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Senator offers bill to revoke Russia's trade status
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke Russia’s trade status, which allows lower tariffs for Russian goods, in response to its invasion in Ukraine.

Under the legislation, it would do away with Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status. Compared to countries who sell products in the U.S. and do not have a PNTR trade status, Russia goods in the U.S. are subject to lower tariffs.

The bill gives President Biden authority to raise tariffs on Russian goods and would also have the president urge the U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization "to use the voice and influence of the United States at the World Trade Organization to seek the suspension of the membership of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization."

“[Vladimir] Putin’s unjustified, unprovoked and appalling invasion of Ukraine shows he doesn’t believe international laws apply to Russia. You don’t get to do that and still benefit from normal trade relations,” Wyden said in a statement.

“I urge my colleagues to set partisanship aside and quickly revoke Russia’s most-favored-nation trade status to send a clear message to Putin that the invasion of Ukraine will have devastating consequences for his regime.”

Senator offers bill to revoke Russia’s trade status

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke Russia’s trade status, which allows lower tariffs for Russian goods, in response to its in…

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Senator offers bill to revoke Russia's trade status
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke Russia’s trade status, which allows lower tariffs for Russian goods, in response to its invasion in Ukraine.

Under the legislation, it would do away with Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status. Compared to countries who sell products in the U.S. and do not have a PNTR trade status, Russia goods in the U.S. are subject to lower tariffs.

The bill gives President Biden authority to raise tariffs on Russian goods and would also have the president urge the U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization "to use the voice and influence of the United States at the World Trade Organization to seek the suspension of the membership of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization."

“[Vladimir] Putin’s unjustified, unprovoked and appalling invasion of Ukraine shows he doesn’t believe international laws apply to Russia. You don’t get to do that and still benefit from normal trade relations,” Wyden said in a statement.

“I urge my colleagues to set partisanship aside and quickly revoke Russia’s most-favored-nation trade status to send a clear message to Putin that the invasion of Ukraine will have devastating consequences for his regime.”

Senator offers bill to revoke Russia’s trade status

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke Russia’s trade status, which allows lower tariffs for Russian goods, in response to its in…

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This presents an excellent opportunity for retribution on Vlad by many in America and it won't be missed! Vlad can be put on the ropes here and everybody is coming to that realization. Supporting the fight in Ukraine in a big way from Poland is the ticket and this war can go on for as long as the Ukrainians want it and might at some point include the Crimea. This might be a chance to do Vlad in a stroke, all this can be ended by a single bullet in Moscow, a lot of people are coming to that realization too.

 

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That’s a whole of projections and nonsense accusations to deal with your cognitive dissonance. I’m a German hater cause I criticize the widely criticized naive German ”solution” of embracing a fossile fuel as replacement of fossile fuel that needs to be sourced from Russia? For pointing out statistics? We should and have all the right to hate Germans for at least another 100 years, especially the ones that defend dumb decisions their government makes, but I’ve been to Germany many dozens of times and it’s impossible for me to hate them as a whole. I‘ve actually become quite the fan and one of those people who tell the haters the germans now are not the same as 80 years ago and are very much like us, same people, the one in the west anyway. The only one showing nationalist tendencies is you right now, not being able to deal with criticism on the nation. Thanks to Germany, such behavior is heavily frowned upon here.

Also, Kassiopeija, Greens party member who parrots AfD points:

Consistency is overrated, and I too changed my mind on a few things when Putin invaded Ukraine, but you made quite a U turn if the facts I pointed out upset you to a point where your only response is imaginary nonsense about the messenger. Once you calmed down (first time I get “angry” emojis in over a decade riu lol) I’d love to discuss the issue further in a more productive manner.

No way will renewables be able to back fill the energy from carbon sources any time soon. In the meantime Germany converted to natural gas which produces less global warming. At the time the devil we knew (sending money to Russia) seemed like a better thing that dumping a greater amount of carbon in the air. Let's face it, we did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine.

 

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UN passes resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
Of the 193-member body, 141 nations voted in favor of the resolution, with 35 abstentions and five voting against, including Russia, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea and North Korea.

The text of the resolution included "demands that the Russian Federation immediately, completely, and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders."

The resolution largely mirrored text that failed to pass in the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Friday after it was vetoed by Russia, which is one of five of the permanent members of the body.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged passage of the resolution in a speech where she compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine last week with Nazi-Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, which set off World War II.

“A few of the eldest Ukrainians and Russians might recall a moment like this, a moment when one aggressive European nation invaded another without provocation, to claim the territory of its neighbor,” Thomas-Greenfield said.

“A moment when a European dictator declared he would return his empire to its former glory, an invasion that caused a war so horrific that it spurred this organization into existence.”

Thomas-Greenfield, who pushed countries to back the resolution, said the vote Wednesday represented a challenge for the global body's legitimacy.

“If the United Nations has any purpose, it is to prevent war. It is to condemn war, to stop war. That is our job here today. It is the job you were sent here to do. Not just by your capitals, but by all of humanity.”

The U.S. and various allies and partners in Europe and around the world have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch an invasion of Ukraine last week, calling it unprovoked and premeditated.

The Ukrainian army has pushed back against the Russian offensive for nearly a week. But U.S. and other countries are warning that Putin is likely to increase the violence against the Ukrainian government, army and civilians.

The U.S., joined by a coalition of countries that include Canada, the U.K., the European Union and countries in Asia, have moved to impose wide-ranging and comprehensive sanctions on Russia and to hold Putin to account.

UN passes resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

The United Nations on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an extraordinary effort to unite member countries against Russia, which holds a permanent seat on the …

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No way will renewables be able to back fill the energy from carbon sources any time soon. In the meantime Germany converted to natural gas which produces less global warming. At the time the devil we knew (sending money to Russia) seemed like a better thing that dumping a greater amount of carbon in the air. Let's face it, we did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine.

This summer will see massive infrastructure programs to use LNG tanker gas, the robust green new grid won't be that green in the beginning. Much can be done just by the installation of heat pumps alone and converting to electricity generated increasingly by renewables with lot's of energy storage which also reduces peak demand considerably. Demark has capped gas fields too and that policy can be changed. However before this gets too far it could all be ended by a single bullet in Moscow.

 

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Millions of Russians turn to BBC for news amid invasion of Ukraine
The weekly audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website more than tripled following the invasion compared to its weekly average from earlier this year, the outlet reported, reaching a record 10.7 million people in the last week compared to a usual average of 3.1 million.

Visits to the English-language bbc.com site in Russia were up 252 percent to 423,000 last week alone, the company said.

It added its live page in Russian covering the invasion was the most visited site across the whole of the BBC World Service’s non-English language services, with 5.3 million views.

The new figures come as the Kremlin seeks to crack down on media sources critical of the invasion within its country and control the message Russians are hearing. State-sponsored outlets have been instructed to avoid terms like "invasion" and "war" and have painted the military operations in Ukraine as liberating rather than aggressive and violent.

Independent news reports from cities across Ukraine show bombings of population centers, schools and apartment buildings. Dozens have died in the shelling and fighting since the invasion began last week and more than a half million Ukrainians have fled the country seeking refuge.

“It’s often said truth is the first casualty of war," BBC Director-General Tim Davie said. "In a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a clear need for factual and independent news people can trust – and in a significant development, millions more Russians are turning to the BBC."

Millions of Russians turn to BBC for news amid invasion of Ukraine

Millions of people in Russia are turning to the BBC for independent information about the country’s assault on Ukraine as an alternative to Russian state-sponsored programing. The weekly…

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[Fogdog]

whut?...

I think he was commenting on the irony that Republicans have gone "communist" .

Pretty funny, actually.

 

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This summer will see massive infrastructure programs to use LNG tanker gas, the robust green new grid won't be that green in the beginning. Much can be done just by the installation of heat pumps alone and converting to electricity generated increasingly by renewables with lot's of energy storage which also reduces peak demand considerably. Demark has capped gas fields too and that policy can be changed. However before this gets too far it could all be ended by a single bullet in Moscow.

So you see the majority of home owners converting their homes to heat pumps just because it is a good idea? Without the government paying for it (and ultimately the taxpayer), it ain't going to happen. Also where are all these heat pumps going to come from? Where is the electricity and the infastructure going to come from? People do not realize the amount of energy we use.

 

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In the meantime Germany converted to natural gas which produces less global warming.

Is converting, not past tense. Changing to renewables taking time isn’t a good argument for replacing it with a less evil over the past few years and still now. We did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine, we did however know Putin is a p.o.s. and increasing dependence on Russia is a bad idea. They‘ve been warned for it for years (by amongst others Obama, Trump, Trudeau, Biden).

Reaching self-imposed climate goals is still just a means to the real goal.

“Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal [to label nuclear and gas as green] is a step backwards. Her credibility on climate policy has suffered significant cracks,” said Rasmus Andresen, a German Green MEP.

“Nuclear and fossil gas are not sustainable. There are more realistic and better alternatives to make Europe climate neutral. Von der Leyen’s proposal sets the wrong incentives for investors,” Andresen said, warning that the taxonomy regulation risks becoming a tool for “greenwashing.”

German Member of EU parliament in 2021, from Green party, the party Kassiopeija claims to be a member of but continuously disagrees with.

What you are saying can’t be done is already in progress. It’s a challenge not helped with using fossile fuels as transition. 100billion euros would have made a big dent.

 

[Derbud420]

Donald just threw Vald under the bus, I wonder how that will work out? His base were moved by the images on TV of white Christians with guns and guts fighting for liberty. This resonates deeply with the base and he's got to do a 180 and fuck Vlad, or try to.

Trump defends praise of Putin even as he calls Ukrainian President 'brave' | CNN Politics

Former President Donald Trump defended his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday while also calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "a brave man" amid Russia's deadly invasion of his country.

www.cnn.com

I don't think the orange guy will stay in USA.

 

[captainmorgan]

Germany has deliver 1,000 anti tank and 500 stingers to Ukraine that it had promised today.

 

[AntoMaria7]

The biggest problem at this moment is that dick’s army started bombing hospitals, there are at least 40 people in kyiv undergoing dialysis treatment, the blood remained will last a few more days until it will become a slow painful death if not helped. Not to mention nicu babies amd preemies that are treated in musty bunkers. he tought he will win ukraine before any sanctions, now that he’s almost burried he won’t stop until he gets a bullet in his lecherous face

 

[BudmanTX]

hey is anyone on, i know, i know......facebook??? Ukraine's minitry of defense got something.......and they published it there.....here

Ukraine captures and publishes secret Russian documents with its plans for the invasion

www.outono.net

 

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UN passes resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
Of the 193-member body, 141 nations voted in favor of the resolution, with 35 abstentions and five voting against, including Russia, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea and North Korea.

The text of the resolution included "demands that the Russian Federation immediately, completely, and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders."

The resolution largely mirrored text that failed to pass in the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Friday after it was vetoed by Russia, which is one of five of the permanent members of the body.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged passage of the resolution in a speech where she compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine last week with Nazi-Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, which set off World War II.

“A few of the eldest Ukrainians and Russians might recall a moment like this, a moment when one aggressive European nation invaded another without provocation, to claim the territory of its neighbor,” Thomas-Greenfield said.

“A moment when a European dictator declared he would return his empire to its former glory, an invasion that caused a war so horrific that it spurred this organization into existence.”

Thomas-Greenfield, who pushed countries to back the resolution, said the vote Wednesday represented a challenge for the global body's legitimacy.

“If the United Nations has any purpose, it is to prevent war. It is to condemn war, to stop war. That is our job here today. It is the job you were sent here to do. Not just by your capitals, but by all of humanity.”

The U.S. and various allies and partners in Europe and around the world have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch an invasion of Ukraine last week, calling it unprovoked and premeditated.

The Ukrainian army has pushed back against the Russian offensive for nearly a week. But U.S. and other countries are warning that Putin is likely to increase the violence against the Ukrainian government, army and civilians.

The U.S., joined by a coalition of countries that include Canada, the U.K., the European Union and countries in Asia, have moved to impose wide-ranging and comprehensive sanctions on Russia and to hold Putin to account.

UN passes resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

The United Nations on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an extraordinary effort to unite member countries against Russia, which holds a permanent seat on the …

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Eritrea?

 

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Is converting, not past tense. Changing to renewables taking time isn’t a good argument for replacing it with a less evil over the past few years and still now. We did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine, we did however know Putin is a p.o.s. and increasing dependence on Russia is a bad idea. They‘ve been warned for it for years (by amongst others Obama, Trump, Trudeau, Biden).

Reaching self-imposed climate goals is still just a means to the real goal.

“Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal [to label nuclear and gas as green] is a step backwards. Her credibility on climate policy has suffered significant cracks,” said Rasmus Andresen, a German Green MEP.

“Nuclear and fossil gas are not sustainable. There are more realistic and better alternatives to make Europe climate neutral. Von der Leyen’s proposal sets the wrong incentives for investors,” Andresen said, warning that the taxonomy regulation risks becoming a tool for “greenwashing.”

German Member of EU parliament in 2021, from Green party, the party Kassiopeija claims to be a member of but continuously disagrees with.

What you are saying can’t be done is already in progress. It’s a challenge not helped with using fossile fuels as transition. 100billion euros would have made a big dent.

And how long will it take to convert to green sources? Do the old dirty sources continue spewing into the atmosphere until green sources replace them? Is converting to natural gas in the meantime mean that global warming is reduced sooner? I say we do not have the infastructure to change over to green technologies and NG is needed to reduce the carbon going into the air.

 

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hey is anyone on, i know, i know......facebook??? Ukraine's minitry of defense got something.......and they published it there.....here

Ukraine captures and publishes secret Russian documents with its plans for the invasion

www.outono.net

Appears to be genuine and it's an indicator of how much shit Vlad is in now. He made a major strategic blunder and should have concentrated forces to cut off western Ukraine, Capitols don't mean much in war these days, they can be moved to wherever they hold territory. NATO is going all in and eastern Poland will become a vast military camp focused on training, equipping and supplying the Ukrainian army, we can't go in but our weapons and training can.

 

[BudmanTX]

Appears to be genuine and it's an indicator of how much shit Vlad is in now. He made a major strategic blunder and should have concentrated forces to cut off western Ukraine, Capitols don't mean much in war these days, they can be moved to wherever they hold territory. NATO is going all in and eastern Poland will become a vast military camp focused on training, equipping and supplying the Ukrainian army, we can't go in but our weapons and training can.

yeah they appear to as well, i'm not on facebook so i can't really see them, i did get a couple of pictures off google....and this off of Euromaidan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1499051147251830791

saying where they are....so

 

[Fogdog]

The Conservative party is awash with Russian money, it’s going to be awesome when this comes out. British Politicians are pondlife mostly

There are some interesting names on this flyer for a "Peace Rally". It seems the Labour Party has some potato heads in their midst too. "Britain playing a provocative role"?

John McDonnell Faces Losing Labour Whip Over Stop The War Rally Appearance

The former shadow chancellor is due to speak at the 'No War In Ukraine' event in London.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

A description of the rally says: “We oppose Russian military intervention in Ukraine. We also recognise this is a conflict thirty years in the making, a conflict in which Britain is playing a provocative role - talking up war, decrying diplomacy and supplying arms to Ukraine as well as supporting increased military deployments to neighbouring countries.

“Leading figures from the anti-war movement will provide insight and analysis missing from most media coverage. We must ensure that the anti-war campaign is prepared and organised to pull us back from the precipice - so come along on Wednesday.”

At a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party on Monday, Keir Starmer made it clear than any member who does not support Nato would be kicked out.

He said: “Labour’s commitment to democracy, the rule of law and the sovereignty of independent nations is unshakable.
“Vladimir Putin is attacking all those things. Nato is defending them.

“There are groups in this country who haven’t seemed to understand that difference.

“Let me be very clear. There will be no place in this party for false equivalence between the actions of Russia and the actions of Nato.”

Is this grass roots British or astroturf psy ops?

 

[Fogdog]

I don't think the orange guy will stay in USA.

A lot depends upon outcomes in the elections to be held this fall.

 

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Weapons and training might surreptitiously be supplied to Belarus too and those fighting the deeply unpopular regime, propped up by demoralized Russian troops after massive protests weeks ago. All these sanctions are hitting Belarus too, the weak and exposed link in Vlad's line. He would suddenly have trouble at his back and his supply lines could be threatened by trouble in Belarus and they might be ripe for it.