Favorites March 1st 2022
Noah Smith ššŗš¦@Noahpinion
Whoa. This is important. When Xi issued his statement of support for Putin before the invasion, he may have been tricked into thinking Putin wouldn't invade.
Lingling Wei éē²ēµ @Lingling_Wei
An intriguing q these days is whether China's Xi had been informed of Putin's invasion plan when the two issued Feb. 4 solidarity statement. āA careful examination of the events suggests that China was, in fact, played," wrote Yun Sun @StimsonCenter https://t.co/sqSKsqP8uO
6:31 AM Ā· Mar 1, 2022
54 Reposts Ā· 431 Likes
Tricked everyone besides US intelligence.
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman
I donāt know whether the alleged Zelensky assassination plot was, in fact, foiled by FSB snitches, as the Ukrainians say. But saying the tip came from with the FSB itself is maximally designed to send the FSB into a counterintelligence ouroboros.
axios.com
Zelensky assassination plot foiled, Ukrainian authorities say
11:44 PM Ā· Mar 1, 2022
1.65K Reposts Ā· 8.18K Likes
I'm constantly worried that they'll find a way to do him in, but maybe I'm not giving enough credit to the individuals who'd have to carry it out.
Javier Blas@JavierBlas
BREAKING: Exxon withdraws from Russia. āWe are beginning the process to discontinue operations and developing steps to exit the Sakhalin-1 venture,ā it says (unclear what ādiscontinueā means, but Exxon operates the LNG facility, so itās a big deal)
exxonmobil.co
ExxonMobil to discontinue operations at Sakhalin-1, make no new investments in Russia
12:14 AM Ā· Mar 2, 2022
1.23K Reposts Ā· 3.12K Likes
Update on yesterday's news, I believe that's all the US Oil companies out of Russia.
Derek Thompson@DKThomp
New pod: RUSSIA ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, with special guests @Noahpinion and @nicolas_veron
open.spotify.com/episode/2mtGccā¦
We have the Russian economy in a choke hold.
Putin has a gun to the head of Ukraineāand all of humanity.
The moral urgency to find an off-ramp couldnāt be higher.
1:03 PM Ā· Mar 1, 2022
11 Reposts Ā· 72 Likes
This was a good overview of where things stand regarding sanctions strategy
Dmitri Alperovitch@DAlperovitch
Some foreign policy prognosticators prior to the war were claiming that if Russia is allowed to invade Ukraine, our deterrence of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be weakened. I actually think the reverse is true now š§µ
5:57 AM Ā· Mar 2, 2022
262 Reposts Ā· 1.49K Likes
The west's response has been strong enough to demonstrate that we'd take it seriously. (Plus we're seeing that it's quite hard to quickly conquer a smaller nation that's had time to prepare). Itās a short thread if you want to see the rest.
