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If these are real answers from the company, yet to be published formally by the company or by a publication subject to editorial control, then this individual has confirmed the split is definite. Perhaps Q17 could be, "Does the board have oversight of these answers and has the board signed them off and instructed them to be repeated as a press release?"

I challenge anybody to ask that question. Everybody should be very weary of such detailed correspondence that cannot be properly sourced to the company.

For example, about 6 years ago just before the referendum I contacted a "bank" looking for info and got a reply that it was planned to reduce saving rates and remove some products, which would be shortly announced at lunchtime. The details were released two hours later and I thus evaded a sudden sp dip.

Is that true?

Bear in mind, China's balance of payments is such it has way more currency relative to the dollar NOW and indeed for many years. Have the economies of the world converted to the renminibi? No. Is there any sign on any market that is happening? No. Russia is putting out a propaganda line that they are magically going to take over the world as if being denied access to swift is just a shrug of the shoulders. They have no other system, it doesn't exist, they have a rabble crowd with them as a gang to bullies and strut around trying to be big and hard. But they have nothing.

The bottom line question remains, how many people, governments, markets, funds, reserves are going to hand over their dollars in return for ANYTHING else.

The only way the dollar will be rejected is when the country collapses due to some extensive natural disaster or long drawn out civil race war. Then something else will replace it by necessity, and that could well Sterling (to avoid the damn Euro getting a lookin).

All those holding dollars will therefore hand them over for non physical gold? Anybody else see an issue with this? When people want the physical item to use in a transaction, where will they get it from? Or is there to be trades with non existent 'gold' by some sort of computer code? Sound familiar (crypto)? Sounds like the biggest scam since crypto itself.

RazzB, "what rubbish can I post to wind up the sensibles on here? I know, this is ridiculous, but I can just see people spitting fire at this kind of crap. Here goes, lol, I'm so clever, lol"

Russians and Ukrainians MUST DIE. Why? For the unified Wests wicked aims. Global domination. EVERYONE must be absorbed into their globalism. Every door of every nation must open when the USA knocks on it.

They aren't the first to die. They are just the most recent.

Everywhere you look you see INSANE Western psy-ops and propaganda. Just look at what they have done to the World Cup and Qatar, they have just turned it into another front for their global war. The Arab world must be collapsed from within & oh my.... those demons are trying to orchestrate it anyway they can.

And Ghana produces Brent quality crude? Mmmm, interesting but futile attempt at a corollary.

When knocked for 6, obfuscate to buy time.

And over you go again.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ,8, , , 9, , , , , 10 - you're out!

How are you valuing the gold?

In? In?

In dollars! At some point a conversion is going to be made. Even if you have a gold standard, what will that be in reference to? You expect Japan, Europe, Australia and others to accept a BRICS currency as the reference? You are living on another planet.

Notwithstanding the fact that Russia only invaded on the basis that Ukraine as not a member of NATO or under any security agreement, I'll say it again. Careful what you wish for. Two extremely vain leaders of NATO countries were humiliated by Putin and if NATO forces are eventually sanctioned, payback maybe swift and bloody. Some may fantasize they are winning some war against NATO. Currently you are losing heavily against a very few arms and weaponry deployed alongside the regular Ukraine army mostly using soviet era kit with only a few thousand troops trained by NATO member countries. And even then, the few worthwhile bits of kit have only been deployed for a couple of months with very limited ammunition. Soviet forces have been pushed well back on all fronts.

If NATO went all in, Russia would be wiped out in days, then the entire federation in a matter of weeks - if that.

Be very careful what you wish for!

Who reacts to who?

If crap is posted that needs to be sounded out, I will do so. Your infantile outburst simply demonstrated I was absolutely correct in challenging your interpretation of the un-referenced growth prospects. And don't bother trying to claim "Can only be good for the company the Russian economy returning to growth" is from any article, it was your own spin and quite rightly highlighted in comparison to the rest of the information.

Explain in what sense the comment I made was "bigoted".

How about I ask for your contact details in order to serve you with a writ for defamation?

Explain yourself.

"Can only be good for the company the Russian economy returning to growth"

Now that level o spin is worthy of a Mandelson gold medal!

Ignore the huge contraction of the economy, a small sanction riddled fragile economy to begin with, and focus on the jam tomorrow end of the rainbow.

Wow!

Sorry if misinterpreted... clarity in the fog of war. However, the premise that Russia will only stop the aggression having secured some benefit is not be sound. At war's end, the invading 'loser' is often demobbed and returned back to where they came from. I think you are assuming a negotiated solution. That option vanished many months ago when Putin used nuclear threats. There is only one acceptable outcome from the west's point of view which is fundamentally Russia leaves Ukraine (Crimea maybe the only area not initially relinquished). The attacks on the civilian infrastructure do not create a scenario where Ukraine is forced to negotiate and cede territory, the scenario created is drawing organizations like NATO and the UN closer to being involved on a humanitarian level. Whether that results in a liberation by force and then a never ending stand off at the border or Russia is placed under occupation to remove future troubles remains to be seen. The UN may end up in Russia due to a significant civil war triggered by the defeat in Ukraine anyway.

But be under no illusions, there will be no negotiated settlement giving a face saving route out for Russia having threatened to use nukes, that is pure wishful thinking.

Where has NATO ever said it would protect Ukraine?

It was Russia that gave the guarantees of protection as long as Ukraine gave up it's inherited nuclear weapons. The guarantees turned out to be worthless. Nlame Russia for you collapse in dp and lost dividends.

"Because ultimately, Russia is there because they want something, and in their eyes, they have won a whole load at great cost, and won’t be willing to just say “here guys, yeah, our bad, so sorry for all the destruction and **** you’ve been through, have your land back. Cheerio!” "

Your bottom line is because Russia lost men and machine launching an illegal invasion they have some divine right to be rewarded with somebody else's territory.

In fact, the exact opposite should happen. No gain, irrespective of any losses incurred, and penalties imposed.

It has become increasingly absurd to try blaming Ukraine for Russian aggression, and the NATO card being thrown in again with pathetic retrospective qualification.

Propagandists are about as useless as the circus of clowns on the battlefield. You're all a joke. You've lost, you've been humiliated and you taken for fools. And you are clearly conscious and aware of it.

Peace is simple. Russia removes it's troops off Ukraine territory.

Simple.

Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine has a right of self-defense. Ukraine is under no obligation to anything

The ones seeking to prolong the war, are the Russian invaders.

Anyway, there is nothing for Ukraine to negotiate.

Oh look, your post indicating it is Ukraine the problem doesn't get removed. Well there's a surprise.

The reason so many posts are removed is that they are directly related to the fortunes of POLY, but are the wrong script wrt to anti western pro Russian sentiment. Posts demonizing NATO, the west, UK or Ukraine are not removed. Posts copying verified material showing the real picture are removed. Trying to pretend the war is not relevant to a company with substantial assets in the aggressor country and is listed on the MOEX in Russia and is affected by sanctions against Russia and could potentially have direct sanctions placed on it because of the war - is like saying the price of gold is not relevant to POLY. The moderators have not just failed in judgment wit that, they have become complicit in real world narrative propaganda management on behalf of the aggressor. This can lead to a seriously distorted debate many investors become influenced by.

That was in 1914. This is your evidence?

WoW! The extent of the moderation on here has reached an extraordinary level. This is now just one major cover up exercise. It is so sad to see LSE taken over like this. It won't stop the split though nor erase the reason why the split is needed.

Very heavy handed censorship by moderators today.

The company should split as proposed by the board back in March. Saying why is clearly not allowed in this supposedly open discussion. But turn the news on, even brief headline summaries carry the news, news forbidden here despite the fact it totally qualifies the board's proposal to split the company.

Trolls trying to hide the truth from people overseas who will look in here based on their portfolio. This level of censorship is quite sickening actually. It makes LSE complicit in the news headline.