Ukraine, Russia & the City of London

WHAT TIE USE OF THATTH-BE IS A L01 OF MONEY AND THE VERY COMPLEX SANCTIONS SITUATIONI IAPPENING IN THE UKRAINE (STOPPING TRADE) TO 'PUNISH' OTHER COUNTRIES POWER IN THE CITY IS THIS OF LONDON ABOUT TH- HISTORIC AND THE IDEA THAT THERE & THAT THIS POWER ARF CERTAIN COUNTRIES WHICH ARE POLITICAL THAT MONEY CREATES ? RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA CAN INFLUENCE WHAT POLITICIANS DO EXPECTED TO ACT LIKE WORLD POLICEMAN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UKRAINE & RUSSIA WERE BOTH PART OF THE USSR UNTIL 1991 UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WANT DIFFERENT THINGS. SOME LIKE THE EU & SOME LIKE RUSSIA RUSSIA STILL HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE, THROUGH CULTURE, AID, GAS AND MORE NO IO'S UKRAINE GAFFE SHOWS CITY PROFITS COME BEFORE PRINCIPLED DIPLOMACY CLICK. HERE FOR ORICINAL PROTESTS ABOUT JOINNG THE EU TURNED VIOLENT IN JANUARY 2014 &N MARCH THE PRESIDENT FLED A PART OF SOUTH UKRAINE CALLED CRIMEA WAS GIVEN TOUKRAINE IN 1954 BY RUSSIA RUSSIA HAS SENT TROOPS NTO CRIMEA & THE EU AND USA ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT THIS IS SUCH BIG NEWS IS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN INTEREST IN COUNTRIES AROUND IT (LIKE LATVIA, ESTONIA, BELARUS & GEORGIA). PUTIN (THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT) IDEALLY WANTS UKRAINE (AND SOME OTHERS) TO BE UNDER RUSSIA'S DIRECT INFLUENCE IT IS VERY COMPLICATED, THOUGH. A LOT OF UKRAINIANS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CRIMEA (WHERE THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE). WOULD RATHER BE CLOSER TO RUSSIA THAN THE EU - THEY SPEAK RUSSIAN, WATCH RUSSIAN TV ETC. | OTHER COUNTRIES ARE WORRIED THAT RUSSIA IS GOING TO MAKE CRIMEA (6 MAYBE MORE OF UKRAINE) PART OF RUSSIA AGAIN IIE ILLECAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW TO VIOLATE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY THERE ARE CERTAIN COUNTRIES THAT FOR MANY REASONS ENFORCE THESE INTERNATIONAL LAWS (OR IF IT IS NOT LAW. BUT JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE, THEY ARE CALLED INTERNATIONAL NORMS). THESE ARE: THE USA NATO SOVEREIGNTY IS THE IDEA THAT A STATE (SO LIKE FRANCE. OR UKRAINE) IS IN CHARGE OF ITS OWN AFFAIRS, AND THAT NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE OR GET INVOLVED. THIS GOES BACK TO 1648! THE EU (ALTHOUGH MANLY FRANCE, GERMANY & UK) UN SECURITY COUNCIL THE UNITED NATIONS (THE GROUP THAT INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD) HAS 5 COUNTRIES THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF SECURITY: UN SECURITY COUNCIL USA | UK | FRANCE CHINA |RUSSIA AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIT OF A PROBLEM IF RUSSIA IS INVOLVED SO INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AND GROUPS HAVE TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY. THIS IS WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 'THE EU' OR 'THE USA' ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RUSSIA LK FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS OFTEN KEEP A LOT OF MONEY IN BANK ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY. THERE IS A LOT OF RUSSIAN MONEY IN THE CITY OF LONDON, IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT FORMS (LIKE HOUSES, BANK ACCOUNTS, BUSINESS ETC) WHEN THERE ARE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, THIS MONEY AND PROPERTY IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM - PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO STOP DOING WHAT IT IS DOING. IT ALSO MEANS THAT NEW DEALS AND BUSINESS CANNOT TAKE PLACE PUT SIMPLY THERE IS A LOT OF RUSSIAN MONEY IN LONDON, THE RUSSIAN ELITE BUY EXPENSIVE HOUSES, SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SETTLE DISPUTES IN BRITISH COURTS & MUCH MORE THE EU IS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IF IT KEEPS/SENDS IN MORE TROOPS TO OCCUPY UKRAINE. MANY EU COUNTRIES HAVE A LOT TO LOSE FROM SANCTIONS, GERMANY IMPORTS MORE NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA THAN ANY OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRY PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF A UK MP CARRYING A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT THE UK WOULD NOT BE PART OF ANY ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT RUSSIANS SPEND IN LONDON WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THAT WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING A STANCE ON ONE COUNTRY INVADING ANOTHER, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT IS MORE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE MONEY FLOWING INTO LONDON THAN SERIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE AGGRESSION SHOWN BY RUSSIA £ £ £ £ £ WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE 'BANKER'S TAX' (WHERE THE EU WANTS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT THAT BANKER'S CAN TAKE IN BONUSES). BUT LONDON WANTS TO OPT OUT. & JUST LIKE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, IT ONLY WORKS IF EVERYONE DOES IT TOGETHER