Ukraine-Russia crisis

[MisterrSingh]

1 hour ago, PuzzledToo said:

Lol,is this from twitter? Googled that channel name no results.

Whos that Bernard Levy fella? Going by Wikipedia it seems he's been involved in every major conflict around the world including the Bangladesh liberation war. Seems like a high level operative.

I'm very surprised his name has leaked out as well as him having his own Wiki page, lmao. I guess they're loosely referred to as Advisors. 

[proudkaur21]

4 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

He is Jewish too? So does Israel have plans to rule over all of us or what?

[MisterrSingh]

27 minutes ago, proudkaur21 said:

He is Jewish too? So does Israel have plans to rule over all of us or what?

Don't ask these questions, lol. It's too much to explain the way you want it to be digestible. It's a spiderweb of intrigue going back thousands of years in the past and stretching centuries into the future with more than a hint of the occult, politics, economics, and sociology. It's not as simple as a James Bond plot. Comfort yourself in the knowledge that you'll most likely be dead before the worst arrives. 

 

[dallysingh101]

Female Ukrainian refugees are ALREADY seeking new homes in the UK after getting sexual advances from their British hosts, insiders reveal as the scheme descends further into chaos

• Some female refugees are seeking alternative hosts over inappropriate remarks
• Reports suggest one young woman was subjected to advances from a male host
• In total, 1,000 refugees have arrived in UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

 

 

Female refugees who have arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been seeking alternative homes after male hosts made sexual advances, reports suggest. 

Last month, the Government announced the launch of the Homes for Ukraine scheme which will pay families £350-a-month to take in those fleeing Russian brutality for at least six months. 

Within hours of the scheme launching, the website for registering interest had crashed and subsequently more than 200,000 people signed up to the programme.

As of yesterday, 10,000 visas had been granted to the 40,000 applying to come to the UK under the scheme while more than 1,000 refugees have already arrived in the country, according to the Times.

But the newspaper reports that there have been what Government officials called 'matching failures' by refugees who have arrived on a visa sponsored by a UK household.

One of the reasons given was that male hosts were making sexual advances to female refugees.

 

In a Facebook group that helps match refugees up with sponsors, one woman has shared a plea to help her find another home for a female refugee.

She wrote: 'I have had a young lady message me about a host that she was going to but is now scared as he has been asking her personal questions so she wants to cancel her application but can't find the link to do it.

'She said she is scared as she now wants to find another sponsor.

'She is young and this guy said he was a single man with a daughter but was asking her if she had a boyfriend and if she was ready for a relationship. This is worrying.'

 

A source for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - which is in charge of the scheme - told the Times: 'We've seen several cases where the host and refugee match has failed already.

'They've made the journey here but the relationship has fallen apart.'

It is estimated that at least 40 of the 1,000 refugee matches already completed had failed since the scheme was launched.

Before the scheme was launched, only Ukrainians with family members already settled in the UK could come.

But under the new scheme, sponsors can provide a route for Ukrainians without family ties to come to the UK.

The Government has come under fire over the backlog of visa applications which are being processed slowly.

Earlier this week, it was reported that residents in North Moreton, Oxfordshire, had got together and submitted 39 applications to welcome refugees to their village but so far only three have been approved. 

Villager Polly Vacher, who is co-ordinating the initiative, said: ‘I feel huge frustration that we haven’t been able to welcome the refugees to our village yet.

‘We feel completely helpless, because the visa applications simply seem to be stuck. It’s shameful.’ 

‘Fifteen host families are still waiting and are part of this debacle. It is a travesty.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10698039/Female-Ukraine-refugees-seek-new-UK-homes-men-sexual-advances-insiders-say.html

[GurjantGnostic]

12 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

Female Ukrainian refugees are ALREADY seeking new homes in the UK after getting sexual advances from their British hosts, insiders reveal as the scheme descends further into chaos

• Some female refugees are seeking alternative hosts over inappropriate remarks
• Reports suggest one young woman was subjected to advances from a male host
• In total, 1,000 refugees have arrived in UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

 

 

Female refugees who have arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been seeking alternative homes after male hosts made sexual advances, reports suggest. 

Last month, the Government announced the launch of the Homes for Ukraine scheme which will pay families £350-a-month to take in those fleeing Russian brutality for at least six months. 

Within hours of the scheme launching, the website for registering interest had crashed and subsequently more than 200,000 people signed up to the programme.

As of yesterday, 10,000 visas had been granted to the 40,000 applying to come to the UK under the scheme while more than 1,000 refugees have already arrived in the country, according to the Times.

But the newspaper reports that there have been what Government officials called 'matching failures' by refugees who have arrived on a visa sponsored by a UK household.

One of the reasons given was that male hosts were making sexual advances to female refugees.

 

In a Facebook group that helps match refugees up with sponsors, one woman has shared a plea to help her find another home for a female refugee.

She wrote: 'I have had a young lady message me about a host that she was going to but is now scared as he has been asking her personal questions so she wants to cancel her application but can't find the link to do it.

'She said she is scared as she now wants to find another sponsor.

'She is young and this guy said he was a single man with a daughter but was asking her if she had a boyfriend and if she was ready for a relationship. This is worrying.'

 

A source for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - which is in charge of the scheme - told the Times: 'We've seen several cases where the host and refugee match has failed already.

'They've made the journey here but the relationship has fallen apart.'

It is estimated that at least 40 of the 1,000 refugee matches already completed had failed since the scheme was launched.

Before the scheme was launched, only Ukrainians with family members already settled in the UK could come.

But under the new scheme, sponsors can provide a route for Ukrainians without family ties to come to the UK.

The Government has come under fire over the backlog of visa applications which are being processed slowly.

Earlier this week, it was reported that residents in North Moreton, Oxfordshire, had got together and submitted 39 applications to welcome refugees to their village but so far only three have been approved. 

Villager Polly Vacher, who is co-ordinating the initiative, said: ‘I feel huge frustration that we haven’t been able to welcome the refugees to our village yet.

‘We feel completely helpless, because the visa applications simply seem to be stuck. It’s shameful.’ 

‘Fifteen host families are still waiting and are part of this debacle. It is a travesty.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10698039/Female-Ukraine-refugees-seek-new-UK-homes-men-sexual-advances-insiders-say.html

Saw that coming. 

[Suchi]

Interesting analysis on the implications of the Russia-Ukraine War.

@MisterrSingh Thought it would particularly interest you. 

[MisterrSingh]

On 4/9/2022 at 3:54 AM, GurjantGnostic said:

Saw that coming. 

Something tells me the guys making advances to these Ukrainian girls aren't seedy Muslim cab drivers.

[CHaamCHrick]

https://etleboro.org/g/b399a0a99cd173a5985ad76d911b69aben/putin-tactics-drive-rebound-in-russian-ruble

 

Putin tactics drive rebound in Russian ruble

The Russian currency has staged a remarkable comeback after taking a massive beating due to Western sanctions on Moscow. The United States has said the ruble's recovery is being fueled by "a lot of manipulation."

    

 

The ruble is now trading around levels last seen before the invasion

In the days following the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, one of the most notable economic fallouts for Moscow came in the form of a crashing ruble.

The currency kept sinking to fresh record lows against the US dollar as Western sanctions piled up, much of the foreign currency reserves held by the Russian central bank were frozen and rating agencies downgraded Russia's credit score to junk. At one point in early March, the ruble had crashed by more than a third.

The ruble has since recovered and is now trading around levels last seen before the invasion in a sign that the initial impact of sanctions, some of the harshest in history, could be wearing off.

A part of the recovery can be explained by a stronger financial position that Russia finds itself in thanks to a steep rise in revenues from oil and gas exports and a sharp drop in imports. Bloomberg Economics expects Russia will earn nearly $321 billion (€292 billion) from energy exports in 2022, up more than a third from last year, if its major customers, including the European Union, continue buying Russian oil and gas.

Experts say the rest of the rebound is a result of the ruble being artificially propped up by the Russian central bank through capital controls.

"The currency moves don't represent the fundamentals of Russia. More often than not, you see the fundamentals reflected in the currency. But as soon as capital controls are put in place, then that obscures the picture," said Craig Erlam, senior markets analyst at OANDA.

"There's no way you can say the Russian economy now has the same outlook as it did in the middle of February before the invasion started, even if the currency would suggest that," he told DW.

The Russian economy, which the IMF in January forecast would grow 2.8% this year, is now predicted to shrink 10%-15%.  

  

Artificial boost for ruble

As the ruble tanked in the wake of the invasion and ensuing Western sanctions, the Russian central bank got into firefighting mode to rescue the sinking currency.

The bank more than doubled the country's key interest rate to 20%, restricted local firms' access to foreign currency, and set limits on withdrawals in foreign currency. It also took measures to keep dollars from fleeing abroad, including by banning foreign investors from dumping Russian stocks and bonds.

The ruble got another major boost when Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that "unfriendly" countries pay for Russian gas in the Russian currency instead of euros or dollars.

Putin, however, climbed down from his initial position and allowed foreign buyers to continue paying in foreign currency but only after opening special accounts at Russia's Gazprombank, which would convert the payments into rubles.   

"It's effectively just artificially supporting the ruble while appearing to be forcing buyers in hostile countries into utilizing the ruble currency," Erlam said. "It's like the measures that have been imposed on Gazprombank and others already in terms of forcing them to convert 80% of their currency payments into rubles. This further supports those types of desperate measures."

Ruble fueled by 'a lot of manipulation'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the ruble's resurgence was being driven by "a lot of manipulation."

"People are being prevented from unloading rubles," Blinken told NBC on Sunday. "That's artificially propping up the value. That's not sustainable. So, I think you're going to see that change."

Ruble trading volumes have dried up due to sanctions and many brokers and speculators remain wary of dealing in the currency. This means that the ruble's current market price is being determined by far fewer transactions than usual.

Despite the recent upswing, the ruble's outlook appears less rosy in the longer term.

The Russian currency, which has weakened considerably against the dollar over the past two decades, is expected to struggle further as theWest looks to swiftly wean itself off Russian oil and gas, a lifeline for Russia's economy.

[dallysingh101]

Never saw this coming......and so the military business complex rolls on:

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentagon-asks-top-8-us-arms-makers-meet-ukraine-sources-2022-04-12/

[dallysingh101]

On 4/12/2022 at 10:56 AM, MisterrSingh said:

Something tells me the guys making advances to these Ukrainian girls aren't seedy Muslim cab drivers.

Might be certain indigs who perceive eastern European women a certain way because so many hookers come from there?