3. Will Russia seize enemy-owned assets? Possibly, given how Putin is trying to position BRICS as an anti-west ally.
Of course, we have already been told EUA will be sold to BRICS so we don't care, but your original point about investing in Russia generally still carries this risk for any enemy buyer of a Russian asset.
Oh my word, are the tin foil hatters still trying to flog this old trope that Russia had no choice? Literally the wrong side of history, humanity and logic. Or do you also condone the US invading Viet Nam and Cuba, for the same "provocation on our doorstep justifies invasion" argument?
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022. They didn't have to - they chose to. Everything thereafter is on them. The only possible result from any negotiation would be Ukraine to give up their own land to Russia.
Whatever perceived pressure was being put on Russia by the US or NATO, invading Ukraine was the morally wrong way to resolve it. And that just covers the "why". The "how" is, itself, a whole new level of morally wrong; genocide, torture, rape and murder of civilians and destruction of their homes and infrastructure is not a justifiable response in any war, let alone as the aggressor.
No they couldn't. The BoD and certainly the investors would not agree to such a proposal, which would need to go to a shareholder vote. They also could not buy sufficient shares on the open market at such a low price to control that vote.
"this is what happens when you keep poking the bear".
Russia invaded Ukraine. The bear should not be within poking distance. There should not need to be any negotiation to stop this. Peace is very easily achieved by Russia - get out of Ukraine. Simple.
" you have no proof of anything you say apart from what the media show you."
And where do you source your info from? You have no more reliable sources of info than us, you just think that simply being a contrarian gives you some special insight that us mere mortals are not privy to.
But that has been the case for ages, and we're all at peace with it, no? EUA are still progressing work (DFS by Nov 22, WK adding washplants and draglines, etc.) in the meantime, all funded by WK and/or Sinosteel if we need to mine MT. And when the war ends, we'll be in a very saleable position. Sorry, I'm struggling to see how your doom mongery is meant to suddenly make us all run for the hills.
If the partial mobilisation is anything to go by, a full mobilisation will be ineffectual at best for Putin, revolutionary at worst. I just can't see how Putin can win with more conventional warfare, given he's being pushed back over the Dnieper as we speak, having thrown regulars, Wagner and a partial mobilisation at the problem. Nuclear is his only remaining gambit now.
Of course, this all assumes nothing will stop Putin before it gets to that. I think this is a race between Russian success in forcing a full Ukraine surrender (they won't stop fighting before then) and Putin being overthrown internally.
This current clown is the toast of governments from Alaska to Canberra and is kicking your Russian arse right now.
Ukraine had not applied to join NATO before Putin invaded, and even if they had, they'd be no more a threat to Russia than other neighbouring NATO members such as Poland and the Baltics.
Whether Putin has genuine cause or not to fear Ukraine's NATO membership, invading Ukraine was never going to be the right solution, morally or practicably, as is currently being proven on the battlefield.
"A concrete sale is better than jam tomorrow."
I disagree. Concrete retails for about £115 a ton (depending on grade), so about 0.35p per ounce.
Jam, at about £1.20 for a 1lb jar, is about 7.5p an ounce.
Waiting until tomorrow (1/365th of a year) for an uplift of 214% (from 0.35p to 7.5p) works out a non-compounding return of 78,110%, or 78 times your money.
Worth waiting for, in my book.