Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions: 'You will never defeat Moscow'

[beijingwalker]

Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions: 'You will never defeat Moscow'​

By Guy Faulconbridge
November 3, 20235:08 PM

Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends the congress of the International Russophile Movement in Moscow, Russia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Russia on Friday dismissed new U.S. sanctions over the war in Ukraine, saying that the United States would never defeat Moscow, while the boss of Russia's fastest growing natural gas company quipped the sanctions were a badge of success.

The United States on Thursday targeted Russia's future energy capabilities, sanctions evasion and a suicide drone that has been a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment, among others, in sanctions on hundreds of people and entities.

"This is a continuation of the policy of inflicting as they call it - a strategic defeat on us," Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, told Russian state television when asked about the new sanctions.

"They will have to wait in vain forever before that happens."

Western leaders and Ukraine have repeatedly said they seek to defeat Russia on the battlefield, though some Western leaders have denied what President Vladimir Putin says is a Western plot to carve up Russia and steal its natural resources.

Putin is girding the $2.1 trillion economy for a long war and Western hopes of stoking a swift Russian economic crisis with some of the toughest sanctions ever imposed have not been realised.

The International Monetary Fund forecasts Russian growth of 2.2% this year - faster than either the United States or the Euro area - though the Fund last month lowered its forecast for 2024 growth to 1.1%.

The West has frozen hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian money, but Putin has joked that the sanctions have not stopped the import of Western goods such as luxury Mercedes to Russia and that Moscow will work to undermine the sanctions by buying what it wants on global markets.

The U.S., itself a large LNG producer that exports to Europe, is also trying to reduce Russia's LNG shipments to Europe, which has only banned Russian gas sent via pipeline.

The Arctic-2 LNG project - targeted by the new sanctions - had been expecting to start exporting soon and it is uncertain how much Russian LNG will now be blocked.

The largest Russian LNG producer Novatek NVTK.MM said in September it would start shipments from Arctic-2 LNG early next year.

Leonid Mikhelson, the head of Russian natural gas producer Novatek(NVTK.MM), told a conference in the Uzbek city of Samarkand that the U.S. sanctions were a badge "of our professionalism".

Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions: 'You will never defeat Moscow'

Russia on Friday dismissed new U.S. sanctions over the war in Ukraine, saying that the United States would never defeat Moscow, while the boss of Russia's fastest growing natural gas company quipped the sanctions were a badge of success.

www.reuters.com

 

[aziqbal]

They said after 18 days Russia will crumble

This was in February 2022

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

They were defeated over 25 years ago.

Now they struggle to remain relevant in the world stage

 

[Hakwa Nadro]

They were defeated over 25 years ago.

Now they struggle to remain relevant in the world stage

It is more like USA is trying to stay relevant it the world stage.

 

[KAL-EL]

They said it was supposed to be a three-day operation

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

It is more like USA is trying to stay relevant it the world stage.

LOL! Thank you Mr. Fiji for your first-hand experience of not being relevant opinion.

 

[Hakwa Nadro]

LOL! Thank you Mr. Fiji for your first-hand experience of not being relevant opinion.

you welcome street shitter

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

They said it was supposed to be a three-day operation

Yes, it was supposed to be a cakewalk.

you welcome street shitter

LOL! Look in the mirror 3rd worlder. You are a lot closer to looking like a street shitter than I do.

 

[Hakwa Nadro]

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env.2018.0030

Open Defecation in the United States: Perspectives from the Streets​

Abstract​

Open defecation (OD) by people experiencing homelessness is common in many U.S. cities. Without sanitation when and where it is needed, the human right to sanitation for people experiencing homelessness has not been realized and concerns about the risks of infectious disease transmission are valid. To address the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, Street Medicine clinicians provide health care services directly to patients living on the streets and in temporary housing. The experience of Street Medicine physicians has yielded significant insight into how and why people experiencing homelessness resort to OD; the lack of public resources, perceptions about public toilets, feelings of being unwelcome at service centers, concerns about safety, and physical and mental illness—including addiction—are all factors that contribute to OD. Additional public toilets are necessary, would minimize OD, and will alleviate overuse where existing facilities are scarce. However, public toilets alone are insufficient to end OD in the United States. Permanent supportive housing through initiatives such as Housing First provide the best path toward realizing the human right to sanitation and housing for people experiencing homelessness and ending OD in the United States.

street shitter @Hamartia Antidote

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env.2018.0030

Open Defecation in the United States: Perspectives from the Streets​

Abstract​

Open defecation (OD) by people experiencing homelessness is common in many U.S. cities. Without sanitation when and where it is needed, the human right to sanitation for people experiencing homelessness has not been realized and concerns about the risks of infectious disease transmission are valid. To address the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, Street Medicine clinicians provide health care services directly to patients living on the streets and in temporary housing. The experience of Street Medicine physicians has yielded significant insight into how and why people experiencing homelessness resort to OD; the lack of public resources, perceptions about public toilets, feelings of being unwelcome at service centers, concerns about safety, and physical and mental illness—including addiction—are all factors that contribute to OD. Additional public toilets are necessary, would minimize OD, and will alleviate overuse where existing facilities are scarce. However, public toilets alone are insufficient to end OD in the United States. Permanent supportive housing through initiatives such as Housing First provide the best path toward realizing the human right to sanitation and housing for people experiencing homelessness and ending OD in the United States.

street shitter @Hamartia Antidote

LOL!

Fiji Ministries and partners commit to ‘WASH for Quality Life’

www.unicef.org

In Fiji, about one in ten people lack access to basic water supply and sanitation.

Bye street shitter! Go troll somebody else.

 

[Hakwa Nadro]

LOL!

Fiji Ministries and partners commit to ‘WASH for Quality Life’

www.unicef.org

Bye street shitter! Go troll somebody else.

Is that you @Hamartia Antidote
Trying to stay relevant in the world eh

 

[Menthol]

"...which has only banned Russian gas sent via pipeline."

Lol

What does it mean???

It's okay to buy Russia gas.

But you are not allowed to buy it cheap, because it makes your industrial products more attractive...