[OFF TOPIC] Russia-Ukraine War

[heywoodu 14,913]

14 minutes ago, Illya said:

Yeeeeeeeeeees , it's totally true and that's how I feel this situation

For what it's worth, a very large majority of people (at least here) is very much in favour of all these sanctions meant to isolate Russia economically and such, but yeah....politicians decide, unfortunately..

[hckošice 14,769]

newspaper first page (ok a the sun/daily mirror sort of tabloid stuff newpaper but still)

 

[Vektor 3,325]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

For what it's worth, a very large majority of people (at least here) is very much in favour of all these sanctions meant to isolate Russia economically and such, but yeah....politicians decide, unfortunately..

For us it's not that simple. Orbán is saying that he wants peace and the trade with Russia to continue because that's exactly what his voters want to hear one month before the Hungarian elections. The opposition went full anti-Russian yesterday like most Western politicians and I think they might lose the Hungarian election because of it. There's also a very clear pro-Russia sentiment on social media from conservatives, many Hungarians blame the Americans and NATO for this conflict. 

[heywoodu 14,913]

12 minutes ago, Vektor said:

many Hungarians blame the Americans and NATO for this conflict. 

This is present here too, but luckily not as much (still annoyingly loud though).

 

Spoiler

Somewhat annoyingly, my Russian-roots boss, otherwise excellent and very friendly guy who I definitely like working for, is one of them  

 

[bestmen 2,806]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

What is he supposed to do?

to give up , this president + usa are responsible of dead civilians 

[bestmen 2,806]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

newspaper first page (ok a the sun/daily mirror sort of tabloid stuff newpaper but still)

 

not a good idea , it's prokative for Germany 

[bestmen 2,806]

54 minutes ago, Vektor said:

many Hungarians blame the Americans and NATO for this conflict. 

They are right , usa is looking to put their military bases everywhere to controle  countries  and steale their richness , of course they hide themselves behind organizations like UNn ,nato....etc 

any conflict in this world : usa is in 

[bestmen 2,806]

the president of Belaruss has threatened lithuania+poland : for any react we will join and  protect Russia , we are not Ukraine he said 

[dcro 10,210]

14 minutes ago, bestmen said:

the president of Belaruss has threatened lithuania+poland : for any react we will join and  protect Russia , we are not Ukraine he said 

You are ruining the legacy of this amazing exit.

 

 

[OlympicsFan 858]

Some more thoughts:

1) To me it looks as if Putin is (very) ill. Maybe he knows that he won't have a lot more time, so nothing is off the table.

2) I don't think that this will end after Ukraine and i am not sure how afraid Putin is of attacking a NATO/EU state. Moldova sadly seems like a likely victim.

3) Whatever sanctions the west will impose on Russia, the same sanctions have to be imposed on Belarus as well.