do you any of you believe for a minute that they are in least concerned about an America which is bankrupt. Russia is huge with great material wealth. A Russian can survive on a rotten potato while an average American eats more than a milk cow. Note to America..when it comes to an Israel you have balls...the same cannot be said when you tangle with a Russia. Russia is a bear, while America is a weasel.

Why are we sticking our nose into another pile of do-do.Russia's taking back what's rightfully theirs--We along with NATO have tried to box them in for years now.Russia's a real big time player and a formatable foe.We are looking for trouble, this administration has cost us from day one. Obama, Hillary we're getting what we paid for.You reap what you sou.

as soon $22 billion CUT OFF, gasoline prices in US will go up, and...chain reaction... oBAMa is an incompetent moron. it will backfire BIG BIG BIG time on US, IF he tries to impose "sanctions" for real. But I'm sure he is trying to "scare" Putin...hohoho... Well, Russia can impose sanctions as well, and much more serious. Here is a very partial list of USA imports from RUSSIA: 1. Oil: $21.9 billion 2. Iron and steel: $2.1 billion 3. Inorganic chemicals: $1.3 billion 4. Gems, precious metals, coins: $825.6 million 5. Aluminum: $745.9 million 6. Iron or steel products: $313.2 million 7. Nickel: $304.7 million 8. Other base metals: $260.3 million 9. Fish: $231.3 million 10. Rubber: $199.9 million

Is Israel to protest about inclusion of Rotenberg brothers in that list?

Michelle just left for China to visit cute Pandas, accompanied by daughter and grandma. Of course they travel on Airforce 2 with all the security entourage costing millions at taxpayers' expense.

..degrade USA and put the rest of the world into war-times. With his decision USA has been involved in most every arab-spring in North Africa, Egypt, Syria.. And what is the result, thousands of people killed. It is just like having a president of the sunni faith...

Soviet Russia received a full army of the USA + Britain for free to not get annihilated at once! Without this massive staedy support russia had lost in a week!

Of the ten items on your list, only fish are edible. Russia has pretty much depleted its fisheries, and depends on fisheries controlled by others: Canada (Grand Banks), the United States (Bering Sea, North Atlantic, Alaskan Seaway, Northern and Western Pacific). Chile and Argentina control the South Atlantic; Peru controls the Southern Pacific. And who in the world will ship grain to Russia? Perhaps the Ukraine? Except it's not a good idea to eat anything growing in the Ukraine; at least not since Chernobyl. Chew on that for a while.

Will the Ukraine protest the inclusion of Fursenko,Timchenko and Kovalchuk in the list? And do you have any more profoundly retarded questions?

"Russia is huge with great material wealth." Alack and alas for your synopsis, ninety percent of that material wealth lies beneath the permafrost, and Russia has yet to come up with the requisite technology to make drill bits that can penetrate that permafrost. The three countries that have it are not sharing it. Russia is a tame circus bear, with an iron cage covering its mouth and hobbled by a chain. It only eats when its masters remove the cage; it only eats when its masters give it food. What do YOU think would happen to Russia if the United States were to call in its loans and stop the exportation of wheat, grain, soy, sorghum and oats? There aren't enough potatoes to go around, sluggo.

this is the massive hypocrisy of the western nations and in particular the arrogant EU bosses. the EU knew there would be some serious problems in attempting the Ukraine's annexation by whatever means... and they got hit in the face by Russia which should first have been consulted over this insane expansionist move by the EU.