6 hours ago, John Drake said:

Evading sanctions. Great way to get sanctions applied to Thailand in response.

I doubt that would happen but they may have trouble finding a carrier or cargo insurance, Merk for instance is considering refusal to ship goods to Russia, other shipping companies may follow suite. It may be enough for America or the EU to issue a stern rebuke as in "we will buy our rice elsewhere in future" indeed the large importers themselves in the West may change their rice suppliers. All this won't help the poor rice farmer who has never heard of the Ukraine.

... 555, what a <deleted>kicker but not surprised ... on the contrary, this chairman should have a bright future here in La-La-Land.

 

Thailands usual two-faced attitude, I hope many countries will come to remember this in the future.

 

 

THAILAND continuing business as usual with a killer!

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

yes,  agree, delivery shouldn't be a problem by paying the middle man (China) and goods will get there but getting paid would be the big dilemma, Russia money is not worth the paper it's printed on

 

It will be paid in dollars which will make it too expensive for the average household now anyway. What a dipstick to so naively, openly, make such an announcement,normally such things are kept quiet and hope nobody notices.

Just the fact that some moron in government suggested by-passing international sanctions, and for which he likely got a round of applause, is so indicative of the lack of intelligence these people possess!

That this suggestion is even in the media, is so utterly reckless!

5 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Perfect way to make the U.S. raise y our rating as a  trade partner.  

 

Thailand may gain money from the Russand but they will lose from the EU and N.A. market.

Do you expext the current Government to think that far ? No way

I hope the Russians have noway to pay Thailand and they get scammed...

 

...and Toadie....it's a <deleted> combover.

 

Fail.

No conscience, ban Russian exports and imports. 

All for the holy money

6 hours ago, vivananahuahin said:

The problem will be, can Russians pay the import goods?

 

Seems they got their hands on some Bitcoin

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9 hours ago, John Drake said:

Evading sanctions. Great way to get sanctions applied to Thailand in response.

Do you realize the extremely important meaning of your remark? 

2 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

Thailands usual two-faced attitude, I hope many countries will come to remember this in the future.

 

 

THAILAND continuing business as usual with a killer!

Saudi Arabia?

Back when Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia, and South Africa was employing a domestic policy known as Apartheid, what the OP is suggesting, (trans-shipping etc) was called "sanctions busting"!

 

If Thailand sows the wind, it may reap the whirlwind!

I wonder how much crypto currency Putin has, enough to get the job done?

"exported to Russia through nations such as Belarus and China."

Lovely company this guy is suggesting. He seems to have forgotten North Korea in the club.

Why don't you have balls Thailand.. and boycott Russia in support of Ukraine until Russia ends the invasion.... 

Oh I forgot.. Money comes 1st for Thailand.... Silly me... 

14 hours ago, AussieinThaiJim said:

You have got to be joking , exports thru 3rd parties! The rest of the world want NO War! Good luck getting paid!

There are Asian alternatives to the SWIFT system and Russia is a member of this system. This system is not so reliable as the SWIFT system and it will ask more time to transfer the money at a higher cost, but in the end it will get the job done. Question is if the Thai industry is willing to pay the higher costs and waiting longer for their money in those already troubled times.. https://www.asiamarkets.com/swift-alternative-china-can-provide-reprieve-from-financial-nuclear-option/

So, basically, they want to circumvent international law and sanctions... ????

21 hours ago, John Drake said:

Evading sanctions. Great way to get sanctions applied to Thailand in response.

There is no sanctions except for some high tech stuff which Thailand does neither manufacture nor export. It is to cut off Russia doing business with countries by removing certain banks from the SWIFT system. 

18 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

From experience, they'd put up a flare to mark your position, wave a white flag and tell the enemy to shoot you to save their own skin. 

Ready, Aim, Point Fingers.

14 hours ago, Deli said:

Do you expext the current Government to think that far ? No way

Not really but I think the biggest catch is going to be getting reimbursed.

23 hours ago, webfact said:

export goods to Russia through other countries.

Hope they get some sanctions for that. 

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What a sad world we live in. 

5 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

There is no sanctions except for some high tech stuff which Thailand does neither manufacture nor export. It is to cut off Russia doing business with countries by removing certain banks from the SWIFT system. 

Of course they're sanctions. The US and Europe are sanctioning Russia by kicking it off SWIFT. And Thailand is talking about evading it. Otherwise, why would Thailand need to go through third countries to ship things and receive them?

On 3/1/2022 at 3:10 PM, RocketDog said:

If I want somebody eliminated but don't want to do it myself because it's illegal, can I hire an assassin?

Do I still retain my honor?

 

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

For Putin? I’ll do it

These clowns are like Ferangi in DS9.

My Profits come before anything.

14 hours ago, portlandtree said:

For Putin? I’ll do it

I hear you, but it's possible that a greater shame will fall on Putin if he lives long enough to dig his hole deeper. Sometimes things work out better in unexpected ways.

My comment was about the Thai government using third parties to get shipments into Russia while trying to claim they are neutral.

Someone should explain to them that this is called 'sanctions busting', and in the current climate it will probably attract the anger of the US, UK, EU, Canada and Japan. Applying such harsh sanctions is not free of cost or pain for those wealthy nations, as we shall see with rising commodity prices and shortages, so for Thailand to actively support the vile Russian dictatorship against the interests of all of its friends in the West is playing with fire. I know most of the senior Thai politicians couldn't even find Ukraine on a map, but they can't be so stupid that they'd deliberately try to subvert the actions of their Western allies for the sake of selling some rambutans to the Russians. And that's ignoring the whole humanitarian issue of what's happening in Ukraine, which the Thai government seems more than happy to do. The longer this cabal of shrivelled old vampires is in power, the more sickening they become.