boytoy wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:34 am It seems to be never ending. Question. Do you think Russia knew/forecasted that these countries were going to hit them with all the sanctions before they started the war?

yes, I posted a good article a while back outlining that Russia knew exactly what to expect and had many months to prepared for it. As a result of sanctions energy profits and the Rouble actually went up not down. The EU and the UK paid dearly.

Meanwhile Gazprom say the may get Nordstream partially working quite soon.