NO 10'S UKRAINE GAFFE SHOWS CITY

PROFITS COME BEFORE PRINCIPLED DIPLOMACY

THE VERY COMPLEX SITUATION HAPPENING

IN THE UKRAINE

THE HISTORIC AND POLITICAL

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UKRAINE

AND RUSSIA

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

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WHAT

IS THIS

ABOUT

?

THE USE OF SANCTIONS

(STOPPING TRADE) TO ‘PUNISH’ OTHER

COUNTRIES

THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN

COUNTRIES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO ACT LIKE

WORLD POLICEMAN

THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY AND

POWER IN THE CITY OF LONDON

& THAT THIS POWER THAT MONEY CREATES CAN INFLUENCE WHAT

POLITICIANS DO

A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON

UKRAINE & RUSSIA

WERE BOTH

PART OF THE USSR

UNTIL 1991

A PART OF SOUTH

UKRAINE CALLED CRIMEA

WAS GIVEN TO UKRAINE IN 1954 BY

RUSSIA

UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WANT

DIFFERENT THINGS.

SOME LIKE THE EU &

SOME LIKE RUSSIA

PROTESTS ABOUT

JOINING THE EU TURNED VIOLENT IN JANUARY 2014 & IN

MARCH THE PRESIDENT

FLED

RUSSIA HAS SENT

TROOPS INTO

CRIMEA & THE EU AND

USA ARE NOT HAPPY

ABOUT IT

RUSSIA STILL HAS A LOT OF

INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE, THROUGH CULTURE, AID, GAS

AND MORE

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

(& MAYBE MORE OF UKRAINE) PART OF RUSSIA AGAIN

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

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

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

RUSSIA UK

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IT IS ILLEGAL IN 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 USANATOTHE EU (ALTHOUGH MAINLY FRANCE, GERMANY & UK)

UN SECURITY COUNCIL

TO VIOLATE THE

OF ANOTHER COUNTRY

INTERNATIONAL LAW

SOVEREIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY 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!

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:

SO INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AND GROUPS HAVE TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY. THIS IS WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ‘THE EU’ OR ‘THE USA’

USA | UK | FRANCE | CHINA | RUSSIA

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

AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIT OF A PROBLEM IF RUSSIA IS INVOLVED

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

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/04/o-10-ukraine-sanctions-ga�e-city-profits-diplomacy-britain-russia

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?

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