Trudeau is doing a great job, itβs time Europe seizes Russian assets too.
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Great to see the Europe and Canada really stepping up now with the Ukraine support. There was decent support before but itβs being taken to a whole new level and I think Canada and Europe could work on many partnerships going forward.
Yeah, and don't forget that the UK announces largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022
Addition: Australia, New Zealand, Japan also just announced new sanctions.
What do the colors mean? The legend is not super helpful lol
It was a quick one: Red=against, Blue=pro, Grey=Not sure
If blue is pro-russia, why is Canada marked as blue for example? The article above clearly demonstrates the opposite stance
Pro Ukraine independence.
So why is the title "Countries stance on Russia", sorry for my lack of understanding
It was a quickly-generated map
Did you do that on Matplotlib ? That's pretty great and exciting that it allows to work with geographic data. Even if I didn't understand the map I find it cool that you made it
check below, it's python
China is decisively supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine.
It's a WIP. This is the code:
Then use this: https://gist.github.com/suoko/89e43309306abd8f89191d33b0cabb66
Not 100% sure about China though
So it's like the entire world against USA and RUS, except for far right parties like the one in Italy and Germany? We need a map to understand allies
Nato(no US though).
Nato without US, but with Australia, New Zealand, Japan: the three countries reaffirmed and announced new sanctions at the start of this week.
Meanwhile US is busy slamming tariffs on their allies.
Oh no... but this will set the dangerous precedent that other countries will seize the assets of foreign invaders. What will we do....
Good. First country to make such a pledge, as, previous actions were to freeze russian assets and use them as guarantee to secure loans for Ukraine or to use interest on seized assets for Ukraine. Before Canada takes action on this, i hope other countries will make similar pledges.
Someone awhile ago posted that this isn't necessarily a good way to do it and it logically made some sense at the time (but that was like a year ago)
Part of trying to end the war is to give reasons for it to end.
One of those reasons is the removal of sanctions.
When you're simply using the interest, or a loan backed by assets, you can always dangle the sanctioned assets as part of a benefit of ending the war. Maybe not 100% but we'll give you 80% back if you stop today, and 20% to rebuilding.
By liquidating the assets so the proceeds can be given to Ukraine, you do make it harder for the aggressor to maintain the war and win, but you've now removed an incentive to end it.
Before it's the carrot and the stick. That's usually more effective than sticks.
Granted... how long can you do the carrot and the stick if it just outright doesn't work.
Say you don't pay your speeding ticket ... now authorities temporarily takes your car. You still don't pay and have tickets for $100,000 ? ... sorry, you won't have your car back.
Comparing this to russ : a terrorist used their car to crash into a crowd + millions in damage ... do you give them a bonus ?
All of this seems crazy ... and things are getting worse week after week.
This whole thing is crazy yes, but I'm not sure you understand how sanctions work given your example.
Russia is attacking Ukraine yes, but Canada seized Russian assets that aren't part of the war, such as (made up examples) real estates, boats, businesses, money in bank accounts.
If Russia ends the war, the sanctions go away and they get those back. That's the entire point of what sanctions are.
For me the follow-up is here :
https://lemmy.world/post/26015432
WATCH: Macron interrupts Trump to correct him about Ukraine funding