Posted on 09/07/2022 12:47:12 PM PDT by MercyFlush
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have reached an agreement to restrict Russian access to the EU through their borders because of the war in Ukraine.
(Video article at link)
Quite sensible.
“Looks like the Baltic countries are taking steps to keep out Putin’s “Little Green Men”.”
Not sure I’d be celebrating the actions of 3 tiny countries as it looks like the idea of punishing all Russian citizens, rather than Russian leaders, isn’t very popular in Europe (or the US for that matter), as only the most Extreme countries are willing to do it.
PNG starts to bite
But they’ll still buy that gas, I’m sure!
This doesn’t punish “all Russian citizens”. Just the ones who want the privilege of crossing the border to buy luxuries like food and clothing.
Oh, and it also inconveniences the spies and the aforementioned “Little Green Men” who should be shot on sight as out of uniform enemy combatants.
You feeling ok?
“But they’ll still buy that gas, I’m sure!”
Russia isn’t selling it to them anymore. IMHO the Russians are doing the West a favor. They’re especially doing a favor for the US LNG industry.
Now the Israeli, Norwegian, and UK gas pipelines will finally be built and it will be decades before anyone bothers buying from Russia again.
“You feeling ok?”
I’m a little down but were I to read your obituary I’m sure I’d cheer up.
if they say russian citizens are needing liberation, then restricting those citizens seems prudent.
My understanding is that 15 years ago or so the population of Latvia was over 50% russian, the latvians were in the minority (perhaps only in Riga, the capital), and Latvia refused to provide ethnic russians citizenship unless they passed a strenuous language test (which most would fail). Russia denied them citizenship as well so they were kind of an ‘undocumented’ population in Latvia even though they were a generation or two over since they had arrived, so none were from Russia or had been to Russia.
How did that resolve itself? doesn’t the 50% of the population, the ethnic russian population, need to travel to Russia for family reasons etc?
I am curious.
“I’m a little down but were I to read your obituary I’m sure I’d cheer up.”
I’m not your problem, as I’m not from your government.
“How did that resolve itself? doesn’t the 50% of the population, the ethnic russian population, need to travel to Russia for family reasons etc? I am curious.”
Probably similar to Ukraine. If Russians are treated badly in Latvia, then Russia will help take care of the problem.
Stop it! You know you can’t read!
“I’m not your problem, as I’m not from your government.”
Oh? Which government are you from?
“If Russians are treated badly in Latvia, then Russia will help take care of the problem.”
Again making my point that Russia must be destroyed.
Or else what, Comrade Bob, the Russians might invade them too?
This is interesting....
When this whole oil and gas thing eventually sorts out then it’ll be decades before the Russians could ever re-enter the Western energy markets.
Also, Donald Trump was spot on saying not to trust the Russians!!!
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