They won't default. They will simply freeze their assets. Same effect.
Ukrainian War Developments
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He probably meant to get rid of as much USD for tangible goods as possible.His idea of sticking it to the US is ....buying as many US goods as possible?
So according to Alex Christoforou who cites the US estimate, Russia is running this operation with less than
50,000 men. That is surprisingly low. People cannot expect this number of soldiers to take over a country the size of Ukraine at a pace
they want. The number of troops implies to me that Russia is expecting lots of local support. And we do have evidence that locals
are feeding intel to the Russian forces. Of course, there are civilians who are not happy with the invasion. I still think they are holding back because if they weren't FOABs would have been dropped.
50,000 men. That is surprisingly low. People cannot expect this number of soldiers to take over a country the size of Ukraine at a pace
they want. The number of troops implies to me that Russia is expecting lots of local support. And we do have evidence that locals
are feeding intel to the Russian forces. Of course, there are civilians who are not happy with the invasion. I still think they are holding back because if they weren't FOABs would have been dropped.
We're not at war with Russia.
You know who else has 'legal equality' to Russia? The PRs of Donetsk/Luhansk are 'legally equal' to Russia and Ukraine as sovereign independent states.... but guess who has the final decision making power? (Hint: it's not themselves or Ukraine)
Similarly, the Soviet Union has a history of proclaiming new “communist” republics on the border with Russia and then secretly send Red Army to help them establish true communism. Other times, Red Army is sent in to crush anti-Communist revolutions 1956 Hungary, not unlike Russia sending in 'peacekeepers' to restore 'order' in Donetsk/Luhansk independent republics that are nominally legally equal, but reality Russian dominated.
Then it should be to buy as many Non US goods possible with USD
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