Vlad could be bluffing.
But frankly, I think at this point, he’s ready to ride this thing until the wheels come off.
Unlike the United States, Russia is actually prepared to be nuked. The entire subway system in Moscow – which spans the whole city – functions as a bunker. I’ve actually traversed some of the lower tunnels that you can just walk down into, and this is like some shit where you expect to run into the Morlocks.
RT:
No new sanctions can possibly deter Russia from doing what it wants, because Moscow has experience dealing with them for many years already, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned.
Speaking at a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, on Friday, the Russian leader claimed Moscow cannot possibly avoid Western sanctions, because they are not aimed at altering the Kremlin’s behavior. In his view, they are actually a plan to hinder the economic development of Russia.
“Sanctions will be imposed in any case. Whether they have a reason today, for example, in connection with the events in Ukraine, or there is no reason, it will be found,” Putin said. “The goal is different. In this case, the goal is to slow down the development of Russia and Belarus.”
The Russian president also stated that Moscow believes these sanctions to be illegitimate, calling them an unfair competition tool of the US and its allies.
“This is a gross violation of international law,” he said, also accusing the US of a selective approach to international norms.
Sanctions are baby fighting. There is no way to heavily sanction Russia without causing prices to explode in the United States, and Europe. It will also cause the price of oil to explode.
If oil explodes, that means furthering the inflation spiral, to the point where you might end up in hyperinflation in the US, which these people are clearly not ready for.
China is allied with Russia, and they are capable of defending each other, feeding each other, and providing energy resources for each other.
Sino-Friendship is unstoppable.
If sanctions are a game of chicken, Russia will win. Americans are pussies. Most Russians, aside from the urbanite filth in the center of Moscow, are ready to grunt, shrug and grab the vodka if their quality of life drops 50%.
Americans – not really. Americans are fine being slaves, but only as long as they’re comfortable.
Basically, these Western faggots either need to push the button or not.
Playing the sanctions game is like if Winston Churchill would have flown to Germany to meet with Adolf Hitler and said “okay mate, before we do this war, let’s first do a round of pattycakes, alright m8?”
Hitler would have just mumbled something in broken Spanish about “just start the bombing, cabron” and stormed out and left Churchill with the bill.