When Latvia, Estonia and Litva joined Shengen zone, there was an intent to drop visas and limits for staying between Russia and Shengen zone. May be even join Shengen, I don't remember details. The only thing Russian government had to do is to establish borders (implement visas) between Middle Asia Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgizstan countries to prevent flow of uneducated and poor population to Europe. However, Russian government denied to do that using a "tolerance" as main reason for the West and "etnic Russian compatriots" in that countries for internal propaganda. In reality, there was no Russians in that countries for a long time - many was killed during national revolutions, and survivers emigrated to Russia in early 90-s. Russian oligarchs just needed cheap workforce at any cost, including continious grow of rape, murders and crimes perpetuated in Russia by that savage muslim migrants. But tolerance to the cultural peculiarities and diversity! So, as there appeared an opportunity to make the personal realtions between Russians and Europeans wider and stronger it was immidiately cutted.
From the other side West widely opened to "Russian" (mostly Jewish, really) oligarchs and bureaucrats (criminals, really). If you have $1M - you are welcomed in any European country. Investment residence permit, or something like that. Invest $100k-$1M into Euraopean business and you still will own your money as assets and get permanent residence. Europe exactly know where all that oligarchs got their millions (from USSR property and resources stolen from people), however, they was welcomed.
Overall, educated, white christian Russian population was separated from Europe and vice versa, mostly by Russian authorities, and at the same time European authorities forcefully push oligarchs in Russia to rob population more (and eventually establish current totalitarian regime to suppress any protest) by giving green light to their criminal money.
Some kind of a plan to make Europe dependent on Russia that evetually will be forced to become totalitarian state. And create as many tensions between Europe and Russia as possible. Europe became totalitarian state too, as clearly was visible during coronahoax.
Now that impossible war that will hit both Europe and Russia, with all that shortage of supply chains that were forcefully built earlier.
Really I think that there is a non-zero probability that there will be a flow of refugees from Europe to Russia.
Deuchebank is about to fail which will take out most of the EU. Only resiliency is essentially the gold reserves that the ECB has been building. The demographics and productive capacity of Europe is a disaster. They rely upon American military to back their social spending deficits. If US stops doing that then they will have to cut social spending and then those people will flee Europe. Not necessarily the type of immigrants Russia will want but perhaps better than jihadists. The decline of the US petro dollar will cause US military to stay close to home.
Only resiliency is essentially the gold reserves that the ECB has been building.
Seems that that "gold reserves" is in the best case are some papers, vouchers, or most probably just a digit in some database. Russia lost some part of "gold reserves" due to sanctions, Didn't get deep into, but something like London stock really held the gold, and Russia had only papers that this gold belongs to Russian government.
All that thing with gold looks fucking strange - where is all that gold really? I recall a story with gold plated tungsten ingots from US, but I suppose that casting a bars of tungsten (one of the most refractory metal in the world) to use them inside fake gold ingot will make it cost nearly as gold ingot itself. Tungsten is only 4 times cheaper than gold, add the extremely high temperature casting and finally casting gold ingot with tungsten bars inside. So, it is not about money, there is something else.
The confiscation is reserves is a short term win since it will cause a lack of trust that persists forever across all nations. There will be no more global centralized gold and each central bank will manage its own exchange.
Great info 👍 goes to my hypothesis:
There was more.
When Latvia, Estonia and Litva joined Shengen zone, there was an intent to drop visas and limits for staying between Russia and Shengen zone. May be even join Shengen, I don't remember details. The only thing Russian government had to do is to establish borders (implement visas) between Middle Asia Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgizstan countries to prevent flow of uneducated and poor population to Europe. However, Russian government denied to do that using a "tolerance" as main reason for the West and "etnic Russian compatriots" in that countries for internal propaganda. In reality, there was no Russians in that countries for a long time - many was killed during national revolutions, and survivers emigrated to Russia in early 90-s. Russian oligarchs just needed cheap workforce at any cost, including continious grow of rape, murders and crimes perpetuated in Russia by that savage muslim migrants. But tolerance to the cultural peculiarities and diversity! So, as there appeared an opportunity to make the personal realtions between Russians and Europeans wider and stronger it was immidiately cutted.
From the other side West widely opened to "Russian" (mostly Jewish, really) oligarchs and bureaucrats (criminals, really). If you have $1M - you are welcomed in any European country. Investment residence permit, or something like that. Invest $100k-$1M into Euraopean business and you still will own your money as assets and get permanent residence. Europe exactly know where all that oligarchs got their millions (from USSR property and resources stolen from people), however, they was welcomed.
Overall, educated, white christian Russian population was separated from Europe and vice versa, mostly by Russian authorities, and at the same time European authorities forcefully push oligarchs in Russia to rob population more (and eventually establish current totalitarian regime to suppress any protest) by giving green light to their criminal money.
Some kind of a plan to make Europe dependent on Russia that evetually will be forced to become totalitarian state. And create as many tensions between Europe and Russia as possible. Europe became totalitarian state too, as clearly was visible during coronahoax.
Now that impossible war that will hit both Europe and Russia, with all that shortage of supply chains that were forcefully built earlier.
Really I think that there is a non-zero probability that there will be a flow of refugees from Europe to Russia.
Deuchebank is about to fail which will take out most of the EU. Only resiliency is essentially the gold reserves that the ECB has been building. The demographics and productive capacity of Europe is a disaster. They rely upon American military to back their social spending deficits. If US stops doing that then they will have to cut social spending and then those people will flee Europe. Not necessarily the type of immigrants Russia will want but perhaps better than jihadists. The decline of the US petro dollar will cause US military to stay close to home.
Seems that that "gold reserves" is in the best case are some papers, vouchers, or most probably just a digit in some database. Russia lost some part of "gold reserves" due to sanctions, Didn't get deep into, but something like London stock really held the gold, and Russia had only papers that this gold belongs to Russian government.
All that thing with gold looks fucking strange - where is all that gold really? I recall a story with gold plated tungsten ingots from US, but I suppose that casting a bars of tungsten (one of the most refractory metal in the world) to use them inside fake gold ingot will make it cost nearly as gold ingot itself. Tungsten is only 4 times cheaper than gold, add the extremely high temperature casting and finally casting gold ingot with tungsten bars inside. So, it is not about money, there is something else.
100%. :)
The confiscation is reserves is a short term win since it will cause a lack of trust that persists forever across all nations. There will be no more global centralized gold and each central bank will manage its own exchange.