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originally posted by: MrSpad
Just Putin feeling around for a way out of things. Looking for a way to cut a deal and save face at the same time. Russia is in bad shape and even if santions ended today with the Ruble worth nothing and Russias credit rating just above junk it will still be a hard road for Russia ahead. These oil prices are murder on Russia who really has not much more to count on.
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
I guess Putin went home from the G20 understanding the world was turning against him.
So this is a positive step in my mind.
If Country A has a special trade agreement with Country B, then Country B goes and gets a special trade deal with the enemies of Country A... do you not think that Country A has a right or even an obligation to prevent that trade agreement from undermining their own economy?
Russia is totally within its rights and obligations in trying to get Ukraine and Ukraine's possible suitors around the table to work-out a mutually acceptable agreement. Ukraine's refusal just underscores their infantile disorder
originally posted by: Blister
Um, I do not think the global trade system quite works like that.
originally posted by: BornAgainAlien
What Ukrainians want doesn`t matter, it`s all about the war of The West against Russia/China/Iran/Syria.
During a joint news conference in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that as fighting escalated in east Ukraine he could see "no grounds for optimism".
originally posted by: Blister
Russia is totally within its rights and obligations in trying to get Ukraine and Ukraine's possible suitors around the table to work-out a mutually acceptable agreement. Ukraine's refusal just underscores their infantile disorder