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Looks like the whole world is following your advice ! I can't ever remember a time when I'm looking forward to Monday so much !

d) is it because Storm Shadows are known as bunker-busters? Putin is planning ahead, anticipating that he may soon have to be presidential from his favourite bunker.

1 USD = 104.070 RUB The Moscow exchange must be closed by now, so this is from trading elsewhere. https://www.xe.com/en-gb/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=RUB&To=USD

Pre-match entertainment with Joe Blogs. 'Russian ruble collapsing'.

I don't know if storm shadows were used on the Kerch bridge. But, basing the definition of 'escalation' on using them inside Russia, it wouldn't have been an escalation, because the span of the is inside Ukraine. Mind you, Putin makes up his own rules, so he probably claims the whole bridge is...

I'm not so sure there would be a full-on civil war. Unrest, lawlessness, gunfights on the streets of Moscow sure, but an organised uprising? I'm not so sure. These people are fragmented and diverse across a vast continent. The reason I say this, is that, according to Paul Warburg, the ethnic...

It's 14:33 here. Unfortunately for Russians, the market session is still open. The ruble is 1.5% down on the day. 67 more days of this (a week after MAGA hits the White House) and the ruble will be worth nothing. Zero.

A failed ICBM, railways, the ruble, planes and inflation: An 11 minute digest.

Do you remember I queried why they mentioned Portugal? Twice previously, I have heard Russians (once Medvedev, and a panellist on a propaganda show) refer to expanding west to the Atlantic. This might be what they mean. All part of the grand plan.

06:09 AM 1 USD = 101.489 Rub. 08:30 AM 1 USD = 102.383 Rub. https://www.xe.com/en-gb/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=RUB&To=USD

This thread needs some context. Yes, Russia has got a new missile. It has issued new threats. Here's a snapshot of the state of Russia this morning. The ruble continues to fall, making all Russian imports more expensive. Russia is importing inflation. I USD = 101.489 Rub. Half of its...

The more that Putin complains about something, the more reason to do it, and to keep on doing it. He does a very good job at scaring the west from taking the steps that would help defeat him.

Mind the gap - the ruble is finding it difficult to even maintain parity with one US cent. Next stop, the UK decimal ha'penny (which was withdrawn from circulation in 1984, when Gorbachev was president). After that, it's the old imperial UK penny, then an old imperial UK ha'penny, then a...

The ruble continues to drift down - 1 USD = 100.90 rubles. A big part of this war is being fought off the battlefield. https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency

But isn't it a good thing that it is completely untested on such a scale? That means that the Nato collective deterrent has worked in the past. It has done its job. I'm sure Nato conducts exercises and simulations anyway.

None of us can see into the future. We can only guess. Remember we are in Nato. Any strike on a Nato country will elicit a commensurate response. That is the deterrent. Will it work with Putin ? Well it has so far. So, probably, yes. And he now knows, if he didn't already, that his air...

Applications are invited for the following positions on the Russia invades Ukraine thread: Expert - Russian invasions. Must have relevant experience in a) being Russian or b) invading neighbouring countries. Misplaced arrogance and brutality a bonus. Expert - Ukraine. Must have married a...

My ambition is to get one on the forum before the war ends. Wish me luck.

As far as I can see from the video, none whatsoever. But I'm not an expert... Paul Warburg (and I think Jake Broe) have commented that Russian air defences are less than perfect. Paul Warburg suggested that this is why Russia wouldn't go down the nuke route - because they couldn't prevent the...