Current Ukraine crisis..What do you think? 1st stage to another cold war?

[lhorenzoo]

sige gihapon ang standoff sa ukraine military and russian troops ?

[wak_wak]

Putin Is Already Losing in Ukraine

The Kremlin’s own pollster released a survey on Monday that showed 73% of Russians reject it. In phrasing its question posed in early February to 1,600 respondents across the country, the state-funded sociologists at WCIOM were clearly trying to get as much support for the intervention as possible: “Should Russia react to the overthrow of the legally elected authorities in Ukraine?” they asked. Only 15% said yes — hardly a national consensus.

The economic impact on Russia is already staggering. When markets opened on Monday morning, investors got their first chance to react to the Russian intervention in Ukraine over the weekend, and as a result, the key Russian stock indexes tanked by more than 10%. That amounts to almost $60 billion in stock value wiped out in the course of a day, more than Russia spent preparing for last month’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom, which accounts for roughly a quarter of Russian tax revenues, lost $15 billion in market value in one day.

[lhorenzoo]

​in a dilemma diay nis putin ron . unsa kahay buhaton ani niya ?

[pak88]

Wala gyud trade sanctions mahitabo ani because it will send oil prices even higher.

Ukraine crisis: US-Europe rifts surfacing as Putin tightens Crimea grip | World news | The Guardian

Murag walay trade sanctions mahitabo.

[kidynamite]

if sanctions will be imposed, EU jud ang dako maapektohan ani.. majority sa ila oil and gas kay gikan sa russia.

[kidynamite]

Russia will abandon the US dollar as a reserve currency if the United States initiates sanctions against the Russian Federation, Presidential advisor Sergey Glazyev told Ria Novosti news agency.

“We will be forced to go to another currency and create our own payment and settlement system. We have a fantastic trade and economic relationship with our partners in the east and south, and we’ll find a way to not only reset our financial dependence on the US, but come out from these sanctions with an advantage for ourselves,” he said.

“Efforts to declare sanctions against the Russian Federation will result in the collapse of the US financial system, which will entail the end of US dominance in the world financial system.”

[Nokki]

ang kalahi-an lang aning mga city sa eastern Ukraine ug Sevastopol is that, Sevastopol lies in an oblast (Crimea) that has an ethnic Russian majority. Kaning other eastern cities they are in predominantly Ukrainian populated oblasts. So it's very complicated for those other areas outside of Crimea.

hehe mura ni novel in the making

lets see kay diba naa vote for greater autonomy or outright independece ang Autonomous Republic of Crimea on march 30 kay foreigner affairs ug maintaning it's own armed forces na lang ang kuwang nila, they have their own constitution.If this will be sucessfull other provinces from the east might join who are ods with the euromaidan authorities from kiev.

mura annexation of east ukraine is not what the russians have in mind but an independent or at the very least greater autonomy of east ukraine who are freindly to their interest. kay unacceptable na ilaha kung mahimu ni nato member ang euro-ukraine.

map nytime http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...ns-crimea.html

suko ni si putin kay na ilad cya sa feb 21 agreement that wil maintain the status quo,after all both west and russia covertly and overtly are responsible sa crisis, instead of heading the agreement the western controlled euromaidan revolutinaries ejected the russain backed president and running for his life outside kiev ,thats why they wont recognize and talk to the western backed new president.

feb 21 agg Agreement on the Settlement of Crisis in Ukraine - full text | World news | theguardian.com

[Nokki]

​in a dilemma diay nis putin ron . unsa kahay buhaton ani niya ?

theory theory lang

kana diay deployment ng un marked russain troops in greater crimea , that alone will encourage the locals who dont recognize the euromadian kiev authority to break away without any reprisal from kiev. and those ukrainan bases which were surrounded by green men in military gear a local organize civilian people power might assault it under watchful eyes by kremlin and kiev cant order to shoot civies. even the russian foreign sec said counter revolution is possible.

[M.A.D.]

I am siding with Putin on this one. All he has to do is keep quiet and hold his ground.

The financers of the coup are the ones actually pressuring the west to do something with utter disregard for the consequences. It actually looks like the financers want no competition from Russian natgas exports to EU. Unfortunately that is not happening. They could not achieve it in syria and they won't achieve it in Ukraine. It is just a matter of time when the black sea to bulgaria pipeline is finished. For now, Putin will just have to buy time.

The Saudis especially Prince Bandar and the Qataris must be so frustrated right now. As for the markets, that is only temporary. Anytime soon investors and market participants will eventually come back, as of now the situation is still very volatile.



I hope bread prices remain stable.

Wheat commodity futures show an increase in wheat starting february so things actually got worse in ukraine during that time. Also, other commodity prices may have increased due to the situation in the ukraine.

Ukraine crisis hits shares around world and sends oil and wheat prices soaring - Business News - Business - The Independent

[PhilosopheRob]

It might not be the most popular opinion in the Philippines but i am also with Russia on this one. I know both sides have their own vested interest in this conflict but taking into account how the U.S. behaved lately in the middle-east, from Libya, Syria and Egypt, i just want Russia to gain the upper hand just to tilt the balance of powers away from the U.S.