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President Vladimir Putin told Russia's defense ministry to deploy troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine to ‘keep the peace,’ in a decree issued shortly after announcing recognition for Russian-backed separatists there reut.rs/3BMfdwg
5:35 AM · Feb 22, 2022
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The big news today was that Russia officially moved troops into ukraine
Tom Nichols@RadioFreeTom
Putin's address alternates between bat-crap crazy and the standard bloviation of every Soviet functionary at every stupid Soviet lecture and conference I had to sit through over 30 years ago. This is a guy for whom 1991 just did not happen.
7:09 PM · Feb 21, 2022
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He goes on to call the speech similar to Gary Oldman's freak out in Air Force One. I've been meaning to watch that eventually. (The film, not Putin’s speech)
Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇@Noahpinion
China hedging their bets now. Interesting.
Chao Deng 邓超 @Chao_Deng
China's foreign minister Wang Yi trying to the thread the needle:
Beijing is opposed Ukraine joining NATO but also doesn't want a Russia invasion. Wang portrayed the U.S. & China in agreement on wanting parties to go back to the Minsk agreement
https://t.co/zSmEc0fASx
9:12 PM · Feb 21, 2022
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One of the main reasons to respond with severe sanctions here is to ensure that China doesn't make a move on Taiwan.
Quantian@quantian1
MSCI Russia index down 12.5% in a day, Ruble down 300 bps, gold up, VIX up, treasuries up, SPX down. Not good, folks! You do not love to be seeing it!
9:40 PM · Feb 21, 2022
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Maybe don't start unproductive wars? Just a thought.
Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇@Noahpinion
The people who say "Russia is a giant gas station" aren't exaggerating.
11:05 PM · Feb 21, 2022
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If you squint at this chart, you can see that they also sell some metalic knick knacks in the attached convienience store.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Good to hear
nytimes.com
Got a Covid Booster? You Probably Won’t Need Another for a Long Time
10:51 PM · Feb 21, 2022
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And finally, this is some tentatively good news.
