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shortest route to Beijing (and China + India in general) from Canada and most part of US is via North pole, and that route is closed for airlines from non-BRIKS countries.. That why Vancouver - New Delhi nonstop route is serving by Air India alone.

When a person runs out of arguments to counter, he moves on to discussing the personality of the opponent.

Steve, dear, what you'll wrote here, if Trump will win?

Aeroflot. They have good marketing, since even you know about their existence, although the company does not even have 200 planes. Aeroflot is a medium-sized company and the fact that it cannot fly to Europe now does not particularly bother anyone here - the company carries passengers and remains profitable. But giants like Delta have to bear losses. Today I looked at the schedules, AirIndia flies from Vancouver to India, from Amsterdam too. Alone. And European airlines survive only by making joint flights with AirChina and ChinaSouthern. Isn't this the topic? European and American companies are losing to Chinese and Indian ones because their home governments have put them in conditions where they cannot fly the shortest routes, their flights are 1-2 hours longer and tickets are 15-20% more expensive. That's why they are leaving the Chinese market - they can't compete. Clients prefer to fly with Chinese companies - it's faster and cheaper.

it isn't about investments, it is about Lichtman...

...or not Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. (you may read that everywhere - it is mandatory warning by law)

Due to political decisions by their governments, Western airlines have become uncompetitive on Chinese and Indian routes and are forced to reduce flights or even stop them altogether because tourists do not fly on their flights. This is a forced action for Western airlines, forced into it by short-sighted decisions by their governments.

I'm quoting the same source which is linked in opening post. Just click it:

In the first seven months of this year, the number of foreign visitors to China soared 129.9 percent year on year to 17.25 million, said Liu Haitao, NIA deputy head, at a press conference. Meanwhile, a total of 341 million cross-border travels were recorded, up 62.34 percent from the same period of last year. And almost all were served by Chinese airlines. West again shoots own legs.

it is too early for Russian season in SEA: Turkey, Greece, Cyprus still have nice weather and warm sea, and they are much more close to European part of Russia. Most Russians what you see now in Thailand are mostly from Siberia and Far East.

JC, sure

Yeah. No noise from bar. Noise from nasty kids playing around pool from very morning time... I ran from Zing after one night stay there.

Nope. It is small indoor pool with wooden sauna cabin in the corner for 4-5 persons, huge window to hotel's yard and few training machines. And it is unisex. Public nudity prohibited including space of sauna cabin. At least it was like this when I visited it before covid. They had idea to change it to spa zone. There zero left from past Ganymede gay sauna.

why should he wait? you book em after landing and finishing all border and custom procedures... waiting for car arrival time usually is 3-7 min depends on time of the day.

By using apps you don't have to communicate with driver at all: start point, end point, price - everything is fixed by app. All you have - to find correct car with number on car plate on the place of start point what is shown to you by app and sit into. Ok, also to say "hello" and to fasten your seatbelt. And you are sure: you got fair price, no scam, no cheating.

Rate will always better in bank where you change to it home currency. THB are home currency for Thai banks, so best way is to make exchange in Thai bank.

whom?

When the USSR brought missiles to Cuba, the Cuban Missile Crisis happened and almost a war broke out. When NATO in 2020-2021, taking advantage of Zelensky's inexperience, began to approach a country 400 km from Moscow, the Kremlin repeatedly warned, "don't cross the red line", this is unacceptable for Russia. But this did not stop the USA. And now in the place of the USA'1962 there is Russia, and in the place of the USSR'1962 - the USA. And the Northern Cuban Missile Crisis - 2 developed. And all the talk about "protecting democracy" is a smokescreen. The Kremlin has repeatedly stated that Ukraine can join the EU as many times as it wants, but Ukraine's participation in NATO is unacceptable from the point of view of the national security of the Russian Federation. And do not write about sovereignty - Cuba also had it in 1962, but this did not stop the USA in any way. And there is no need to write about humanity - no humanity prevented the US from dropping 2 nuclear bombs on the heads of Japanese children. As US state dep says "nothing personal, just interests of national security"... and starts intervention on another continent. Why you wonder what Russia now follows own interests of own national security, at least Ukraine is just behind Russian border and not somewhere in the Afghan mountains, or Syrian desert.

Because the first stage is always denial.

Well. This is how all the debates in this section end. When the opponent runs out of arguments, he moves on to discussing me. Classic.

Hahaha :))) Western urban legends? Whole Russian army in Ukraine are contractors. Russia had one only mobilization 2 years ago - they mobilized 300K and since then no one men. Payment is higher than in US army. For signature in contract one time payment 10K-50K (depends on region of origin) + USD 2.5 monthly + bonuses for each Ukrainian tank (USD10K) or other technics or drone.

Nope. Look on Bloomberg's or FT's publications on this week. Sponsors are tired from permanent Ukrainians failures. Zelenskiy has no plan, because "to win" and "to get all territories back" aren't plans. Ukraine has no resources to win, first of all - human power. They already mobilizing cancer patients, disabled people and people with limited mental abilities. They have already had 17 waves of mobilization. So: with Trump or Harris end will be the same. Fast endgame. West can buy weapon, West can send money. West can't make more Ukrainians. Nation runs from own land: most rich people in Ukraine beside Zelenskiy and Co now border guards on western border - everyone know price for 1 adult men to step over border - USD5K.

To stay away - Trump is unpredictable and impulsive... That why Kremlin says they are preferring Harris - she is more predictable, so they able to calculate her and own steps.

Dear, if you will take off rose glasses, then you will see, what US does the same - criminal prosecution and prisons. Not in Putin's interests to kill anyone - they are flees near his shoes by influence. If you mean Navalny, then he had conflicts with half of national elites here. And any governor or leader of any national minority could do this - Navalny was inconvenient for everyone. Literally everyone - from the government to the national republics, from governors to the owners of large enterprises, including other opposition parties. That is why he had no chance, and only schoolchildren and students followed him. Troublemakers are popular with teenagers in puberty. R-r-r-r-revolutionary. Look on Kasparov or Khodorkovskiy. Both have much more long "story" with Putin, both are much bigger figures on that game desk. Both are alive.