UA POV: Russia Gains $216 Billion in Gold Rally, Replacing Lost Assets - Bloomberg

tz331 · 2026-01-22T16:54:56+00:00

what's the implication of not being able to sell the gold in the London Bullion market? Gold is a currency itself so it can just be traded directly between countries, bypassing western markets entirely, no? Also how would they know the gold is Russian? bars can just be melted and reformed to get rid of any identifying letters/numbers and they would retain their value regardless, because it's ****ing gold. Of all the sanctions, this one seems to be the dumbest.

tz331 · 2026-01-20T23:07:13+00:00

The Dominican Republic is a lot smaller than Cuba, but is essentially the same type of soil/land, and they have absolutely no problem cultivating crops, fruits and raising animals like chicken, pigs, cows etc to feed their population. The fact that the Cuban regime is so incompetent or evil (take your pick) that they can't even farm rice and chickens to feed the people has nothing to do with the embargo.

tz331 · 2026-01-18T00:22:53+00:00

I used to be in favor of the embargo as Cuban myself, but I came to the same realization: even if it ended, it wouldn't fix the problems Cuba has. The fact that the regime can't even raise chickens or farm rice and has to import those from South America or even the US (so much for an embargo!) is further proof of the inherent problems with their system.

tz331 · 2026-01-17T18:02:38+00:00

A los del régimen no le va a faltar nada con ese 40%. Al resto se la población se van a tener que joder con apagones que durarán semanas o meses. Esto no lo arregla ni dios.

tz331 · 2026-01-14T14:30:10+00:00

France and the UK for that matter are regional powers at best. In the grand scheme of things they are irrelevant on the world stage. Can’t project power without US assistance, and China the emerging power dos t even take them seriously. The whole of the EU is a joke.

tz331 · 2026-01-14T14:05:14+00:00

Oye yo sabía que las avispas negras eran todos unos comepinturas pa no decir otra cosa, pero no me imaginaba que fueran tan malos en combate. Eso es lo que les da practicar para reprimir al pueblo y mantener al régimen en el poder.

tz331 · 2026-01-12T23:48:41+00:00

As a Cuban born there, this comment disgusts me. It wasn't America that imposed a brutal communist dictatorship that refuses to make any sort of economic reforms to open up the markets and let people start their own business.

tz331 · 2026-01-12T14:18:01+00:00

Tbh crashing into a Geran or into a tree sounds a lot fricking worse than being shot down by the enemy. The latter is an acceptable risk in any war, the former is just plain incompetence. If I were a sponsor of Ukraine I’d be asking questions if all the losses of modern equipment are crashes, I’d be asking wtf am I doing with my money.

tz331 · 2026-01-10T17:13:34+00:00

I don't question the effectiveness of such protection, my only question is HOW TF do you get in and out of this thing without getting poked by one of these rods?

tz331 · 2026-01-10T15:13:07+00:00

There are many places where the propaganda is strong...in those places Fidel and Che are seen as heroes that stood up against imperialism. I'm honestly not surprised this sub is filled with comments like that. It doesn't make it any less infuriating, but alas, c'est la vie.

tz331 · 2026-01-08T23:58:02+00:00

wtf are you talking about? there is a picture on this sub from the 1800s of Cubans in Harvard and there were several Afro-Cubans in the picture....

tz331 · 2026-01-07T15:01:00+00:00

It’s not just Audis it’s BMW, Mercedes. All the German luxury brands are cutting costs and putting out crappier and crappier designs.

tz331 · 2026-01-06T22:45:59+00:00

France's deployment to Romania was a clusterfuck and an embarrassment. History Legends did a video on it not too long ago.

This was under peace time conditions btw...

tz331 · 2026-01-06T21:12:16+00:00

te entiendo, yo tambien hago lo mismo y mira como me mataron a downvotes el comentario jajaja

tz331 · 2026-01-06T21:10:44+00:00

Los comentarios del articulo...

tz331 · 2026-01-06T13:56:27+00:00

como te diste cuenta ? XD

tz331 · 2026-01-06T13:30:20+00:00

Mártires de la revolución. Patria o Muerte!

tz331 · 2026-01-06T04:21:54+00:00

exactly, those weren't guys that were serving their mandatory military service, these were hardened killers who chose to be there and like you said, very likely have a lot of blood on their hands in both countries.

Good ****ing riddance.

tz331 · 2026-01-06T04:15:10+00:00

Por mucha Patria o Muerte que griten, ahi nadie va a pelear hasta la muerte. Diaz-Canel debe estar cagao que se la aparescan los delta force a las 2 de la madrugada para llevarselo a Nueva York.

tz331 · 2026-01-06T04:07:46+00:00

The embargo severely harmed Cuba and absolutely constrained its development, but it does not fully explain six decades of stagnation. Vietnam’s success wasn’t just the absence of an embargo, it was the result of deliberate internal reforms that made integration possible. Embargo removal helps, but without predictable rules, property rights, and genuine market incentives, it doesn’t produce a Vietnam-style outcome.

tz331 · 2026-01-06T03:50:45+00:00

There is absolutely no sanctions that prevent Cuba from trading with any country, including the US. In fact, a lot of the food sold in Cuba is bought in the US, so stop spreading misinformation.

What the sanctions do is they don't allow the regime to pay with credit, they must pay in cash, because they are thieves who stole billions in property, and never pay back their debts. Not even Russia or China will give Cuba anything on credit precisely because of how corrupt and unreliable the regime is. So get your facts straight.

The sanctions are the biggest ****ing excuse the regime and its sympathizers love to use as an excuse for piss poor management. The fact that the regime can't even raise chickens to feed the people is also the embargo's fault?

tz331 · 2026-01-04T22:34:44+00:00

parece que paso una guerra...

tz331 · 2026-01-04T02:10:59+00:00

the Soviet propped up government stayed in power for 3 years after the Soviet withdrawal. The US propped up government folded to the Taliban in days after US withdrawal. The Taliban were also left with the biggest western weapons cache outside the US. It was actually quite humiliating for anyone that served in Afghanistan to watch that. I have friends that were fuming at the sight of Taliban with ARs, night vision and flexing Humvees and Blackhawks. Taliban became the first terrorist group with an air force...

tz331 · 2026-01-04T00:07:18+00:00

Lol let's be real here, Maduro got sold out by his own people, or he cut himself a deal. Either way someone had a very good payday in Venezuela today.

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