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> I think the only matter here related to the war could be that electricity sales companies might be reluctant to sell a contract to them, due to PR reasons. Bu
by anonymfus 4y ago
> I think the only matter here related to the war could be that electricity sales companies might be reluctant to sell a contract to them, due to PR reasons. But I bet one of them will, and they will get their power back
Not necessary, as actual engineers and electricians working for such companies could also refuse to make that connection. Also it's likely that sanctions will be more severe soon as Russian troops will do more crimes.
- oneoff786 4y agoWhat crimes are going to move the needle further at this point
- pjc50 4y agoThey could shoot down a plane full of NATO nationals (again), or deploy chemical weapons of mass destruction in European cities (again)?
- swarnie 4y agoOh oh, want about more extra-judicial assassinations in NATO countries? 123m spire ect ect (be sad)
- RobertRoberts 4y ago
- pjc50 4y agoI don't think Russia is likely to invade Iraq.
- slavslave 4y ago
- finiteseries 4y agoRussia is entirely incapable of projecting force that far, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics are about their level.
- tablespoon 4y ago> Russia is entirely incapable of projecting force that far, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics are about their level. Though they have been palling around with Assad in Syria.
- iso1210 4y agoSyria is only 500 miles from Russia
- zalfon 4y ago
- t_mann 4y agoRussia hasn't even begun retaliating for Finland's NATO application yet, which they announced they would (potentially even with 'military consequences', as per a Kremlin spokesperson). Besides, the EU has been ramping up sanctions against Russia pretty much continuously since the start of the war, so we're definitely not at peak sanctions yet (unless Russian aggression suddenly ceases).
- oneoff786 4y agoRussia has nuclear weapons, but seemingly nothing else sitting around to use. They’re over extended in Ukraine already.
- ineedasername 4y agoThey have plenty of artillery too, so they can gradually turn cities to rubble. But they simply don't have then power to occupy much territory with any real degree of control, except maybe in the east.
- oneoff786 4y agoIt doesn’t seem like it. Their artillery is old and can’t aim well. Their intel sucks. Their supplies suck. It seems very unlikely that they could launch another front against Finland and achieve anything, even shelling a city.
- ineedasername 4y agoYes, I agree on Finland, they just don't seem to have the resources or logistics to fight on two fronts like that. My comment was more with respect to Ukraine. You don't need pinpoint accuracy-- or much accuracy at all-- to gradually demolish the city. The ability hit the desired quadrant may suffice. As Ukrainians push more resources towards the east Russia's problem might be that such artillery isn't quite mobile, there's no run-and-gun capability there, while weapons capable of taking them out are man-portable. Despite that, I don't see a happy ending for the Ukrainians here. As much as Russia has already lost, they can't accept defeat in this without the power structure suffering what might be a deadly blow.
- burmanm 4y agoThere's no need to make any new connections. This is just a push of a button in the computer to make them have electricity again. As long as there's no sanctions against Yandex itself, then there's no legal reason to prevent that from happening either.