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Originally posted by: kankabhor

Zelensky always used connects himself with Russian identity and is born in Eastern Ukraine so everyone thought he will be Russia's puppet. In fact his entire election campaign money came from a businessman who is very pro Russia. The same businessman owns a channel where Zelensky's show was airing at the time. US had also banned this buisinessman. But still Zelensky denied to follow Russia and first thing he did was to go after corrupt people. When Trump was POTUS, he asked Zelensky to investigate Biden which Zelensky refused and Trump then canclled his visit of Ukraine. This meetign was very important for Zelensky adn Ukraine and still he did not listen to Trump. This all tells me that Zelensky does have some principles which he is fighting for. I do appreciate his leadership as he definitely knows how to be a showman. In such times, these things are also important.

He may have run on anti-corruption manifesto (which politician doesn't?) but it was revealed in "Pandora papers" that he himself owned a network of offshore companies in British Virgin Islands, Belize and Cyprus. I don't want to digress too much with his "tryst" with Trump or Biden since the veracity of all those stories depends on who you ask: liberals or conservatives. I can't independently come to a conclusion regarding that truth and what's left then are mere opinions.

Originally posted by: K.Universe.

He sounds knowledgeable. I do see a lot of parallels between that epic and our everyday lives.

Unfortunately, there's no Lord Krishna now to tell us on which side is Dharma. Things aren't as black and white as back then. Also, more importantly, I don't know how those epics justified Rajasuya yagna or Ashwamedha yagna. How exactly are they different from what Putin is trying to do here? Even Lord Rama did those yagnas.

Perhaps it's best not to invoke (flawed) mythological stories then.

Things weren't black n white then too..things r never black n white..it's all shades of Grey..

It's always survival of the fittest and the one who survives is right.

As kids we all have n uncorrupted mind that likes and wants peace n happiness all around..and we see world in black, white n rainbow colors..

Then we think ..maarnewala galat hai maar khaanewala sahi...and we divert our care n sympathy there. Its only later that we think why the person was getting beaten up.

But when we grow up we realize that world isn't our dreamland..it's a complicated maze.

Happens to everyone when reality strikes

Originally posted by: BettyA1

His dancing talent...

https://youtu.be/NEuUuc25PYM

This is fine.. but saw a cringeworthy video of him..won't put it here coz doesn't seem nice to do that to a country leader

Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon

This is fine.. but saw a cringeworthy video of him..won't put it here coz doesn't seem nice to do that to a country leader

Are you talking about the one where he plays Piano with his Private parts?

I did post that clip in the previous page

Originally posted by: K.Universe.

Not just India but this affects all countries, one way or another. In some cases economies will shrink and the whole of GDP would take a hit.

It looks like India has implemented alternative solutions in the past to circumvent SWIFT when dealing with Iran after they imposed similar restrictions on Iranian banks; Iranian banks had to open accounts with UCO bank in Kolkata as well as with a few Indian banks that have a minor global presence.

Some of these systems, like SWIFT, claim to be neutral entities but still have to answer to their masters, in this case EU.

Of course it should be concerning to one and all that monies legally owned by individuals or organizations or countries could still be seized and/or restricted for whatever reasons. It especially hurts when "democracies" like Canada do it to their own citizens.

@Chaotic Russia is dangerous for entire world: 😊 stating the obvious?

Just like India, Russia and China also has its own internal transactions management system.

SWIFT brought uniformity in financial transactions and benefited US the most.

The vast majority of SWIFT transactions are settled in US dollars, which helps solidify the US currency status as the global reserve currency.

Natons that intend to keep importing Russian oil & natural gas will have to continue transactions with Russia in an alternative setting. And we know that Russian Gas is cheapest which no-one can afford Not to have.

Didn’t think this will happen but we are seeing the decline of USD as global currency right before our eyes.

Originally posted by: BettyA1

Are you talking about the one where he plays Piano with his Private parts?

I did post that clip in the previous page

No..there's another one where he is doing something that resembles singing on stage with some women in background..

Heights was that audience was laughing at that cringefest..and these people have audacity to call themselves feminists too

Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon

Things weren't black n white then too..things r never black n white..it's all shades of Grey..

It's always survival of the fittest and the one who survives is right.

As kids we all have n uncorrupted mind that likes and wants peace n happiness all around..and we see world in black, white n rainbow colors..

Then we think ..maarnewala galat hai maar khaanewala ..and we divert our care n sympathy there. Its only later that we think why the person was getting beaten up.

But when we grow up we realize that world isn't our dreamland..it's a complicated maze.

Happens to everyone when reality strikes

I would prefer to go with the phrase "natural selection" instead of "survival of the fittest" if at all we are referring to evolution.

It's debatable whether morals and ethics play a role in evolution by natural selection. Some say they do but do they know how that plays out in case of a world war III? 😃 Also, I don't know if humans are still evolving and/or if the theory of evolution still applies to us (if it ever did). For arguments sake, if a few Russians or Americans or Indians or Chinese are the only humans standing at the end of a world war, would the human race be OK after a few hundred or thousand years? These are all hypothetical questions.

I understand what you are saying however: something along the lines of "to the victor belong the spoils" and probably the opportunity to write history too.

Originally posted by: K.Universe.

I would prefer to go with the phrase "natural selection" instead of "survival of the fittest" if at all we are referring to evolution.

It's debatable whether morals and ethics play a role in evolution by natural selection. Some say they do but do they know how that plays out in case of a world war III? 😃 Also, I don't know if humans are still evolving and/or if the theory of evolution still applies to us (if it ever did). For arguments sake, if a few Russians or Americans or Indians or Chinese are the only humans standing at the end of a world war, would the human race be OK after a few hundred or thousand years? These are all hypothetical questions.

I understand what you are saying however: something along the lines of "to the victor belong the spoils" and probably the opportunity to write history too.

Exactly..if Germany had won under Hitler Nazi history would have been written differently ya?

We aren't capable of deciding between Dharm n Adharm in global context..so let's believe natural selection is right.

The only constant is change..and how we adapt to the change is what defines our life journey..faith in the universe and faith in ourselves will keep us going.

World isn't going to end after WW3..it survived 2 wars and will survive third one too.

Zelindkyy is criticizing NATO for their decision to not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine?!

Does this comedian even begin to fathom its implications if they do make it a no-fly zone?

^^ intentional misspelling of his name as I am not happy with his damn demands and criticisms!