Karl von Habsburg in the video talks about decolonization of Russia. Some in the West believe that Russia is a colonial empire, and should be split into several manageable Ukraines. The project Ukraine is a blue print for any other post-Russian region. That region will have a weak government and a Mickey Mouse identity just like Ukraine. These regions can be easier integrated in the European Union. Never forget that the proxy war of NATO against Russia in Ukraine had the goal of weakening Russia, toppling Putin, and breaking up Russia.
However, the Westerners are driven by nothing else than a pathological hatred of Russia that prevents their minds from assessing the situation correctly. 80% of Russian citizens are ethnic Russians, this makes it very different from the British or the Austrian-Hungarian Empires. People even say that the more east of Moscow you go, the more white people you see. True, there are ethnic republics but the majority are loyal members of the federation.
The Russian Empire and the USSR were much more ethnically diverse and therefore they broke up when crisis struck, their area was reduced because the non-Russian periphery has fallen off. Russian imperialism always had a simple reason, security.
Karl von Habsburg leads the Pan-European Union. I have featured this organization here before. The Pan-European Union is a hereditary fief of the Habsburgs and it was the originator of the symbolic basis for the European Union. The twelve stars banner, and Ode to Joy. In the video, on the background I also recognize the Maltese Knights symbol along with the Pan-European emblem. This proxy war against Russia could be called the Khokhol Crusade.
So, the Baltic States have disconnected from the Russian and Belorussian electrical grid. Suck this Putler, now you cannot use electricity to blackmail the Baltics! Not like you ever did that.
Lame attempt to gaslight Putin, the Russians don’t give a fuck really…
Much more serious is we have faggots out there threatening Kaliningrad.
Latvia (shows Lithuania for some reason) physically cut off the electric line with Russia, having cut off Kaliningrad.
This is a serious defeat for the Kremlin. The Ukraine war has not only resulted in catastrophic sanctions but also a direct destruction of its geopolitical influence.
Does anybody believe the Baltic states would still be hooked to the Russian electrical grid if Putin didn’t invade Ukraine? Wasn’t it a requirement of the EU to synchronize energy systems?
The Baltic states have disconnected from the Russian energy grid and joined the European network ENTSO-E, in which Czechia is also a member. This, among others means that Kaliningrad has no become an isolated island in terms of electrical energy. I am interested, how long it will take for Ukrainian secret services to cause an accident in one of the 4 power stations….
This faggot promotes terrorism against Kaliningrad…
That’s all folks…
One would think that having more sources compete against each other would cause the prices to go down. 😆
The linked article is by Colin Gajewski, who says Russian economy is so bad that it will inevitably force Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine. Ukraine needs to suffer a little more, and Putler will break. This oracle is fresh, we will see who breaks first, the Russian economy or the Ukrainian defense line.
The former president of Georgia, Salome Zourabishvili refuses to leave the Oberliani Palace, as expected…
Meanwhile inauguration of the new president is happening in the Georgian parliament.
All this European integration is used as a carrot on stick for the average poat-Soviet donkey by the elites that more often than not serve the interests of Western countries instead of their own.
Russia does not have to do much. As soon as these countries get patriotic governments in, the latter will see the benefit of trade with Russia. Anyone claiming that reducing dependence on Russia is a good thing is working in the interests of Washington and not his own country.
Reports are coming in that Salome Zoursbishvili has left the presidential palace despite saying she will stay and fight. The Georgian authorities threatened her with arrest.
Make a wish motherfucker! Guys, recent drop in ruble price has caused some to say Putin is finished. I have been hearing that Russia is over since at least 1999…
When discussing currency and monetary systems, the Western propaganda machinery often operates within the realm of deception. This creates a situation where the rush to provide the public with information that supports those in power, combined with the ignorance of those tasked with spreading it, frequently leads journalists and bloggers to celebrate news that, in reality, should be cause for concern.
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However, when amazement is coupled with collective excitement over the devaluation of the currency of a country that is one of the world’s leading energy exporters—especially when, due to sanctions we imposed, we’ve decided to stop importing our main energy source from them—it’s honestly hard to understand where the supposed “great advantage” is that should make us jump up on the couch cheering.
What I’m trying to say is that Europe today isn’t benefiting from the devaluation of the ruble. In theory, this could have led to cheaper gas and oil, but only if they were still able to buy energy from a country that, again, is one of the top energy exporters in the world.
In fact, given what we’ve just observed, the fact that countries not imposing sanctions on Russia are still able to take advantage of these lower energy prices is, for us, a misfortune. This cheaper energy will benefit their economies in two key ways: first, their exports will become more competitive as their products will cost less to produce, and second, their domestic markets will benefit from lower household energy bills.
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Let me remind these people that Russia is a net exporter. Those who follow a mercantilist economic policy have always had to adopt monetary policies that devalue their currency in order to keep their products competitive. A good example of this is Germany, which, operating under similar economic policies, rushed to join the eurozone to ensure a permanently devalued “mark.”
For Russia as an economic system, the ruble’s decline is not a disaster. In fact, it actually helps Russia gain ground in the global energy market. And as I’ve pointed out before, it makes Russian oil and gas exports more competitive for its trading partners. It’s clear that, within the emerging multipolar world that is taking shape in opposition to the United States and Europe, the ruble’s devaluation is a blessing for countries in the BRICS Plus group, which have commercial agreements with the Kremlin.
Russia sells most of its energy resources for rubles and yuans.
This means that the share of the dollar and euro in Russia’s economy, especially regarding energy exports, has been significantly reduced. So, once again, where is the advantage for Europeans in having imposed sanctions? A favorable exchange rate could benefit the private sector, but only if you have the ability to exchange your currency for products from a country whose currency is devaluing. But as highlighted, since such exchanges aren’t taking place, it’s clear that there is no real benefit.
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If we look at this from the perspective of the Russian people—always using the logic of Western mainstream propaganda, which claims a drastic drop in the ruble would cause the population to turn against their “dictator”—we are still in the realm of fantasy. For ordinary Russians who earn and spend in rubles, the fluctuations in the ruble’s value against the dollar and euro matter little or not at all. First, because, thanks to appropriate fiscal policies from the Kremlin, these fluctuations don’t affect their lives. Second, even if they wanted to travel and spend in Europe or the United States, as we know, they are blocked from doing so by the very sanctions that the media so eagerly praises.
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Unfortunately, for those celebrating, the actions taken by the Biden administration have not targeted Russia as intended, but instead have hit Europe squarely once again. The new sanctionsimposed last Thursday by Washington primarily involve a near-total ban on Gazprombank’s access to the Swift system—this is the key bank that facilitated Russia’s gas exports to Europe.
In simple terms, the United States has effectively blocked the Russian bank from handling any new energy transactions, potentially cutting off the only way European clients can pay for Russian gas.
It’s clear that the main reason “the ruble continues to decline,” as stated by Yevgeny Kogan, a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is the sanctions on Gazprombank, which was a crucial institution for exporters.
Guys, the US sanctioned Gazprom Bank and now Eurocucks cannot buy pipe gas from Russia. Meanwhile, Russia completed a massive gas pipeline into the industrial heartland of China, 7 months before schedule.
We live in a time of complete reconfiguration of World trade. Russian gas will go to China and the Europeans will be supplied by US LNG. Wanna bet who is going to thrive?
Some have bought into the notion that Russia is an empire, a prison of nations and needs decolonization. Here are the communists, I mean anarcho-syndicalists in Berlin shouting Death to Empire and Weapons for Ukrainians…
Weapons of Ukrainians. All the Ukrainians are getting from the west are weapons, and they will all die…
Freedom and prosperity? Motherfucka, how much prosperity does Ukraine have? Ukraine only has war…
Context in the above video. US apparently lacks facilities to enrich uranium, and relied on Russian supplies. This could be a situation created by the general decline of the nuclear industry in the West over the years. One of Putin’s main achievements was saving nuclear in Russia.
This number comes from the Centre for the study of democracies and the Centre for the study of energies and clean air. These bona fide, no doubt non-profit (taxpayer funded) organizations say that Czechia could shed its dependence on Russian oil and gas by importing gas from Norway, and buying LNG on the international market (did you know the latter is often also Russian?). Oil could be imported through a pipeline from Italy. Czechia is 60% dependent on Russian oil.
“RT wants its new covert intelligence capabilities, like its longstanding propaganda and disinformation efforts, to remain hidden,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. “Our most powerful antidote to Russia’s lies is the truth. It’s shining a bright light on what the Kremlin is trying to do under the cover of darkness,” he said.
Why then the communist level of censorship if you are in possession of a hard hitting truth?
RT’s propaganda and “disinformation” has helped undercut international support for Ukraine, Rubin said.
Derp derp… countries in the Global South will not support Ukrainian Nazis because of RT.
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