Tipping points. First, reluctance to call Russian action in Ukraine genocide , and splintering Russia uses cruise missiles against cargo ships
As reported repeatedly, Russia lost over 40 billion USD in terms of money sent to India, as the Indian Rupee is non convertible, on the general global financial markets. This loss of money (40 billion USD) is the real reason why the BRICS called for dumping the USD. I.e. Russia's Ruble investment in India cannot be recouped , but it goes further than that.
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Speaking to Yevropaiska Pravda in Kyiv in early September, Yale academic Snyder explained how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already produced ample evidence of both genocidal actions and genocidal intent. In particular, he pointed to the widespread use of explicitly genocidal language by senior Russian officials and throughout Russia’s heavily censored state media. “So for me it’s a very clear case,” he noted.
However, relatively few members of the Western establishment have so far been prepared to openly accuse Russia of genocide. Snyder said this reflects practical concerns over the consequences of employing such unambiguous language. “The reason people don’t say it’s genocide is because they know that it is. That sounds paradoxical, but I think people in the West avoid saying ‘genocide’ because if they said that it was, it would require more action, and it would require them to ask themselves why they didn’t do something earlier on.”
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Eventually the me to ism and equivocation will run up against a brick wall. I.e. we are very near the point where deniability of genocide is not doable , and that will force an end to equivocation,
Next the splintering Russian regime is involved now in terms of targeting cargo ships with Cruise missiles
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The UK has accused Russia of targeting a civilian cargo ship with multiple cruise missiles as it rested in the Ukrainian port of Odesa last month.
The attack - which took place on 24 August - was thwarted by Ukrainian air defences, the UK's foreign office said.
The Liberian-flagged ship was targeted by missiles fired by a Russian carrier, it added.
In July, Russia warned ships travelling to Ukraine's ports through the Black Sea may be seen as military targets.
The warning came after Moscow withdrew from a landmark UN-backed grain deal, which had seen civilian cargo ships promised the freedom to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
At the time, President Vladimir Putin complained there were too many restrictions on its own agricultural goods
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A. Using cruise missiles this way on commercial shipping is straight out terrorism, i.e. no longer deniable
B. Eventually the genocide issues as to Russian conduct in Ukraine will be become undeniable and indefensible
C. The loss of 40 billion USD of Ruble investment in India due to the fact the Indian Rupee is not a currency which can be used outside of India will put pressure on Russian trade with the "outside world" which no alternative BRICS financial money order will be able to salve: The Brics dumping of the USD does nothing to alleviate the 40 billion USD hole Russia created for itself in India
In short a momentous crack up is impinging upon Western decision makers of the wisdom of defending the essence of Russian sinews of imperialism, and the fact that a Russian General has openly admitted that Putin wants conquest of all of eastern Europe, not just Ukraine, will lead to an end of the deniability and me to ism of the Western political chattering classes. Decision time is here, and certain people have written checks with their mouths defending Russia as to whataboutism , and it isn't going to go away
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Russia targeted civilian cargo ship with cruise missile - UK
11 September 2023
The UK has accused Russia of targeting a civilian cargo ship with multiple cruise missiles as it rested in the Ukrainian port of Odesa last month.
The attack - which took place on 24 August - was thwarted by Ukrainian air defences, the UK's foreign office said.
The Liberian-flagged ship was targeted by missiles fired by a Russian carrier, it added.
In July, Russia warned ships travelling to Ukraine's ports through the Black Sea may be seen as military targets.
The warning came after Moscow withdrew from a landmark UN-backed grain deal, which had seen civilian cargo ships promised the freedom to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
At the time, President Vladimir Putin complained there were too many restrictions on its own agricultural goods.
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Moscow also demanded a major Russian bank be let into a global payments system, restrictions be lifted on Russian fertiliser companies, and for its ships to get full access to insurance and foreign ports.
It began a series of strikes on ports in southern Ukraine within days of withdrawing from the deal, which it had pledged not to do under the agreement.
Speaking to parliament on Monday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the foiled attack on the grain ship succeeded only in "demonstrating just how desperate Putin is".
"Ukraine has the right to export its goods through international waters and they have the moral right to ship grain that is helping feed the world," Mr Sunak said.
Russia has yet to comment on the attack.
Moscow has increasingly targeted Ukrainian port infrastructure since it pulled out of the grain agreement. Kyiv has accused it of a "cynical" attempt to damage its grain exports and undermine global food security.
In its statement, the Foreign Office said Russia has destroyed 280,000 tonnes of grain since it pulled out of the deal, accusing it of trying to "weaponise food and innocent trade at the expense of the rest of the world".
Officials also said Russian attacks had damaged 26 port infrastructure facilities in Odesa and the nearby ports of Chornomorsk and Reni since July.
In July, Kenyan officials said Russia's withdrawal from the deal amounted to a "stab on the back" for those in drought-hit countries.
Korir Sing'Oei, the top civil servant in Kenya's foreign affairs ministry, said any increase in global food supplies caused by the move "disproportionately impacts countries in the Horn of Africa already impacted by drought".
President Vladimir Putin has pledged to provide free grain to six African nations - all of whom have supported Russia at international forums.
But the foreign office said the amount of grain destroyed by Russian strikes already exceeded the total amount Moscow had pledged to donate to African states, adding that it could have fed up to a million people for a year.
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Timothy Snyder: People know Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine but are afraid to say so
Yale University historian Timothy Snyder says the evidence of Russian genocide in Ukraine is “clear” but argues that many in the West remain reluctant to directly accuse the Kremlin as this would oblige them to act more decisively
by Business Ukraine magazineSeptember 11, 2023
American historian Timothy Snyder believes most people in the West are well aware Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, but says many remain deeply reluctant to say so as this would oblige them to intervene more decisively while also explaining their earlier inaction.
Speaking to Yevropaiska Pravda in Kyiv in early September, Yale academic Snyder explained how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already produced ample evidence of both genocidal actions and genocidal intent. In particular, he pointed to the widespread use of explicitly genocidal language by senior Russian officials and throughout Russia’s heavily censored state media. “So for me it’s a very clear case,” he noted.
However, relatively few members of the Western establishment have so far been prepared to openly accuse Russia of genocide. Snyder said this reflects practical concerns over the consequences of employing such unambiguous language. “The reason people don’t say it’s genocide is because they know that it is. That sounds paradoxical, but I think people in the West avoid saying ‘genocide’ because if they said that it was, it would require more action, and it would require them to ask themselves why they didn’t do something earlier on.”
Snyder’s comments came days after the head of a UN Commission leading a probe into potential war crimes in Ukraine told journalists there was not yet conclusive evidence of a Russian genocide in Ukraine. UN Commission chairman Erik Mose commented in Kyiv that his team had not assembled “sufficient evidence to meet the legal qualifications of the United Nations Genocide Convention.”
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