Now they're being treated like shit by the rest of the world...guess when somebody's down we should keep kicking them
EU Sanctions and the Mosconi Cup
- Thread starter NathanDetroit
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Sanctions, I'd guess is what he meant.
Those harm ONLY we the mere Mundane, not the elites.
Jeff Livingston
I think you are seeing the hatred directed at the Russian government.... not the people themselves. There are thousands of Russian people being arrested just for protesting the invasion of Ukraine. They knew they would be arrested yet they did it anyway. I respect that. And so does the rest of the world. If you can come up with a better way then sanctions to punish the Russian government without affecting the people, I'm all ears.
No problem there. Just make a connection russia->hong kong->new york.
I remember in the past some foriegn athletes defected to the U.S. and other countries. I don't know their personal situation, but seems like an option. We could use some help on the MC team. Seriously I hope things work out for them.
Money
That would require inter bank communication.
SWIFT has been taken away from Russia.
SWIFT is how banks communicate with each other.
What you are proposing cannot be done with the way the current sanctions are in place.
By the way, Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, failed today.
It went under.
The world is shunning everything Russian.
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Yeah, and plutonium poisoning from nuclear fallout will make you a hell of a lot sicker.
What?
DryFlyTrout
Active member
Sounds like a great idea. I wonder what Putin's reaction would be?
Throw them all in a gulag?
and also assassinations (like WWI)
This is where it becomes official for pool.
And the WPA announcement too.
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And the WPA announcement too.
IOC recommendation - Russian and Belarusian athletes - WPA Pool
At its Board meeting today, 3rd March 2022, the WCBS took the decision to stand by and in support of the IOC recommendation of not permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials to compete in international sporting events. It is indeed a sad day for our sport of billiards when we have...
wpapool.com
Russian athletes have been banned from the Paralympic stage now too.This is where it becomes official for pool.
And the WPA announcement too.
IOC recommendation - Russian and Belarusian athletes - WPA Pool
At its Board meeting today, 3rd March 2022, the WCBS took the decision to stand by and in support of the IOC recommendation of not permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials to compete in international sporting events. It is indeed a sad day for our sport of billiards when we have...
Russian presence is being eliminated from the world stage
in every global venue athletic and otherwise by consensus.
About time!
Roll on Ukraine.
IOC?
is that the international olympic committee? the entity that gave putin and jinping the platform embrace of their future and, the weed-whackers (WPA) endorse it? The EU and Britain are complicit for the evil they're willing to live with if they don't take out moscow and beijing.
is that the international olympic committee? the entity that gave putin and jinping the platform embrace of their future and, the weed-whackers (WPA) endorse it? The EU and Britain are complicit for the evil they're willing to live with if they don't take out moscow and beijing.
Fedor has harmed no one.
Yet, he will be harmed by the unspeakables.
No only unfair, but criminal.
Jeff Livingston
Please. When in history have the citizens of countries waging war and engaging in unprovoked attacks not borne some of the negative consequences of such aggression? There's nothing really new here.
The economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and countless other countries have reduced the value of the ruble dramatically, inflicting further and intentional financial torture on anyone having assets denominated in that currency. Is that fair or are these countries engaging in such sanctioning just as unspeakable.
There are no absolutes here. This mess and its consequences, in which many have a part, is harming countless innocent people. The nations of the world have yet to devise a method of dissuading or punishing acts of major aggression without harming innocent people in the process.
We all understand that Russia's actions were not directed by the likes of Kristina, Ruslan and Fedor, but sadly, and as you note unfairly, they will bear some of the consequences of the actions of their government.
In short, the saying "all's fair in love and war" is not quite accurate.