Yeah its been an affront on all sides. Privacy and freedom of expression is dying, unfortunately the majority of the population will only realise the levels of authoritarianism too late.

Its their home, why would they move. It’s like saying Russia should have paid Ukrainians to leave. People arnt going to leave for a payout

The UK has entered the conversation, we will not be unseated in Europe. But yeah as hard as we try we pail in comparison to you guys, hopefully your inevitable implosion will serve as a warning to the rest of us aspiring authoritarianists… Probably not.

Its performative, most of those rare earths are situated in Russian controlled regions ie giving America a stake in Ukrainian sovereignly over them

Sorry, I’m a little out the loop, the threat by whom, China to restrict exports?