''Moonofalabama'' predicted on day of the [[special military operation]], "The U.S. is pushing its European 'allies' to commit economic suicide by sanctioning everything Russia. The U.S. should be more careful. It is one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil and its aircraft industry depends on [[titanium]] from Russia. Russia surely knows who is trying to hurt it the most and it surely knows how, and has the means to, hurt back."<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/disarming-ukraine-day-1.html</ref> Western sanctions against Russia were successful in speeding up an alternative global trading system for 70% of the world economies who continue trading with Russia.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/06/18/powell-rapid-changes-are-taking-place-in-the-global-monetary-system-that-may-affect-the-international-role-of-the-dollar/</ref> | ''Moonofalabama'' predicted on day of the [[special military operation]], "The U.S. is pushing its European 'allies' to commit economic suicide by sanctioning everything Russia. The U.S. should be more careful. It is one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil and its aircraft industry depends on [[titanium]] from Russia. Russia surely knows who is trying to hurt it the most and it surely knows how, and has the means to, hurt back."<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/disarming-ukraine-day-1.html</ref> Western sanctions against Russia were successful in speeding up an alternative global trading system for 70% of the world economies who continue trading with Russia.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/06/18/powell-rapid-changes-are-taking-place-in-the-global-monetary-system-that-may-affect-the-international-role-of-the-dollar/</ref> |