Fitch says default 'imminent' on Russian debt

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sounds like the prediction is that Russia will choose not to pay not that it can’t pay. since the West is confiscating all assets it doesn’t make sense to keep paying debt to the West indeed

That&#x27;s funny, after the west confiscated Russian money abroad, what were they expecting?<p>Private property should be defended always, not only when you&#x27;re the recipient, otherwise you wreck your reputation.<p>All wars are terrible but this Ukrainian invasion is no worse than any other wars the west pursued in the middle east in the name of freedom.<p>I understand it&#x27;s now virtuous to shit on Russian people (which is ridiculous: you&#x27;re blaming random people for the action of their government on which they have little control) but these sanctions were uncalled for and are just harming people of Russian origin.<p>I would understand more sending the army to fight along Ukraine, then sanctioning Russia.