I suspect things won't "go back to normal" for quite a while, unfortunately. And Russia is a big country but let's not describe them as an invincible economic juggernaut, because that is simply not true. Why don't we bookmark this thread and come back in 3 years, see how things have panned out.

They are not invincible - they have a bough resources and enough markets to function outside the west. This also means tey now start getting increasingly chummy with every shit nation on the planet and cause further global security issues

They are certainly not invincible just like any other country is'ent, but they do have the upper hand and Putin knows this.

Yep it will take time for things to go back to normal, but they will eventually, unless it really does get out of hand with the political side of things, which leads to a war which I highly dought because the UK, EU, US and Russia dont want that.

so if hypothetically the West stops buying Russian oil/gas (which accounts for ~2/3rds of Russian economy)... who will Russia sell that gas/oil to? wouldn't they now have to sell 3x to those remaining countries? Why would those countries suddenly start buying 3x oil/gas?

that scenario is likely not very realistic, but same logic follows if the West were to reduce their trade with Russia by 10% (likely very realistic scenario?)... that would imply that for Russia not to lose on the deal they would have to sell 30% more to the remaining countries (likely unrealistic?)...

Russia would very easily find other countries to sell thier resources to, They do not have to sell more to other non western countrys. The Uk buy Russian oil because of its price and relative distance for shipping costs. If we stoped trading oil with them it would cost us more to import the same amount of oil from other countrys, compared to what we get it for from Russia.

The same will go for gas to other EU countries If Russia decided to cut of the gas supply they would be in a whole heap of trouble. The Ukrain allready owe Russia millions for gas which they have not paid for, so it might even be in Russia's best intrest to find other buyers and stop supplying to countries who cant pay the bill.

Who's "we"? You are talking like a typical embarrassing negro, unintelligible, uneducated,...walking around with your pants hanging off your knees, fake chains swinging from your neck, flashing your girlfriends new Cricket prepaid phone like you're a baller. You are the person that no one wants to live next to or wants their kids to go to school with. You lower property values. Congrats.

Feel me?

Heh, I knew I could get the real deal out of you homie. That wrong assumption you just made bout the boy right there based off how a nigga types online proves that you probably think Putin is a stronger leader than Obama based on the woody you got from his shirtless pics my nigga. The "typical embarrassing negro" comment proves that Putin being a white nigga has a great deal to do with your delusions about the shithole of a country he runs being sanction proof and shit. Feel me? All that witty fire cracker come-back shit you be pullin tryin to stunt like you some highly educated and intellectually superior character can't hide the fact that you really just a racially and class motivated pompous dick nugget who does a lot of flawed assuming and generalizing that you try to mask with proper grammar.

http://thehoodup.com/board/images/smilies/obama.png

Well, you got me. I'll let you go back to ignoring all of your 12 kids by different mothers and attempting to convince your parole officer that a owning simple site with a few galleries is "gainful employment"
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"American blacks". Not all blacks are like you. Most aren't. Most can string together intelligent sentences and can communicate in a manner in which they can be understood. They don't worship idiocy and stupidity. They don't mock intelligence and education. Don't make it about "American blacks"... that's really not fair to hardworking intelligent blacks in America.

As someone that's traveled a lot in the world, I can tell you without 100% certainty that you wouldn't last 5 minutes outside your little world on whatever rundown, broke down, inner city street you live on. So you are free to talk all the shit you want. You are like a goldfish in a goldfish bowl mocking the world around him. You are irrelevant. When you pass away, you'll leave absolutely nothing behind but fatherless children and a rap sheet.

:1orglaugh yo dumbass still think im black cause the way i type on this bitch tho... and then you spit all these muh fuckin stereotypes of american blacks based off that false assumption my nigga. :1orglaugh Like I said before and ima say it again my nigga, all that witty fire cracker come-back shit you be pullin tryin to stunt like you some highly educated and intellectually superior character can't hide the fact that you really just a racially and class motivated pompous dick nugget who does a lot of flawed assuming and generalizing that you try to mask with proper grammar. You be goin off hard on shit you dont know nothin about, meanwhile your daughter probably in the mirror right now while you typing practicing her twerk technique so she ride a big black AMERICAN dick properly.

Basically, you are so unintelligent that you had to copy and paste and re-use part of a previous response where you made what you felt was some sort of clever insult.

I'm guessing at this point, that cyberhustler does a lot of affirmative action hiring.

I don't think most Americans take Obama seriously.

You don't need to be the worlds #1 super power to be fine, you Americans know fuck all about the world, you've just been steamrolled by Putin and the whole world is laughing.

Are you a real hahahahahaha or just a knobhead trying to act like one?

Reality check. Americans don't think Putin is stronger than Obama. This is just a talking point repeated endlessly by republicans via the usual right wing channels.

Obama is taking cool headed decisions, while hot-heads like McCain are screaming for war, which of course is what he always does.

http://pics.lolme.org/2013/10/black-...hite-obama.jpg

:2 cents:

Was this made by a 12 year old?

I think he is. He sees himself in the pantheon of great Russian leaders.

this black putin looks fake, but the white putin looks like a kind of sergei bubka