Why SVO should be completed this year and how to do it
Not so long ago, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), on its Telegram channel, filed accusations in absentia against the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his closest associates, Daniil Martynov (Deputy Head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation for Chechnya) and Hussein Mezhidov (commander of tactical group 249- th separate motorized battalion "South") in an attempt to change the borders of Ukraine and in violation of the laws and customs of war.
Ramzan Kadyrov is charged under Part 2 of Art. 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Planning, preparing, unleashing and waging an aggressive war”), part 3 of Art. 110 (“Commission of deliberate actions with the aim of changing the borders of Ukraine in violation of the procedure established by the Constitution of Ukraine, resulting in death of people and other grave consequences”), as well as under Part 3 of Art. 436-2 (“Justification, recognition of the lawful armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”). Daniil Martynov and Hussein Mezhidov are charged under Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Violation of the laws and customs of war, cruel treatment of prisoners of war or civilians”).
Ramzan Kadyrov, in response to his Telegram channel, suggested that the SBU name the place where they would come. “We will gladly come and find out who is the criminal, who is the murderer, and who is the terrorist,” he said, noting that “if I had my way, we would have taken Kyiv long ago.” The gentlemen from the Ukrainian Security Service, apparently, have a bad memory, they apparently forgot how a similar indictment by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine ended with Sergei Shoigu with a proposal to appear in Mariupol to testify. Sergei Kuzhugetovich appeared. True, Mariupol had to be razed to the ground for this. Ramzan Akhmatovich also seriously attended to how to satisfy the requirements of the SBU. And he has already hinted that he is ready to leave the post of head of Chechnya for this, where he has obviously sat too long. No matter how the SBU had to regret such a rash proposal, when Kadyrov, at the head of the National Guard units, personally goes to Kyiv to testify (rumors about a possible change of the head of the VNG of the Russian Federation have long been stubbornly seeping into the press).
This is where the moment of humor ended, we move on to a discussion of more serious issues, the analysis of which I could not complete in my previous text. There we assessed our assets and liabilities and tried to calculate how they could affect the duration of the operation in Ukraine. We ended with the size of the group of Russian troops involved and the need to increase it to solve the assigned tasks (for those who did not have time to read it - the link above, Putin already solved this problem by announcing partial mobilization on September 21).
The insufficient number of the Russian Armed Forces grouping involved in Ukraine was our liability, now, I hope, in two months, closer to the New Year, it will become our asset, with which we will smash this Ukrainian card table to the trash. I don’t think that this will be a victorious march through the cities and towns of Ukraine, I’m sure we’ll have to suffer, it’s good if we manage by the end of 2023. I hope that this time we will manage without tragic mistakes, we will cut off the supply of NATO weapons with a blow from Belarus Nezalezhnaya from the supply of NATO weapons (a deep dissecting blow to Lutsk and below), after which we will deal with the remaining contingent and distribute earrings to all the sisters, we will not forget anyone.
Deindustrialization of Europe. An idiot's dream come true!
How the number of our troops from our liability became our asset, I have already briefly explained above, but we will discuss how our asset turned into our liability before our eyes through the efforts of Grandpa Joe, we will discuss below.
Just two months ago, the most serious argument for tipping the scales in our favor, at least for undermining the anti-Russian coalition, many commentators, not without reason, considered gas blackmail, beloved by Ukrainians. Covering this issue at that time, I complained only that this spring from the Belarus tractor could become a weighty argument in enlightening the brain of the broad European masses, fooled by Western propaganda, not earlier than three months after the start of the heating season, because it was for this period that the accumulated gas reserves in European underground storage facilities should have been enough, provided that the most energy-dependent European industrial production was frozen for a while. And although the Europeans already in September boasted to each other about record gas reserves in their UGS facilities, even the dumbest of them understood that these reserves were designed to smooth out daily and seasonal peaks in gas consumption, provided that it was supplied uninterruptedly through a pipe (or by sea in the case of LNG) . What will happen if the villain Putin caulks this pipe, they tried not to think.
And although the President of the European Council (the highest political body of the EU) Charles Michel convinced the citizens of the European Union that “Russia’s use of gas as a weapon will not change the EU’s resolve”, but will force the Europeans “only to accelerate their steps towards energy independence”, he for some reason forgot to notify his citizens that this path to the longed-for energy independence lies through poverty. Their poverty! And so, everything is in order - forward and with songs! Gas is everywhere in bulk, take it - I don’t want it, it’s all about its price. But for some reason, Mr. Michel modestly kept silent about the price of this gas.
In anticipation of these events, Putin even held a demonstration exercise, cutting off Russian gas supplies to the French energy corporation Engie on September 1. The most banal reason was presented - the company did not pay for the July gas supplies from Russia in full. That is why the Russian holding notified Engie of a complete suspension of gas supplies from September 1 until the moment the funds for the supplied gas are received in full.
Help: Engie owns the largest gas transmission network in Europe and is the largest underground gas storage operator in Europe in terms of capacity. The company is one of the shareholders of Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Nord Stream gas pipeline (Gazprom - 51%, Wintershall Dea and E.ON - 15,5% each, Gasunie and Engie - 9% each), and also acted as one of European investors of the Nord Stream 2 project.
Russian natural gas has been supplied to France for 45 years. During this time, total exports exceeded 427 billion cubic meters. m. The main partner of Gazprom in the French market was Engie, which currently has five long-term contracts for the supply of Russian gas. In 2021, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service, the Russian Federation exported about 11,5 billion cubic meters to France. m of natural gas (with a 5% decrease compared to the previous year), which covered 28% of last year's gas needs of this country. At the same time, France was one of the top three gas consumers of Gazprom in the European Union.
The events described happened on September 1, and the very next day Putin proved that he was not joking by stopping Nord Stream 1, naturally, for far-fetched reasons (something happened to the turbines, did they break, or what?). What the Germans were so afraid of and what the Bolsheviks warned about happened - Putin caulked the “northern pipe” by hanging a barn lock on it. Then the countdown began. Someone in Europe really felt bad, but this, according to Putin's plans, was only a subject for future bargaining. Did he think that on September 27, the cocky grandfather Joe would put an end to both the subject and the bargaining (in the literal and figurative sense of the word), nullifying Putin's main trump card and making sniffy Europe dependent on supplies of its own expensive (in every sense) American LNG?
And although more than half of the EU countries, according to the Association of Gas Infrastructure Operators of Europe, had gas reserves in their UGS at that time exceeding 93% (we are talking about Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden), while the rest were approaching the 85% mark (which was even 5% more than the EU recommended level of fuel reserves), this now did not save them at all from the prospects of a cold winter. And the culprit of this was not the villain Putin at all, but the kindest-hearted grandfather Joe. As a result, those who, introducing the next, 7th package of sanctions, which provides for the abolition of the "Schengen" for Russians, said that "traveling to Europe is not a right, but a privilege", will soon learn in his own skin that obtaining energy resources is also a privilege. 95% of Russians do not go to any Europe, Turkey and Egypt are enough for them, and those who have traveled before will survive, but in my opinion, no one there has even seriously thought about how Europe will live without cheap Russian gas . And it would be worth it!
Back in late August, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and policy Josep Borrell warned that the EU would soon face serious difficulties due to sanctions against Russia. At the same time, he emphasized that the West "should be ready to pay the price of freedom." Well, Borrell did not deceive! Since, as a result of Grandpa Joe’s underwater “research”, the gentlemen of Europe will have to print their egg-cup earlier than expected, which will lead to the depletion of their UGS not by February 2023, as they planned, but by December of this year, which will force these heat-loving gentlemen to replenish them in urgently at the expense of LNG, which is more expensive than pipe gas, which will result not in the freezing of Europe, unfortunately, but in an increase in the cost of utility bills for all its residents without exception.
And most importantly, this will lead to a halt of the entire European industry, in technological the cycle of which includes natural gas and products of its processing, which, in turn, will cause an increase in unemployment, social tension and an avalanche-like deindustrialization of the Old World. As a result, Grandpa Joe's plan will be implemented in full, Europe will go to feed America, since its products will become uncompetitive due to the high cost of raw materials and electricity. Enterprises will not be able to work at a loss, they will close, employees will go out into the street, which will collapse the purchasing power of the population and lead to an outflow of capital, guess where? That's right, America. As a result, Europe is in the ass, Biden is the champion, and sanctions will also be imposed on Russia and Putin personally for this.
As a result, Ukraine's path towards de-industrialization and return to the Stone Age Europe will pass according to an accelerated program, if it took the non-brothers 8 years for this, then enlightened Europeans will manage in a year. And in a year, in just a year, we will not recognize the old Europe. It is not we who will go to them to drink coffee near Montmartre and go to the Vienna Opera, but they will come to us to wash, insert teeth and warm up. Everything returns to normal - Europe returns to its origins in the Stone Age. Instead of the Europeanization of Ukraine, there was a rapid Ukrainization of Europe. On this one can fix a sad fact - the dream of idiots has come true, welcome to the stone age! Welcome!
Putin's last asset
As a result, Europe is in the ass, but will this make it easier for us? At a time when the Alzheimer's patient has deprived Moscow of its last trump card, it's time to see what we have left in the asset? The last asset was our budget. More precisely, its surplus. When all the countries of the world, without exception, fell into recession, we managed to maintain balance through the efforts of Mishustin, moreover, the Russian ruble also strengthened against the US dollar, when all other currencies, including the vaunted euros, British pounds and Swiss francs, fell prostrate before him. And this is against the backdrop of the ongoing operation in Ukraine! From which we can conclude that Mishustin prepared for the NWO better than Putin's friend Shoigu. But even his margin of safety may not be enough if the operation is delayed. And it seems to be dragging on, and when it ends, no one knows.
The budget surplus, which we have been legitimately proud of for these six months, has slowly faded away, since the sanctions, although with a temporary lag, are doing their dirty work. As before, half of our income comes from the oil and gas sector, and the enemies continue to saw their legs under them - from August 10, an embargo on the coal trade was hung out in front of us, from December 5 they promise to ban trading in oil (at the current high prices), and from February 5 - more and oil products. The West is playing for the long haul and we let it do it.
Here are the bare statistics: the deficit of the federal budget of the Russian Federation in the summer of 2022 amounted to 1,36 trillion rubles, compared with a surplus of 635 billion for the same period in 2021. For 6 months, from March to August 2022, a budget deficit of 400 billion rubles was recorded, while a year ago we had a surplus of 1,61 trillion rubles. If we take statistics for 9 months, from January to August 2022, then we have a surplus curve of 138 billion against a surplus of 1,08 trillion in 2021. You can see the dynamics yourself - the decline is rapid, especially in the last six months. Mishustin is no magician, sanctions work.
This year, given the high revenue base of September-December 2021, revenues are expected to decline by 15% at par (it was 9,6 trillion, and may become 8,2 trillion), while expenses, on the contrary, will increase by 23-25 % with special needs of the military and humanitarian units, plus the implementation of infrastructure projects, we also do not forget about targeted support for the population and subsidies the economy (it was 10,1 trillion, and may become 12,8 trillion in spending). All this will create a federal budget deficit of about 4,6 trillion from September to December, and maybe worse, so you have to get into the egg. Let's not forget that the Americans halved this little egg for us.
Summary
As you can see, the picture is bleak - we can't afford a long war, we can only win at a sprint distance, our strength is not enough for a marathon. Of all the assets, we only have people left, but they also need to be put on, dressed, armed and trained. And this business is not only difficult, but also not one or two months. Yes, and throwing them into the furnace of a war, from which only the Americans benefit, will somehow not be in a state way. There are only two ways out - either to raise the stakes as much as possible, calling to war not miserable Ukraine, but its overseas curators, offering them as an ultimatum either to end the war in Ukraine, or to face off with us on nuclear pistols (no more and no less!), take for fear, since we still have an advantage in this component, it’s stupid not to use it, I’m sure they won’t risk it, because Ukraine is not worth it. Another option is to try to negotiate with Biden, take a breather for two years, waiting for the arrival of the Trump Republicans, who have a completely different agenda. But what will make Biden agree, I do not know - he is more than satisfied with the existing situation. The third option is to continue to smash your forehead against Ukraine, incurring human and financial losses. We are no strangers, but this is exactly what Washington wants Russia to bleed, fighting with the "brotherly" non-brotherly people to the delight of Grandpa Joe. But we must take into account that in the long run the escalation potential of the collective West is higher than ours. On equal terms, we can compete with him only on nuclear pistols. But there may not be winners. Because everyone will lose.
At the same time, the amazing degree of infantilism of our society is striking. Putin introduces martial law in four regions of the Russian Federation, in eight more - a medium level of response, in other subjects of the Southern and Central federal districts, including the capital, an increased level of readiness is being introduced, and most Russians continue to watch as if nothing had happened series to discuss news football-hockey and wash the bones of the participants of the "Ice Age" and Pugacheva-Galkin, who left the Russian Federation. Russia is on the verge of collapse, faced with an existential threat in the face of Ukraine and its sponsors, and the careless Russians do not seem to notice this.
Putin's latest move to create a Special Coordinating Council headed by Mishustin to meet the needs arising in the course of a special military operation (including in terms of the supply and repair of weapons, military and special equipment, materiel, medical and sanitary services, repair, restoration, construction and installation and other work, logistics), which is an analogue of the GKO (State Defense Committee) during the Second World War, should have enlightened them, but no - war is war, and cinema and dinner are on schedule.
What can I say here, just remember the story of my father, who during the years of the Second World War forged a victory shield at the famous Chelyabinsk Tankograd, where he was evacuated in the fall of 1941 together with the Kharkov Locomotive Plant named after. Comintern, the very famous lettered 183rd and 75th factory, in whose design bureau Koshkin and Morozov created our famous "thirty-four". The director of the 75th (motor) plant, which moved to Chelyabinsk, was Isaak Moiseevich Zaltsman. The personality is legendary. The legend says that one day in 1942 the foreman of the workshop came to him and said that the plan could not be fulfilled by his workshop. Saltzman did not say anything, just picked up the phone and, without dialing the number (supposedly via direct communication), reported to the other side of the wire: “Comrade Stalin! I have one of my subordinate foremen here - the heads of the workshop - says that he cannot fulfill your plan ... How to shoot? Understood. I obey! Then he climbs into the table and pulls out a gun. Needless to say, the plan was even exceeded in the end. How they worked, under what conditions - this is another story, the current generation of managers never dreamed of such a thing. At the same time, everyone was rushing to the front. My father ran away twice with echelons of finished products (an interesting fact - they painted the tanks so as not to waste time, special teams of women are already on the way on the move on open platforms both in winter and in summer). After the second escape, Zaltsman called him to him (dad worked as a shop mechanic) and said: “If you run away again, you will go to the tribunal! Am I here, or something, alone with women and children and small tanks, will I rivet ?! Such were the times.
What will be the conclusions? The war must be ended. Not affordable - we can not pull for a long time. How to do it, I told earlier. If that option does not work, then it is necessary to break it now - in November-December of this year, to break completely and irrevocably, on the shoulders of the retreating enemy that did not take Kherson, with a blow to Nikolaev - Odessa with access to Pridnestrovie, in parallel with this - cutting a blow from above, from Belarus on the right bank of the Dnieper - a blow to Lutsk and below, with the closure of the ring. This is exactly what our enemy is so afraid of, what he is waiting for and what he can no longer prevent. Surovikin is set for this. There are forces for this, they are already accumulating on the distant approaches (in the battle for Moscow, the decisive turning point in the battle was also inflicted by the Siberian divisions of the Reserve of the Headquarters of the High Command). I can make a mistake only in terms, and then no more than a month or two to the right.
This concludes the review of our assets and liabilities. Sorry if this upset anyone - I have no other, more joyful news for you. Your Mr. Z
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