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Russia was always in control of when this ends. They can simply leave Ukraine.
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Though what's the value of an unsupported modern jetliner?
More to the point, as soon as that aircraft lands at an airport outside Russia (or, perhaps, China), a nice young person with a briefcase will be explaining to the FBO that the aircraft is the property of Foobar Leasing, and should not be refueled while the repossession process is under way.
The Iron Curtain cut through the heart of Europe, dividing east from west. Curtain 2.0 looks to be forming only around Russia, walling it off from all of Europe. Things will be so much worse for people on the inside this time. It will be like Soviet Russia without the Warsaw Pact to support it. It is one thing to be without Twitter and Hollywood movies, but can Russia feed itself? Can any country? Modern industrial a…
They’ve got plenty of opportunities with China.
What Putin did to Ukraine, made Russia smaller and weaker, and there is no going back.
Anyone know what impact these two items from the article would have on western companies? allowing Russian airlines to register jets leased from Western firms as their own property In response, a government commission on Wednesday approved the first step towards nationalising assets of foreign firms that leave the country. It seems to me the companies involved probably knew this was possible/probable when they pulled…
An aviation youtube channel speculated about this posibility a few days ago: https://youtu.be/Lz4gCE4ccRM In short more than half of all the russian operated airliners are leased from foreign companies. These leases are rummored to have stipulations that in case of a sanction the leased aircraft needs to be returned. It was already speculated that the Russian state won’t be letting that to happen.
If every country refused to trade with Russia, would it become one of the poorest countries in the world?
Trade is two-sided and every participant is richer as a result. So, if trade doesn't happen, both sides become poorer as a result.
Anyone know what impact these two items from the article would have on western companies? allowing Russian airlines to register jets leased from Western firms as their own property In response, a government commission on Wednesday approved the first step towards nationalising assets of foreign firms that leave the country. It seems to me the companies involved probably knew this was possible/probable when they pulled…
Though what's the value of an unsupported modern jetliner?
And of course any time you have to divert due to a flight emergency you lose that plane.
The Iron Curtain cut through the heart of Europe, dividing east from west. Curtain 2.0 looks to be forming only around Russia, walling it off from all of Europe. Things will be so much worse for people on the inside this time. It will be like Soviet Russia without the Warsaw Pact to support it. It is one thing to be without Twitter and Hollywood movies, but can Russia feed itself? Can any country? Modern industrial a…
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They’ve got plenty of opportunities with China.
For now. But we are already seeing a few chinks in that armor. China prizes stability. Countries that start wars over imagined slights do not promote stability. China's largesse is not unlimited nor does it ever come without a price.
The Iron Curtain cut through the heart of Europe, dividing east from west. Curtain 2.0 looks to be forming only around Russia, walling it off from all of Europe. Things will be so much worse for people on the inside this time. It will be like Soviet Russia without the Warsaw Pact to support it. It is one thing to be without Twitter and Hollywood movies, but can Russia feed itself? Can any country? Modern industrial a…
Maybe someone can enlighten me, but is this not the equivalent of saying "You can't fire me - I quit"? Are there any practical consequences from this besides symbolism?
I’ve purchased Baltic Birch plywood before that turned out to be manufactured in Russia. I’m not sure if that’s included under forestry product ban, but it would further impact pricing of sheet goods.
With that said, if Russia were to ban the export of specific metals (e.g. nickel), that would create chaos for auto manufacturers.