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HereSince1628

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4. Bad, indebted, Ukraine looks to be worth pilfering by both sides.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 01:16 PM

Mar 2014

The IMF is about as much a friend to nations as Wells Fargo is to mortgagees.

As far as Russia is concerned it's millions of consumers to be corralled into a Eurasian market zone run on rubles.

Ukraine is just grist for the mill of greed.

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Ukraine: "The package is very unpopular, complex, hard reforms that have long needed to be done" [View all] grahamhgreen Mar 2014 OP

As I heard my first day at boot camp: "You'll be Sorrrrrrrry". Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #1

People Are Still Out In The Streets, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #2

My guess is there will be a party with that cash til after the election. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #5

Just another deal with the devil tech3149 Mar 2014 #3

Bad, indebted, Ukraine looks to be worth pilfering by both sides. HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #4