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How do you move 1.6 million civilians across a war torn country back to Russia? That sounds like a logistical impossibility.
Quote from: wetwillie on July 14, 2022, 09:45:02 PMHow do you move 1.6 million civilians across a war torn country back to Russia? That sounds like a logistical impossibility.That has to be counting the people in the donbas region, has to be, even with that, it's pretty flimsy
how would that not be very apparent via satellite?
Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on July 11, 2022, 01:10:12 PMNo one is dumb enough to actually believe that Russian society is less "degenerate" than western societies, right?
No one is dumb enough to actually believe that Russian society is less "degenerate" than western societies, right?
Influential business and political figures will argue that it will be more important to “keep people employed than keep them warm.”Whatever the policy choices, he added, “everyone understands that this war really means a big loss of wealth for everyone in the West as well as in Russia.”Much of the economic debate in Germany now revolves around just how big those losses may be, particularly if the supply of energy from Russia is suddenly halted. Conclusions have ranged from mild to disastrous.Tom Krebs, an economist at the University of Mannheim and adviser to the finance ministry, estimated in May that Germany’s national output could drop as much as 12 percent once ripple effects on industries beyond energy and consumers were taken into account.
The World Bank forecast after the invasion that global food prices would rise 20 per cent this year, far outpacing raw materials.The impact is particularly grim in Africa, which usually imports grain from Ukraine as well as producing its own food. Fertiliser prices there have risen 300 per cent, and the continent is facing a shortage of 2mn metric tons, according to the African Development Bank. It has approved a $1.5bn programme to help farmers fill the gap but warns that total production could fall by 20 per cent this year.Janet Yellen, the US Treasury secretary, said on Friday that the world was facing “an extremely difficult time for global food security” and urged the G20 group of leading nations to halt stockpiling and export restrictions on food and provide additional financial assistance to countries and people struggling with food insecurity.
jmho, and i've never managed the energy supply of a middling-sized european country, but if i were germany i'd start by not shutting down all my nuclear plants for no reason at all.
So you have to declare force majeure if the state that controls your company has already threatened to nuke your customers? Seems like a bit much.
