
Thanks for the gems you add daily…
regards… ‘a drive-by poster’
ParticipantParticipantSouthern Gal … again … 6 mins
ParticipantSouthern Gal with a rant about truth – 5 mins
ParticipantOn Ukraine … via https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/52812 – scroll down
Trump’s envoys have given Zelenskyy “several days” to respond to the proposed peace agreement, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.
The article notes that the US president hopes to reach an agreement on a settlement in Ukraine “by Christmas.”
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🇺🇦 Zelenskyy stated that he is ready to hold elections in Ukraine . The Bankova resident, responding to Italian journalists, said he is “always ready” for the elections. The statement came after Donald Trump said that Kyiv is using the war as a pretext to postpone the vote. === Fox News Russia –
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Almost all of Kyiv is without power: Did we miss something?
“About 70% of Kyiv is now without power,” Kyiv public groups are writing.
And yet, apparently, there was no serious strike. I wonder what’s going on there…
Meanwhile, Ukrainian energy experts say there are only enough spare parts to repair Ukraine’s energy facilities for two or three strikes.
Two years ago, they were saying Russia only had enough missiles for those same two or three strikes. Yes, times have changed.
ParticipantA bit of humor (or reality?) … apologize if offensive to some (scratch that) …
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