Alexander Mercouris
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Energy Companies Warn US on anti-Russia Sanctions: There is Not Enough Gas to Replace Russia’s
News Topic 390
Exclusive: U.S. talks to energy firms on EU gas supply in case of Russia-Ukraine conflict
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-us-talks-energy-firms-over-eu-gas-supply-case-russia-ukraine-conflict-2022-01-15/
Gas reserves in European UGS record low, Gazprom says
Gas reserves in European UGS record low, Gazprom says
More than a half of gas volume injected last year has already been withdrawn from underground storages in Europe, the company revealed
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1794264/
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We in the UK are going to freeze soon as very cold weather is being forecast. I am a pensioner and find it very difficult to keep pace with the electric / gas Bills .
You can blame the US for that. If it hadn’t tried numerous times over the past six years to stop Nord Stream 2, the gas would be flowing from Russia to Europe now. There might even be more gas coming from Ukraine if that country hadn’t defaulted on paying Russia for the gas, and if it hadn’t siphoned off (stolen) gas.
Absolutely correct. All the EU countries that have not got the guts to tell the US to go take a hike, should be ashamed of putting them before their own people. And that clown in Downing Street is one of the worst cowards.
Thorough analysis which brings together confusing media snippets to give a clear view of the likely outcome of current events in relation to the West’s conflict with Russia. Thank you Alex.
There’s one thing you’re missing, Alexander, when you say there won’t be a war in Ukraine this winter. You’re forgetting the CIA, the neocons, and Zelensky himself. The CIA and the neocons have been pushing this situation all along. This is why Zelensky moved his troops to the contact line last spring, and why the Russians began their buildup last spring, and then their training exercises in the fall, which the neocons then turned into the bogus threat of a “Russian invasion.” The Russians almost certainly have a very extensive intelligence network inside Ukraine. Russia *knows* what is going on… Read more »
If a referendum were held in the two breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, and if the people were asked to vote on whether they would prefer reintegration with Ukraine or unification with Russia, what do you think the result would be?
I suspect that many would want unification with Russia. Some probably wouldn’t. Without a poll, it’s hard to guess what the majority would be, but I’d guess it would be those wanting unification, at least under the current conditions of being essentially cut off from the rest of Ukraine. If the Minsk agreement were to be implemented by Ukraine (a fanciful notion at best), then the situation might change.
Excellent, Alexander.