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In response to Russia's [[Special Military Operation on the territory of Ukraine]], first the [[Biden]] Admin did nothing assuming [[Ukraine]] would fall in a week. When that did not happen. The [[Biden]] Admin demanded Major oil companies, including Exxon, BP, and Shell, ended joint investment projects with Russian oil companies. Major retailers, including H&M, Nike, Ikea, and TJX, shut down Russian sales and closed stores. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express shut down global services in Russia. Boeing cut off support for Russian airlines and closed its offices in Moscow, while Delta ended its Russian code-sharing arrangement. FedEx and UPS shut services to Russia. Apple, Alphabet (which owns [[Google]]), Meta (which owns [[Facebook]]), and Microsoft all have taken significant action.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whitehead-rise-global-fascism-and-end-world-we-know-it</ref>  The Russian population, which is rich in food and energy supplies, likely will not suffer the energy and food shocks the West and the United States cut out for itself with sanctions, although Russians will be deprived of [[Netflix]].

In response to Russia's [[Special Military Operation on the territory of Ukraine]], first the [[Biden]] Admin did nothing assuming [[Ukraine]] would fall in a week. When that did not happen. The [[Biden]] Admin demanded Major oil companies, including Exxon, BP, and Shell, ended joint investment projects with Russian oil companies. Major retailers, including H&M, Nike, Ikea, and TJX, shut down Russian sales and closed stores. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express shut down global services in Russia. Boeing cut off support for Russian airlines and closed its offices in Moscow, while Delta ended its Russian code-sharing arrangement. FedEx and UPS shut services to Russia. Apple, Alphabet (which owns [[Google]]), Meta (which owns [[Facebook]]), and Microsoft all have taken significant action.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whitehead-rise-global-fascism-and-end-world-we-know-it</ref>  The Russian population, which is rich in food and energy supplies, likely will not suffer the energy and food shocks the West and the United States cut out for itself with sanctions, although Russians will be deprived of [[Netflix]].

The [[Biden]] Admin and the [[EU]] believed that by waging economic war of sanctions against civilians, with the intent of making the Russian people suffer, they will rise up in the streets to pressure their government to change policy or to overthrow it to alleviate the economic misery.<ref>https://theconversation.com/the-west-thinks-that-russians-suffering-from-sanctions-will-end-up-abandoning-putin-but-history-indicates-they-wont-179075</ref> '''In 2026 five years later, the war continues,''' and civilians are still dying on both sides. Russia cannot use nukes because it is downwind from  [[Ukraine]].  

The [[Biden]] Admin and the [[EU]] believed that by waging economic war of sanctions against civilians, with the intent of making the Russian people suffer, they will rise up in the streets to pressure their government to change policy or to overthrow it to alleviate the economic misery.<ref>https://theconversation.com/the-west-thinks-that-russians-suffering-from-sanctions-will-end-up-abandoning-putin-but-history-indicates-they-wont-179075</ref> '''In 2026 five years later, Kyiv with Western money is still fighting,''' and civilians are still dying on both sides. Russia cannot use nukes because it is downwind from  [[Ukraine]].  

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