From this perspective, a campaign suggesting to the young Ukrainians that they will be deported would push part of them to run to Belarussia or ... Russia.
That creates all sorts of other problems... having a 5th column in Russia or Belarus is not ideal for those countries either.
There is probably plenty of good paying jobs in Russia for those with skills and motivation, but the risk of sabotage for bandera makes it problematic.
Emmanuel Todd says NATO defeat in Ukraine is imminent.
Sputnik. Last Friday, January 7, 2024, French historian Emmanuel Todd made predictions about the situation in Ukraine, anticipating the imminent defeat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the conflict. Todd, known for his geopolitical analyses, stated that this defeat will lead to reconciliation between Russia and Europe, with a particular rapprochement with Germany, contrary to the interests of the United States.
So he is hoping for colonial Europe to kick out its overlords in the US and to turn its attention to Russia to return to the throne and return to ruling the world... Russia is not interested in Western colonialism whether the orders come from Washington or Brussels, that is over. I am sure Russia would appreciate better relations with many parts of Europe, but the idea they could go back to anything like friends is ridiculous because they were never friends... Russia was useful when France (Napleon) or Germany (Hitler) was taking over, and after the cold war they supplied cheap energy and resources that made European goods and services competitive on the world market... but Russia really didn't get very much out of that relationship and I hope they understand that going back to that would be toxic for Russia. And they were quick to criticise or lecture Russia... this was not friendship in any accepted sense of the word.
Russia does not need to replace the US and is working within BRICS to create a more fair system where no country can dominate or ignore the rules that everyone else agrees to.
The Europeans like to talk about their high morals and ethics but in actual fact when push comes to shove they are worse than those they hold up as the bad guys.
Russia really does not need a Europe that will be all moral and ethical and supposedly united for peace and justice and democracy, but when Covid hit they banned Russian vaccines and hoarded those they could make for themselves, stealing medical supplies from any aircraft that landed on their territory no matter where it was going. Much of the vaccines and medical equipment was stored till it had expired and was quietly disposed of.... very moral, very ethical, very civilised.
Same with the grain exports from Ukraine... they claimed it was feeding the world and 80% of it went to Europe and other rich countries and they used it to supply weapons and ammo to the Ukraine army and the protected shipping corridors to mount attacks on the Crimea and Russia.
There might be some decent people in Europe, but your leaders are scum.
So it seems Europe, and the collective consciousness of Europe understand they are in a trade war with the Americans
To be fair those American companies are well known for fiddling the books with offshore company HQs so they pay little or no tax anywhere... and most of them are a licence to print money and make enormous profits even if they paid their taxes.
Inevitably as more far-right politicians win, they will not only increase the trade war, but the rapprochement with Russia is inevitable
I hope not... the west is a disease and damages every culture it contacts... Russia is better off with BRICS and the rest of the world in a culture not focused purely on money.
Russia is part of Europe. It only makes sense. EU is just an US asset
Russia should ignore Europe till it can grow up and mature a bit... right now they are killing Russian soldiers with their support for Kiev, Europe was making far more profit and got far more benefit from Russia than Russia ever got from Europe... Russia needs to let go and pivot to the rest of the world.
Even the poorest country in African or Central or South America offers better trade relations for Russia than any country in Europe or Europe adjacent.
It is not about spite... it is learning your lessons.
Boeing is run by incompetent morons, and the massive defence spending of the US makes commercial airliners a very marginal business in comparison.
Boeing is a bloated Frankensteins monster of old companies that is mostly held together by lucrative and highly profitable contracts with the US military.
All you have to do is hire the retired officers from the Pentagon who dealt with purchases and supply and support contracts because generally they trained the guys doing that job now, so they know how the system works and who to suck up to and they trained the guys now making the decisions... I rather suspect their pay is not amazing in the job at the pentagon so you get the guy who trained you taking you out to lunch or dinner at the most expensive restaurants in town (places you couldn't afford the entrée let alone any food off the menu) and you and your wife or partner get to go and order anything you like and talk business with the guy who trained you to do your job. There is no reason to lie... you can be open about it, you just say... I was where you are now and my former boss made me this offer... give me all the contracts or the best contracts or at least all the insider information like rival bids and in ten years time when you retire from your 100K per year job you have now I will retire from this 2.3 million per year job and it will be yours. Boeing supplies cars and meals and clothing and I don't pay for anything at all so in 10 years I will have millions in the bank and can retire somewhere nice with lots of money to have holidays and enjoy myself... that could be you. And by the way I know a few other people at the pentagon so if you don't want to play ball you might get shifted to a different job and I can offer this deal to the next guy.
Everyone is in on it and no one will rock the boat because it works for them the way things are. Boeing can afford to pay someone 2.3 million a year because they know the people at the Pentagon and how the Pentagon works and these guys will be bringing in billions of dollars worth of contracts every year... they are probably underpaying them.
The EEC made a lot of sense, what the EU has morphed into is kinda absurd.
It might have been good for Europe but for the British commonwealth, it was not so good:
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This 1967 cartoon plays on possible meanings for the acronym EEC (European Economic Community). What the EEC meant for New Zealand was loss of trade access to Britain, its traditional market for agricultural exports.
But of course we worked hard to open new markets for our exports to the point where not only survived but did alright.