Sukram712 schrieb am 15.02.2022 01:22:
Wladimir Putin 150.000 Soldaten um die Ukraine herum aufmarschieren lässt, um Krieg zu führen
Werden ja immer mehr. Irgendwann die 205 000 der Ukraine...
Aber glaub mir, die Musik spielt woanders:
In the margins to the Russo-Chinese summit, a ‘Power of Siberia 2’ gas pipeline was announced that will have a bigger capacity than the already huge ‘Power of Siberia 1’ pipeline. What the Brussels leaders need to contemplate is that the gas for PoS-2 will be coming from the same West Siberian fields from which Europe now draws its gas. Furthermore, PoS-2 will connect to the same pipeline that serves Europe. In other words, any ‘nonsense’ from Brussels, Russia can redirect the European flow into the China network. Russia does not need Europe for gas.
Moscow can see too, that whilst the US does not want to raise interest rates, it has to. Russia can also see that they have the ability to force inflation on Europe far higher, inflicting significant economic pain. They can see that food prices are soaring, with potash from Belarus blocked, and Russia banning the export of ammonium nitrate.
The consequences for fertiliser prices - and therefore European food prices - is obvious, as is the consequence on European spot energy prices, were Russian gas to be sanctioned and blocked from reaching Europe. That is how economic pain works.
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/europes-bridges-are-down:-no-route-through-to-a-political-fu