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Why would you buy Russian securities for bitcoins? I mean literally? You buy securities for profit. In current political situation buying anything from Russia i

Why would you buy Russian securities for bitcoins? I mean literally? You buy securities for profit. In current political situation buying anything from Russia is more like making a donation to terrorist organisation. So why anyone on Earth will be doing that?

laurent92 5y ago
What do you think about selling software with Russia? I’m unbalanced between taking their money for my software, or not taking that money and it stays in Russia and they’ll hack my software…
- older 5y ago
  If your software cannot be used to kill people I think it is ok to sell (as long as you get paid in USD/EUR/etc. Just do not buy anything.
from 5y ago
Because great companies can be bought for pennies on the dollar? It’s irrelevant now because they’re trying to prevent foreigners from selling and the sanctions are probably going to get worse but if I was a Russian with good savings I would probably buy. It’s unlikely that there will be any actual war in Russia itself which means the aluminum plants pipelines etc should be fine (although maybe limited in who they can trade with).
dheera 5y ago
> In current political situation buying anything from Russia is more like making a donation to terrorist organisation. I don't agree with that statement. (a) Russian stocks have crashed hard already, and if you believe war is already priced in, you could buy in low, sell high at a later date, and donate proceeds to Ukraine rebuilding efforts, effectively creating a Russia->Ukraine money funnel (b) Putin might be a terrorist, but most Russian civilian businesses are most certainly not. Many of them don't support attacking Ukraine, as evidenced by the numerous protests in Russia, and likely a whole lot of other people that would protest but are afraid to. The way I see it, "Russia" isn't attacking Ukraine, a corrupt leader of Russia is.

laurent92 5y ago

What do you think about selling software with Russia? I’m unbalanced between taking their money for my software, or not taking that money and it stays in Russia and they’ll hack my software…

older 5y ago
If your software cannot be used to kill people I think it is ok to sell (as long as you get paid in USD/EUR/etc. Just do not buy anything.

from 5y ago

Because great companies can be bought for pennies on the dollar? It’s irrelevant now because they’re trying to prevent foreigners from selling and the sanctions are probably going to get worse but if I was a Russian with good savings I would probably buy. It’s unlikely that there will be any actual war in Russia itself which means the aluminum plants pipelines etc should be fine (although maybe limited in who they can trade with).

dheera 5y ago

> In current political situation buying anything from Russia is more like making a donation to terrorist organisation. I don't agree with that statement. (a) Russian stocks have crashed hard already, and if you believe war is already priced in, you could buy in low, sell high at a later date, and donate proceeds to Ukraine rebuilding efforts, effectively creating a Russia->Ukraine money funnel (b) Putin might be a terrorist, but most Russian civilian businesses are most certainly not. Many of them don't support attacking Ukraine, as evidenced by the numerous protests in Russia, and likely a whole lot of other people that would protest but are afraid to. The way I see it, "Russia" isn't attacking Ukraine, a corrupt leader of Russia is.