tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post3511420206758860081..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Leaked EU memo with options for 'Stage 3' sanctions on Russia highlights underlying confusionOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-79985281020180660672014-07-28T11:48:08.583+01:002014-07-28T11:48:08.583+01:00Evidence is now emerging that Russia is shelling t...Evidence is now emerging that Russia is shelling the Ukranian government forces from across the border. What is it going to take for the EU to wake up to this treat? After MH17 Putin can now only survive in power by stoking nationalism at home and more aggression. His "New Russia" is being built on lies, propaganda and deceit. If he ever loses power, he will end up in the Hague for war crimes (like Milosevic). We will need more than sanctions to stop him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-11536992334845513142014-07-28T02:01:22.601+01:002014-07-28T02:01:22.601+01:00How are sanctions going to work when the Black Mar...How are sanctions going to work when the Black Market can supply anything for a price ?<br />All the good & services, that would have been supplied up front & legitimately, will be pass over under the table TAX FREE & INVISIBLE.<br />So is it that crime & ill gotten gains are the real desired outcomes here ? R Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-60930832708633042452014-07-25T12:48:22.981+01:002014-07-25T12:48:22.981+01:00OE
Can you provide a graphic showing a breakdown ...OE<br /><br />Can you provide a graphic showing a breakdown of trade between the EU and Russia by EU nation? Another one giving a breakdown by sector (finance, agriculture, arms and manufactured goods etc) would be most useful to this argument? <br /><br />SC Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-9264639069751725362014-07-25T10:59:26.136+01:002014-07-25T10:59:26.136+01:00I don't see any confusion at all. It seems to...I don't see any confusion at all. It seems to me that after its failed foreign policy in the Ukraine helped cause the current crisis, the EUSSR is happy to see sanctions placed on Russia so long as the only country to pay for them is the UK. Simples. Situation normal.Average Englishmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-11074323990214261602014-07-25T10:40:09.649+01:002014-07-25T10:40:09.649+01:00I don't see how these sanctions help anyone......I don't see how these sanctions help anyone...what Europe makes and provides can be bought from others...and winter is coming...time maybe for Russia to turn off those gas supplies...that will hurt the economies and industries of the EU, especially Germany...talk about cutting off one's nose to spite one's face...no carrots only sticks = impasse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-66954228991439450982014-07-24T13:57:45.648+01:002014-07-24T13:57:45.648+01:00Euroclowns at their finest...
The arms embargo is ...Euroclowns at their finest...<br />The arms embargo is there to show that France will suffer too, for they won't be able to sell those ships they haven't gotten orders for yet.<br />I'd like to see Stage 4, to finally get that EU recovery going...<br />Can't wait for this Ponzi schema of an union to collapse...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com