Why Western sanctions for Russia's recognition of the DPR and LPR turned out to be so soft

February 23 2022 57

As promised, in response to the Kremlin's recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR, the collective West introduced a new package of restrictive measures. However, these anti-Russian sanctions turned out to be surprisingly mild, and some of them even want to welcome. Why did the devil turn out to be not as scary as he was painted, and is there some kind of catch here?

So, let's go through in order, which of our Western "partners" gave Russia a bill for trying to resolve the Ukrainian problem.

U.S.

At first, two leading Russian banks, VEB and Promsvyazbank (cooperating with the Russian Ministry of Defense), as well as several dozen of their subsidiaries, are included in the sanctions list of the US Treasury. These credit institutions will be isolated from the dollar system, their assets will be blocked.

Secondly, restrictive measures were expanded on transactions with Russian government debt, American financial institutions are prohibited from any transactions with OFZ bonds both in the primary and secondary markets.

Thirdly, the Russian financial services sector was included in the list of industries in respect of which the US Treasury Department may impose blocking sanctions.

Fourthly, the sanctions list includes the sons of FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, ex-director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov and the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergei Kiriyenko. (And why did the guys not please the Americans?)

United Kingdom

London's sanctions strike, in turn, hit five large Russian banks, as well as very successful entrepreneurs from St. Petersburg, known for their close friendship with President Putin. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson stated verbatim:

These are Rossiya Bank, Genbank, Promsvyazbank, Black Sea Development and Reconstruction Bank, Industrial Savings Bank. We are also imposing sanctions on three individuals. These are Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg.

Also, the British are ready at any moment to expand the list of restrictive measures against Russia and its "captains of business."

The European Union

Brussels took the path of personal responsibility for the decision to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR by all 351 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who voted for it. Also, 27 more Russian individuals and legal entities were included in the EU sanctions list.

Note that the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, clearly knew what pain point to hit in order to annoy the Russian elites:

No more shopping in Milan, no more parties in Saint Tropez, no more diamonds in Antwerp. And this is the first step.

Germany

Separately, I would like to single out Germany, which is at the same time a locomotive economics European Union, and a major trading partner of the Russian Federation. As promised earlier, in response to the “aggression” against Ukraine, Berlin refused to buy Russian gas through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It was very easy to do, because the gas pipeline is still not working. By a strong-willed decision of the new German Chancellor, the procedure for his certification was suspended for an indefinite period.

Of the above, perhaps, it is truly offensive only for Nord Stream 2. How much money was pumped into this, truly, completely unnecessary gas pipeline. Yes Yes exactly.

The fact is that this bypass pipeline, like the Turkish Stream, is the product of a deeply erroneous in its essence policy in the Ukrainian direction. Instead of solving the issue of post-Maidan Ukraine with little bloodshed, Gazprom rushed to build two new expensive gas pipelines to bypass it. What for? For some reason. To solve the problem with unreliable transit, it was enough to plant a pro-Russian regime in Kiev, which in the conditions of February-May 2014 was an easy task. But we, as you know, are not looking for simple ways.

With great difficulty, two new pipelines were built, and this despite the fact that there is nowhere to get any additional volumes of gas for them. That is, "Ukrainian gas" was supposed to flow through them. They intended to either freeze and destroy Ukraine itself, or to introduce the DPR and LPR into it and influence something there from the inside.

On February 21, 2022, a bullet point was put in this epic. Nord Stream 2 is no longer needed in its former capacity. The Kremlin has already crossed the Rubicon, and it will be enough for it to plant a pro-Russian regime in Kiev to ensure reliable gas transit to Europe, and at the same time to ensure its security. This is a return to the same task that was 8 years ago, only the price will be a multiple higher. At the same time, it is highly desirable to liberate Ukraine by the forces of the Ukrainians themselves, providing them with maximum assistance in this, which we discussed in detail earlier. reasoned. One gets the impression that with such defiantly mild sanctions, the West is pushing the Kremlin to get involved as deeply as possible in a full-scale armed conflict in Ukraine, which should be avoided if possible.

The question remains what to do with Nord Stream 2 now? It may be worth making a branch from it to the Kaliningrad region in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply of pipeline gas to the exclave. At least there will be some benefit. If Europe gets rid of Russian energy resources at an accelerated pace, then gas from West Siberian fields should be redirected to China via the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline. It is planned to pump 50 billion cubic meters a year there, compared to 55 billion from Nord Stream 2.

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tulip

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23 February 2022 16: 18

read read, and then I saw the name of the author of the article at the end and understood everything)))
1. Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
  
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  23 February 2022 16: 35
  
  And I always look at who the author is first. If without the author - this is also an indicator.
  1. Marzhecki
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 25
    
    Looking at your nickname, in principle, you can not read the comments.
    1. isofat
      
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      23 February 2022 19: 16
      
      Sergey Evgenievich, one likes to read backwards, the other understands what they read only at the very end ... Don't worry, not all of your readers are like that.
    2. alexneg13
      
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      23 February 2022 23: 48
      
      Copied my comment from another thread.
      
      Have you ever wondered why the sanctions are so "not real"? Because Russia's retaliatory economic actions will simply smash the USA to smithereens.
      And so:
      - Russia supplies 20% of diesel fuel to the USA;
      - almost the entire aircraft industry of jackals depends on components made of titanium and elements for the wings of Boeing aircraft;
      - nuclear energy is 100% tied to Russia;
      - the US army without satellite navigation is zero without a wand.
      I will not list further and this is enough, and this is not the fattest list ... And it seems that the above is the main trump card in Putin's sleeve. Jackalia has already lost her war with "pillows" too.
2. sH, arK
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 14
  
  Yes, there is such a problem ... Sometimes you read such, to put it mildly, "oddities" that surprise takes;)
  1. Marzhecki
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 25
    
    Learn and study again. You will be less surprised. And write all sorts of nonsense yourself.
3. Marzhecki
  
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  23 February 2022 18: 22
  
  read read, and then I saw the name of the author of the article at the end and understood everything)))
  
  What exactly did you understand? Instead of an article, do you prefer to discuss its author?
  Vile.
  1. tulip
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 30
    
    no, it's just that your article is full of opposites))) I was especially pleased with another pearl about "How much money was pumped into this, really, completely unnecessary gas pipeline. Yes, yes, that's right." Do you even know that this project has already been three times at least paid off?))) Or do you all work according to the old training manuals? Well, I advise you to just google Gazprom's financial statements for 2021. In just 9 months, Gazprom paid about 25 billion dollars to the budget, which, with the cost of SP-2 at 12 billion, and half of which was invested by foreigners, already covers everything. And if you also take into account that when SP-2 is closed, the German government must pay the lost loot to shareholders, then Gazprom and Russia are in the black in any case)))
4. Siluch
  
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  23 February 2022 20: 34
  
  Yes, he has one task, to throw * a ram on the fan, to shit Russia. Apparently on a salary, so he works out. I simply ignore this "iksperd" and advise you. Don't feed this troll.
  1. tulip
    
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    23 February 2022 20: 48
    
    he seems to write correctly, but he puts such double pearls into his articles that mom don’t cry))) the result is complete dregs)
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goncharov.62

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23 February 2022 16: 34

No more shopping in Milan, no more parties in Saint Tropez, no more diamonds in Antwerp. And this is the first step.

A naive child ... Yes, you yourself will come for their Grandmothers (quickly) and you will advertise and sell all these tsatskas in their country house! True, with that joy ...
1. tulip
  
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  23 February 2022 18: 17
  
  they wrote correctly - they will be covered in chocolate even without Milan, they will bring everything home to them. But for us, with that joy, the same is the same))) Because the capitalists, for the sake of profit, will sell their mother and will trade with Russia despite the sanctions - money is above all. No Western company will suffer losses for the sake of Ukraine and Bandera, no Western company will want to lose the huge Russian market for the sake of Ukraine and Bandera, not a single Western company will want to close its production for the sake of Ukraine and Bandera. even in the days of the USSR, the West traded with us because the loot is above all for the West)))
  Well, of course, if Ukraine and Bandera buy Western goods - Mercedes and refrigerators, clothes and perfumes, etc., etc. instead of Russians, who cannot - then the West will be fine. That's just no one in Ukraine will replace the Russian market - in Ukraine, the hungry)))
gorenina91

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23 February 2022 16: 36

Of the above, perhaps, it’s really a shame only for Nord Stream 2. How much money was pumped into this, really, completely unnecessary gas pipeline.

The fact is that this bypass pipeline, like the Turkish Stream, is the product of a deeply erroneous policy in the Ukrainian direction.

- Here - this is the most valuable "grain" of the topic; which the author expresses...
- Personally, I'm just tired of writing about it ...
- The topic also mentions the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline ... - Well, it's just - "one field of berries" - SP-2 and "Power of Siberia-2" ... - You can also go here already existing " Fasten the Force of Siberia-1 at the same time ... - And all subsequent "forces" - 3,4,5 ... - how many more of them in Russia are "going to overpower" ...
- And as for the sanctions ... - this is "number sixteen" (as Zheglov used to say) ... - If there is a state that is always ready to dutifully accept these sanctions in its address, then why should these sanctions be constantly and not hang???
- If she endures, then you can hang all the dogs ... - let her continue to endure ... - it means that her fate is to endure ... - There is nothing to discuss here ...
- My plus to the author ...
1. tulip
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 10
  
  how many more of them are there in Russia "are going to overpower
  
  we are going to master a lot of things in Russia))) You never dreamed of such a thing - at most you will work for Russians)))
  And Russia does not tolerate for a long time - change the training manual. According to the EU, they have lost about 300 billion euros from Russia's retaliatory sanctions since 2014. Ask Polish farmers where they put their apples)))
  1. gorenina91
    
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    23 February 2022 17: 15
    
    Ask Polish farmers where they put their apples)))
    
    - I share your concern - but Russian affairs somehow excite me incomparably more !!!
    1. tulip
      
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      23 February 2022 17: 17
      
      I have known for a long time that you Okrainians are concerned about the affairs of Russia, so you cannot eat your own dung))) But if I were you, I would take care of my Ukraine, which is rolling into the tar of tare. Soon the bucks will be 100 hryvnias and you are all worried about us)))
2. sH, arK
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 30
  
  Well, yes, you are constantly talking nonsense;) Firstly, Gazprom builds gas pipelines in cooperation, and the lion's share of the costs is payment to our metallurgists, our engine engineers, builders, engineers. And most importantly, gas pipelines and their interconnections make it possible to regulate the volume of supplies very flexibly, which makes it possible to increase the profitability of supplies. And PowerSiberia-2 is, first of all, a global interconnector that will allow transferring volumes between the European and Asian markets, and also allows us to simultaneously ensure the development of our own gas supply.
  
  Only Durkain and the EU may not like this, as it does not allow them to control the market, it allows Gazprom to supply gas only to where it is beneficial for him.
  Right now, Gazprom has the opportunity to manage supplies, and therefore manipulate prices. High prices are much more profitable for us - they not only increase Gazprom's profits, but sharply reduce the efficiency and competitiveness of gas chemistry, fertilizer producers, and hence agricultural producers! Expensive gas is a noose around someone else's neck.
  1. Marzhecki
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 23
    
    Well, yes, you are constantly talking nonsense;) Firstly, Gazprom builds gas pipelines in cooperation
    
    In cooperation with whom? The Europeans participated in the construction of SP-2 in the form of loans. Which, by the way, they still have to give.
    
    Only Durkain and the EU may not like this, as it does not allow them to control the market, it allows Gazprom to supply gas only to where it is beneficial for him.
    
    Yes, yes, of course.
    
    High prices are much more profitable for us - they not only increase Gazprom's profits, but sharply reduce the efficiency and competitiveness of gas chemistry, fertilizer producers, and hence agricultural producers!
    
    Have you heard of the export of inflation? By the way, have you ever held gas dollars in your hands?
    It is you who are incompetent and carry all sorts of nonsense.
    1. tulip
      
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      23 February 2022 19: 24
      
      The Europeans participated in the construction of SP-2 in the form of loans. Which, by the way, they still have to give
      
      - what loans did the Europeans provide?)) Do you know which European companies participate in SP-2? These are giants! What loans? They invested their loot and now they are demanding it from Germany anyway. If Germany can still refuse Gazprom and Russia, then they will never pay them in full, otherwise Khabek will be hanged on a tie)))
    2. sH, arK
      
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      24 February 2022 01: 49
      
      Yes, the ability to analyze and think is not the same for everyone. You don’t even understand such a simple thing that companies, not government officials, are investing in SP / SP-2;) And apparently you don’t have enough ability to understand that Wingas GmbH (100% subsidiary of Gazprom) or Wintershall DEA - have interests , at least not contrary to the interests of Gazprom - and they are the co-investors of SP / SP-2. And these companies are the primary beneficiaries of spot prices, and Gazprom, as the owner and partner of these companies, is the main beneficiary.
      
      It's amazing that you write so much on this topic and understand it so poorly! However, as with many others...
gunnerminer

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23 February 2022 17: 26

These sanctions are not the last. Gradually draw in. The most severe in 2014 were financial sanctions. The ruble fell sharply by half. The EU and the State Department are playing long.

It may be worth making a branch from it to the Kaliningrad region in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply of pipeline gas to the exclave. At least there will be some benefit.

This is a cost of many billions of dollars. At Chersky and Fortuna, certified welders from Germany worked hard. We haven't had these for a long time. So you have to buy them somewhere.

If Europe gets rid of Russian energy resources at an accelerated pace, then gas from West Siberian fields should be redirected to China via the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline. It is planned to pump 50 billion cubic meters a year there, compared to 55 billion from Nord Stream 2.

If that infrastructure survives.
1. gorenina91
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 30
  
  These sanctions are not the last.
  
  - Yes, everything will be collected in a heap there and everything will be shaken out ... - most likely, the supply of seed grains to Russia - will suffer very much ... - Alas ...
  - My plus ...
  1. tulip
    
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    23 February 2022 17: 49
    
    yes, it’s clear that you have a plus))) another nonsense how we suffer in Russia and you are plus. At least you save hryvnia and go to Russia, see how we live. Otherwise, write garbage from the manuals))) And you don’t need to write here that you are from Russia - with the same success I can write that I am from Switzerland and we have famine here in Switzerland)))
    1. gunnerminer
      
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      23 February 2022 18: 44
      
      The delirium happened in 2014. They were afraid for SP-2. Now it’s locked up, they threaten with the most terrible sanctions. Against the captains of Russian business. They suddenly remembered the civilian LDNR, and now SP-2 can no longer be saved.
      Write that from Iran, or from Nicaragua.
      1. tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 18: 46
        
        I didn't understand anything, especially the last sentence)
        
        gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 18: 59
        
        I do not require your understanding.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 04
        
        that's right - write about how you dug the Black Sea and about the globe of Kievan Rus)))
  2. gunnerminer
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 39
    
    Sanctions will gradually increase. We are in the minority. Against us is the EU, the USA. Japan. We have not created in 30 years a balanced economy that would be attractive to the population of Russia. But no one bombed us. Didn't get involved in combat. Now they won't be able to fix the economy for sure. The PRC will seize the chance to consume our natural resources at dumping prices. Unexpectedly, it suddenly turned out that our UAVs are completely composed of imported components.
    1. tulip
      
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      23 February 2022 18: 48
      
      okrainets, do not hope that Russia will surrender))) Russia under sanctions lives much better than you in Ukraine when "the whole world is with you") Why is your hryvnia falling faster than a wooden one?)
      1. gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 00
        
        This version will do for Russian-speakers in the Canadian or American outback.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 05
        
        Well, maybe someone in your Canadian homeland will believe that you live better on the outskirts than in Russia))) but only Why is your hryvnia falling faster than a wooden one?)
2. tulip
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 47
  
  why is your hryvnia falling faster than a wooden one? After all, the whole world is like with you?
  1. gunnerminer
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 40
    
    Our ruble. You have a hryvnia. Even if the hryvnia falls by 50 points, the ruble will not strengthen.
    1. tulip
      
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      23 February 2022 18: 43
      
      yours is just snot))) your hryvnia has been falling faster than the ruble since 2014. I live richer than you on the outskirts and that's a fact. Your mrii as I eat up the last hedgehog - I'm not interested. It is you from "rich" Ukraine who are rushing to me in "poor" Russia to earn money, and not me to you - and this is a fact!
      1. gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 18: 58
        
        You will be believed about "I live richer than you on the outskirts and this is a fact" by the youngest pre-conscripts from the Warsaw slums. How is this possible with the falling ruble! It already costs 80 rubles against the dollar. With a huge volume of imports (cars, animal feed, seed stock, embryos, household appliances, etc.).
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 02
        
        those who live in Russia will believe me - the fact that you don’t believe in it proves once again that you are from Ukraine))) So you uncovered yourself to the end) I love to bring you into the light of God))) Once again I repeat - this is for me Ukrainians come to work, and not I go to work in Ukraine))) And your hryvnia falls 2 times faster than a wooden one and it will fall until the very end of yours)))
        
        gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 04
        
        Russians find it funny to read such stories. Added fun to us in such joyful days.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 08
        
        well, kanesh, in your ipso in the training manual it is written that all Russians eat the last hedgehog and mriyut go to work in Kiev))) How ridiculous are you)))
        
        alexneg13
        
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        23 February 2022 20: 41
        
        This is a Kazakhstani, and he is not a citizen of the Ruin or, as he tries to pretend to be a hose, to pass himself off as a citizen of Russia, but a soros sucker. And it doesn’t matter what nationality he is, and from which country he broadcasts, but he broadcasts from Kazakhstan. It's a poop machine against Russia.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 20: 49
        
        yes, he can even call himself a Kazakhstani, Russian or Australian - his hysterical ears stick out from each of his posts))) and if his nonsense is plused, and his opponent is minus, then it is immediately clear that their hysterical brigade is working - they don’t even understand how they burn on trifles )))
Sergey Latyshev

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23 February 2022 17: 35

Voros is not open, IMHO.
That day has passed. What was at hand, then waved.

Moreover, according to the above, it is clear that they did not beat at random, they say, "let's ban all Russian apples"

The rest will come later. In some places, they already sang the memorial service SP2 in advance, they say, anyway, OK, I bought it, without gas, go there to the end ...
1. tulip
  
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  23 February 2022 17: 51
  
  right. The whole West will freeze in unison and will receive less dough for the sake of your Ukraine and its mythical borders))) I like your mrii about how the West will ignore the huge Russian market and resources for the sake of the Ukrainian Donbass type)))
  1. gunnerminer
    
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    23 February 2022 18: 41
    
    Ukraine is frozen, the West will also freeze. The main thing is that the PRC does not freeze. There will be no one to sell raw materials.
    1. tulip
      
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      23 February 2022 18: 45
      
      no one in Russia so far allows neither your Ukraine nor the West to freeze))) pray for Russia)
      1. gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 18: 58
        
        At least you will stop providing the APU with fuel and lubricants and spare parts.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 03
        
        we live under capitalism, boy))) everything is decided by the loot. If you are ready to pay 2 times more for fuel, then we will sell it to you
        
        gunnerminer
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 07
        
        We live in cave capitalism. This stage has been excessively prolonged in Russia. That is why former partners in the CIS shied away from us. Who to the EU, who to the US. And who to China. Already sold, check it out. Recently Sechin and Miller traveled with the President to China. Cheap, long term.
        
        tulip
        
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        23 February 2022 19: 10
        
        okrainets, do not count other people's money in someone else's pocket))) Russia lives much richer than you and that's a fact. The fact that you are still going to write here how I finish my last hedgehog in Russia only convinces me that you are from the outskirts))) You burned yourself - tell your NATO boss in the IPSO that you are torn and that you need to be replaced. Tales about how I live badly in Russia, let the new ipso employee start telling me)))
        
        Dart2027
        
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        27 February 2022 13: 26
        
        Quote: gunnerminer
        We live in cave capitalism.
        
        Will the source be?
        
        Quote: gunnerminer
        Already sold, check it out.
        
        Will there be a receipt?
        
        alexneg13
        
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        23 February 2022 21: 13
        
        This is a hook for the Ruin, and at any moment a hook will start, and your Military Rabble of Ukraine will turn into a bunch of dung.
shiva

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23 February 2022 18: 40

All troubles due to the fact that all countries and small pages look into the mouth of stupid talking heads from the State Department.
If Scholz added 1+1 or 0+0 and compared the result - I think that even an imbecile would choose the first option.
He should just say - we, Germany, are against the escalation in Ukraine, because it crashes gas supplies. How do you imagine a working gas pipeline in a war zone?
In order for us to ensure our energy security - if something explodes in Ukraine, we immediately launch sp-2.
And this bald fool, blindly following Psaki, chose 0 + 0.
Now Sultan Erdogan says - we are against it, proudly and strongly, but Putin, you come to us, we'll talk, we know how to make money on this - the Turkish stream, all that ... We have your pipe. We are happy to go to Europe in 2000)))
I think that Putin will say - it’s better you come to us ...
AICO

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23 February 2022 18: 56

- Parties in Saint-Tropez - oh, oh, oh, they scared me - they will hang out in Lefortovo !!!
Dust

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23 February 2022 19: 55

Why sanctions are soft? ... Then the main question arises: where does Europe get cheap fertilizers, timber, metals, energy resources, minerals? Where can Europe get rare earth resources? Palladium Russia supplies 40% to the world market, titanium - 40%, nickel, aluminum .... in Africa? So it has been robbed for three centuries, almost everyone was taken out ... South. America? Where the United States will not allow to take out, they think that this is their "territory" .... Australia? But, it is very far and expensive. And Russia can redirect everything to China, India ... they buy everything there. They are well aware that there are not many places on the globe where you can buy cheap resources. The US and Europe are very afraid of the rapprochement between Russia and China. If Russia will give its military technology to China. China, will not stop! It has already surpassed the United States economically. It remains for China to pull up military technology and get cheap resources! For the US, this is a defeat on a global scale….
Alsur

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23 February 2022 20: 21

Quote: gunnerminer
The delirium happened in 2014. They were afraid for SP-2. Now it’s locked up, they threaten with the most terrible sanctions. Against the captains of Russian business. They suddenly remembered the civilian LDNR, and now SP-2 can no longer be saved.
Write that from Iran, or from Nicaragua.

They already wrote to you, SP-2 recaptured itself a long time ago, it is no longer needed, let it rot. You have nothing more negative to write, except for SP-2?
Sergey Latyshev

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23 February 2022 20: 30

The whole West will freeze in unison and will receive less dough ...

Winter is ending, but the tales "The West will freeze over" are still circulating.

If in the fall everyone was directly concerned for the% of filling their storages, then after the New Year these% magically do not indicate anywhere .....

On the contrary, they write - Europe decided not to cancel nuclear power plants and gas ....
Dart2027

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27 February 2022 13: 24

The Kremlin has already crossed the Rubicon, and it will be enough for it to plant a pro-Russian regime in Kyiv to ensure reliable gas transit to Europe, and at the same time to ensure its security.

And also spend a lot of money on its repair, and step on the same rake already with Poland. No, you need to deliver immediately to the Germans.