[deetee]

I have heard today from a friend who works for an US company (software) that their company is going to replace all Russian employees working at various locations . He told, they have been asked to conduct urgent interviews to find new candidates to fill those positions.

I think this is extreme arm twisting from US government, if they keep going like this, it sure is going to backfire. All these humiliations dished out to the common people will make them more supportive of their (russian) government however bad it may be. Simultaneously, US will be bad mouthed overtime.

[Samurai]

Smartcat shared this story with me today...

Russia is too big to fail...

https://jessicalexicus.medium.com/vl...t-523a776c5388

[Tucker48]

Slightly OT, but the below video gives a really good insight about changing world order and definitely current world order is changing. Very informative video.

https://youtu.be/xguam0TKMw8

[Thad E Ginathom]

Friends, If posting videos, please be kind enough to post at least a paragraph or two of summary.

Many of us, when browsing the forum, simply have the "workflow" of smoothly flowing through the threads. It doesn't suit to take time out to watch a video, especially if it is 30-60 minutes long. Some of us want some clue as to whether we want to take that time out and watch. Probably a very few of us (eg me) have to turn on audio equipment before watching. And a few of us prefer reading, and would take time out to follow a link to an article, etc. Articles can be skim-read or we can choose to ponder: A video doesn't so much give that choice.

This is just my personal request. No obligation or pressure to take any notice. Thanks for reading, anyway.

There is a lot of external material, a lot of background information, that helps a lot. Whilst the internet is full of self-appointed experts, it is also full of people who watched and listened to history and current events when some of us weren't listening. My knowledge of history is very poor. For anyone who feels similarly, and also prefers a read, here's a medium-length article that filled in a lot of gaps for me.

Was it inevitable? A short history of Russia’s war on Ukraine (The Guardian)

[cogWheel]

Coursera, the MOOC platform is removing courses and content from Russian faculty / Universities. Some of the courses are quite popular with large enrollments. Effects of US sanctions.

[Sebring]

Hmm...makes sense. Last night I was watching this. Let me know what you think (Thad, Video is putting a thought if Putin is Rational or Irrational)

https://youtu.be/lVpwkGTHHTE

Originally Posted by Samurai

Russia is too big to fail...

[volkman10]

As Russia's economy faces its deepest crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and as the West imposes severe sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Russia seeks Indian Investment in its Oil and Gas sector.

Russia urged India to deepen its investments in the sanction-hit country's oil and gas sector, and is keen on expanding the sales networks of Russian companies

Link

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by iTNerd

Putin built Russia up financially doing the best they have ever done, then in a bling, totally destroys their economy, and decimates its army in 2 weeks.
It is going to be a huge task and decades for Russia to get it all back again. Isolated, insulted and once again behind the iron curtain, Russians should show him the door, he has had his time, before he destroys their country and the world!.

The current situation is a result of crises going on since as early as 2008, if not earlier, when Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia were involved in a tussle. Then in 2014 the Crimea crises occured and now this war. It certainly did not happen in the spur of a moment. Putin had a lot of time for decision making and strategising. As much as one hates war, this situaion was boiling since very long.

Economically Russia suffers or comes out with flying colours would onlybe seen in the time to come. As of now we only see what mostly is being propagated.

It is a war so, there is bound to be collateral damage on aspects of life. Once the Russian forces start to retreat after making sure that their interests are met in Ukraine, this damage is going to reverse.

Putin so far seems to have been trumped by the US as he is the one who had to go to war incurring huge losses for his country, that too in an area that has formidable resistance. But as it stands, it is not so simple to be analysed. What Putin has up his sleeves next is anybody's guess. Further moves by the US too are yet to be seen as far as deploying forces or extending military support is concerned.

[saket77]

Originally Posted by deetee

I have heard today from a friend who works for an US company (software) that their company is going to replace all Russian employees working at various locations . He told, they have been asked to conduct urgent interviews to find new candidates to fill those positions.

I think this is extreme arm twisting from US government, if they keep going like this, it sure is going to backfire. All these humiliations dished out to the common people will make them more supportive of their (russian) government however bad it may be. Simultaneously, US will be bad mouthed overtime.

If you push someone to extreme isolation, they tend to become more radical and fundamentalist without caring to give any justification to their deeds.

Not supporting Russia by any means but it’s about human nature. These extreme steps could backfire in longer term.

[thanixravindran]

Originally Posted by speedmiester

Such an arbitrary policy calling for hate speech and death threats will open up a sea of worms. Will Facebook/Meta Iraqis, Syrians, Afghans to issue death threats to US presidents?

Starting with fake news, growing with hate speech and making this as an official policy is like reaching the graduation stage in the era of (dis)information warfare.

Stop selling products like Apple, Microsoft or moving jobs out of Russia is different as USA is weaponizing everything in its hold to dent the Russian public confidence but openly weaponizing the social media is setting a very dangerous precedent.

I am surprised that there is muted reaction to this in the main stream media and elsewhere. This is a very significant event and really crossing an absolute Red line for these social media companies in the countries they operate. This is just making a joke on the 'rule of law' of Sovereign countries.

In the words of Edward Herman this is 'Normalizing the Unthinkable'. Earlier US based main stream media used to do this from Vietnam to Guantanamo bay. Now this role is taken by social media companies and will become unstoppable given how the world is connected. For all the Western democratic standards and ideals that is preached everywhere, the little Z needs be tried for 'crimes against humanity' for this.

Forget about Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan. We have already seen social media episodes involving hate speech in India itself and this will become more open if left unchecked. No wonder Chinese built their internet wall and took the role themselves which is another extreme.

[Amrik Singh]

While the focus was on evacuation of Indian Students, does the Government realise why so many students opted to go abroad for higher education ? It knows the reason yet turns a blind eye. Indian students study hard till school level seeing a tough competition ahead. Out of school, even the best do not get admission in professional courses due to low number of premium institutions, enormous fees and superseded by low scoring Reservation category.
Why not spend on opening new Medical colleges which would not only impart education but add to healthcare.
This would help us in avoiding any such evacuation in future too.

[vishnurp99]

Originally Posted by thanixravindran

This is a very significant event and really crossing an absolute Red line for these social media companies in the countries they operate. This is just making a joke on the 'rule of law' of Sovereign countries.

For all the Western democratic standards and ideals that is preached everywhere, the little Z needs be tried for 'crimes against humanity' for this

I feel that we are reading too much into this. Mark Z is under lot of pressure due to the focus on privacy and personal data security in the recent past. Remember Cambridge Analytica. FB/meta is just trying to get on the right side of political discourse with this announcement.

This makes them look good to the American public at large. On the ground nothing changes since selective and biased censorship policies is nothing new. Almost everybody on the left and the right have complained about it at some point.

[AltoLXI]

Once the west stops selling products, the vacuum that is created invariably leads to some other entity filling it. Be it local innovation or domestic/foreign companies willing to replace the products/services that will not be available post sanctions. Interesting to see how this will play out in future and who will be the real winners.

But for that to happen the war has to stop first...

[condor]

Originally Posted by Amrik Singh

While the focus was on evacuation of Indian Students, does the Government realise why so many students opted to go abroad for higher education ?

Not all students who studied medicine outside can directly practice in India. Medical graduates from some countries get a direct licence, while those from most other countries, including Ukraine, Russia etc need to pass the licensing exam (FMGE) here before they can practice here. One such statistic showed that less than 18% of such graduates were able to pass the FMGE.

>80% of these foreign graduates who got a degree from the non-exempt countries arent good enough. Goes without saying that they would not even have been able to pass NEET.

The good ones, went to countries like UK or US or Australia, and would have got thru NEET too.

[SnS_12]

Originally Posted by thanixravindran

Stop selling products like Apple, Microsoft or moving jobs out of Russia is different as USA is weaponizing everything in its hold to dent the Russian public confidence but openly weaponizing the social media is setting a very dangerous precedent.

The American tech giants, will soon have to realize that America is not even 5% of the world population and they have their billion/trillion $ valuations because of other markets and will have to play by their rules. The world is watching and the call to have local data centers and stricter domicile rules for these companies will just get louder as at the moment they can shut your operation remotely over night and is dangerous for the economy of these countries. Russians in America and else where will feel the shot term pain but Americans will face the long term impact of these moves.

Its a do or die situation for America as Russia is now challenging their standing and dominance on the global stage. With Oil rich countries backing Russia alarm bells would have gone off in the white house.

When India wanted to buy Oil from Iran in INR we were threatened by sanctions but the same America who has sanctioned Iran can request them to increase production because they are now feeling the pinch of high energy costs which is fueling inflation in America. Brilliant!!!