Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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I suppose now you know who gets thrown out
I'm not surprised that you'd be so happy and cheerful after seeing an old woman get brutalized by a mob. This is the kind of attitude that inevitably goes with being a Putin supporter.
La Russie se dit prête à augmenter ses livraisons de gaz à l'Europe
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Russia says it is ready to increase gas supplies to Europe
Russia's deputy prime minister has opened the door to a return of supplies to Poland and Germany via the Yamal pipeline. But this is unlikely to happen: Europe has found other sources... including Russian liquefied natural gas.
One step forward, one step back... Russia is currently sending contradictory signals. After threatening to cut its oil production in protest against the European embargo on crude and the price cap, Moscow says it is ready to resume gas deliveries via the Yamal pipeline. "The European market remains relevant because the gas shortage persists and we have the opportunity to resume supplies," the deputy prime minister in charge of energy, Alexander Novak, told the official news agency Tass.
He said the Yamal pipeline, which links Russia to Poland and Germany, had been stopped for "political reasons". Shortly after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as supplies to Europe began to dwindle, Gazprom stopped its deliveries via Yamal. Then the Russian company demanded that Poland pay in roubles. Warsaw refused and the Polish government terminated its contract with Gazprom.
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At the end of August, the pipeline was shut down for three days of maintenance, but has not been reactivated since. The flows were then reversed to allow Poland to be supplied from Germany.
These statements could indicate that the various measures taken against Russia and its hydrocarbon production are beginning to dry up its economy. So far, Moscow has been able to rely on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market to keep its exports high. The more flexible transport of this energy by ship allows the country to diversify its customers. European imports of Russian LNG are said to have increased by 40% this year.
Russia has developed an ambitious programme to increase its liquefaction capacity. By 2035, it hopes to be able to export 80 to 140 million tonnes per year, up from 35 million tonnes today. Novatek still hopes to restart the Arctic LNG 2 project, in which TotalEnergies has invested but which has been at a standstill since the Western sanctions, by the end of 2023. A large part of Russian production could therefore now be liquefied and then shipped to international markets.
Stocks are rising in Europe
The future of gas pipelines is more uncertain. To resume deliveries to Poland, Moscow will first have to ease its own sanctions against Warsaw. And on the Polish side, there is nothing to suggest that they are ready to start buying from Russia again, even though they have largely diversified their sources this year.
In Europe, the pressure has eased in recent weeks as temperatures have risen. Stocks have not really been dented despite the first cold snap in December. They have even started to be filled again and now stand at an average of 83%. Germany, which had fallen to a filling rate of 87%, has risen to 88% in the last few days (compared to 77% at the same time last year), while Poland has a record rate of 96%, putting it in a strong position.
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Russia says it is ready to increase gas supplies to Europe
Russia's deputy prime minister has opened the door to a return of supplies to Poland and Germany via the Yamal pipeline. But this is unlikely to happen: Europe has found other sources... including Russian liquefied natural gas.
One step forward, one step back... Russia is currently sending contradictory signals. After threatening to cut its oil production in protest against the European embargo on crude and the price cap, Moscow says it is ready to resume gas deliveries via the Yamal pipeline. "The European market remains relevant because the gas shortage persists and we have the opportunity to resume supplies," the deputy prime minister in charge of energy, Alexander Novak, told the official news agency Tass.
He said the Yamal pipeline, which links Russia to Poland and Germany, had been stopped for "political reasons". Shortly after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as supplies to Europe began to dwindle, Gazprom stopped its deliveries via Yamal. Then the Russian company demanded that Poland pay in roubles. Warsaw refused and the Polish government terminated its contract with Gazprom.
Investment in LNG
At the end of August, the pipeline was shut down for three days of maintenance, but has not been reactivated since. The flows were then reversed to allow Poland to be supplied from Germany.
These statements could indicate that the various measures taken against Russia and its hydrocarbon production are beginning to dry up its economy. So far, Moscow has been able to rely on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market to keep its exports high. The more flexible transport of this energy by ship allows the country to diversify its customers. European imports of Russian LNG are said to have increased by 40% this year.
Russia has developed an ambitious programme to increase its liquefaction capacity. By 2035, it hopes to be able to export 80 to 140 million tonnes per year, up from 35 million tonnes today. Novatek still hopes to restart the Arctic LNG 2 project, in which TotalEnergies has invested but which has been at a standstill since the Western sanctions, by the end of 2023. A large part of Russian production could therefore now be liquefied and then shipped to international markets.
Stocks are rising in Europe
The future of gas pipelines is more uncertain. To resume deliveries to Poland, Moscow will first have to ease its own sanctions against Warsaw. And on the Polish side, there is nothing to suggest that they are ready to start buying from Russia again, even though they have largely diversified their sources this year.
In Europe, the pressure has eased in recent weeks as temperatures have risen. Stocks have not really been dented despite the first cold snap in December. They have even started to be filled again and now stand at an average of 83%. Germany, which had fallen to a filling rate of 87%, has risen to 88% in the last few days (compared to 77% at the same time last year), while Poland has a record rate of 96%, putting it in a strong position.
Even a person with Undiagnosed/Untreated paranoia/Schizophrenia isn't going to believe these predictions.Dmitry Medvedev has published a list of his predictions for 2023.
LOL! Who is medvdev trying to Fool?
OTOH Medvedev Political Capital/Image can take a massive hit ...
The Russian ground forces are not like the SU's. And tac nukes have the ability to get into missile designs capable of getting through Russian IADS, since few numbers are required compared to conventional munitions.
Modern day Islamic fundamentalism dates back to the CIA's war against the SU in Afghanistan. Look up all the major terrorist organisations and when they started, that will give you the clue necessary to piece the puzzle.
Cast iron hard fact. Note the supporters column:
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Nobody was even interested in Communism until after the Soviet uprising in Russia, let alone being a Communist dictatorship.
Mao's China was sh!t. Today's China was created by the West after 1974.
India's transition is happening really fast, extremely fast for a $2500 economy. But China has a headstart, it's simply the nature of things. What China will do by 2030, we may need up to 2035-40. So, Russia will find India to be more important than China. Another problem is India lacks oil reserves entirely, our best is 1 million bpd, whereas China's local reserves give them 5 million a day.
India is going the hydrogen route.
India needs central cooling. Our local temps go up to 47deg C. Even Bangalore is considered cool at 37deg C, even if I personally disagree. While we do not need gas, we need electricity. Our summer electricity bills are much higher than winter bills.
China's oil consumption has likely already peaked and will more than likely go into decline. China's future need is gas, not oil.
China today is conventionally stronger than Russia. But against Russia in 10 years, China won't be its conventional match. NATO minus US will not be able to match the Russians either.
All three have different priorities. The Russians are ground forces heavy, whereas China wants to develop its navy and air force to challenge the US instead. The EU needs to raise a proper army as well. And in the meantime, there will be quite a bit of technological mismatch. The EU's next gen tech is only gonna arrive after 2040 versus 2025 for the Russians. So the Russians will have a significant tech lead in ground forces versus both the EU and China in 10 years.
But I'm not referring to the military, it's not as relevant, economics is more important. For at least this decade, China needs Russia more than Russia needs China. And India needs Russia for a decade longer. So, in the long run, Russia will give India greater importance, because Russia will need India once China no longer finds Russia economically useful. Plus, in the long run, both India and Russia need each other to counter China, the same as it was during the Cold War.
Skewed sex ratio is bad both ways. And the EU's looks slightly better on paper because of greater migration of men than women. But the EU is bringing in low quality men who are unlikely to attract richer European women for the long term. The end result is more violence.
Russian oligarch wealth is yet to be drilled out. Stealing Russian wealth in possession of the West will weaken the West in the long term due to the distrust it will create in the international market.
Taking back laundered money is a one-time thing.
And why would that particularly benefit Russia?
I see US, EU, China of course, Japan too... I know there are also big names in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but as for Russia? What do they have?
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Fun fact: the famous Kerch Bridge? It was built by a Dutch company. Not a Russian one. Russia didn't have a construction company that could handle a project of this size.
Resources. Not their construction tech, but the stuff underground. India needs Russia's vast natural resources, and not just oil and gas.
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You can see that while Russia sits on top, India isn't even in the top 10.
Can we at least agree that Russia went into Ukraine thinking there won't be a war?
We know for sure it's the case because the Russians went to Kiev without air defences and infantry.
They don't have a choice. Do you think Nepal and Bhutan have a choice in the matter? Both countries exist because both India and China allow them to exist. If one of us decide to change the status quo, you can bet there will be war.
This Russian empire was impossible to rebuild until now. The West has given Russia the excuse necessary to rebuild its empire now. All the West had to do was wait for Putin to grow old and feeble. But, no, the military genius Zelensky decided it was time to formalise Ukraine's with to join NATO and invade the Donbas.
Now the question is if you will solve the issue locally or start WW3.
Iran funnels automatic rifles into the US via Mexico. I don't see the US going to war over it.
Oh, yeah, I'm not disputing the fact that there won't be more terrorism in Russia either. They are already living with it. The Americans will make sure of it.
The Ukrainians tried it, the pseudo pro-Russian regime in Ukraine at the time stopped it. This happened in 2013.
You should read up on what happened before the Russian invasion. Zelensky was preparing to attack Donbas.
The entire time the Minsk agreements were simply a way for Ukraine to buy time to militarise and then invade the Donbas.
Minsk deal was used to buy time – Ukraine's Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko said the Minsk Agreements “meant nothing” and claimed credit for giving Ukraine enough time to militarize
Former German Chancellor Merkel admits the Minsk agreement was merely to buy time for Ukraine’s arms build-up
Merkel’s recent interview with <em>Die Zeit</em> confirms the view of the WSWS that NATO has wanted war from the start but needed time for its military preparations.
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This war was planned, but not in the Kremlin.
Political power plays have nothing to do with the life of people.
It doesn't matter how democratic people are, people are always attracted to where there are more resources. Lot of Indians leave their safe democracy to go work in the political sh!thole called the Middle East just because there's more money there. Lot of rich people prefer to migrate to the UAE, where they have no real rights, all because there is no income tax there.
You need to stop using freedom as the reason for people wanting to migrate to the West, it's all about money. You speak as though migrants have voting rights in France.
China exporting weapons for the war effort. Not happening for the first time.
The Russians do this everywhere. The latest American one was Gen Suleimani and the Saudis did that to Kashoghi.
Why would anyone think that? But CAR is stuck. Whatever hissy fits they wanna throw, the fact is Russian presence is very strong in the region, even military presence.
Lol. Now propaganda has reached a point where Russia can't even manufacture artillery shells. Those same shells we have imported worked very well during wartime though.
Dmitry Medvedev has published a list of his predictions for 2023.
For 2023, only 1 is realistic. Quite an entertaining list though.
Militarisation of Iran was bound to happen.
once sanctions are imposed, ppl will revolt and throw out putin, I suppose now you know who gets thrown out
Apparently, we are told, the mango Russians don't like the war.
Ah, the holier than thou attitude. UAF killing civilians in Donbas is okay. And a dumb Russian supporting that should be protected. That guy probably did that woman a favour before someone hit her. People need to learn how to read the room, especially when life can be at risk.
The average Russian supports the war because the Ukrainians are killing Russian civilians with artillery.
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Fact is, Russia had planned on reintegrating its lost shards of empire from the start, in the 1990s, but only succeeded (somewhat) in Belarus. Everywhere else kept on drifting away, a movement that has now accelerated.
As for the lack of infantry, they were simply too slow for the operation the Russians had planned which was a cavalry sprint with airborne reinforcements. But they couldn't hold Hostomel and the rest is history.
Russian invasion did not start in 2022. It's the Kremlin that decided to start a proxy war in Ukraine and anschluss Crimea with a phony referendum.
Fact is, Russia had planned on reintegrating its lost shards of empire from the start, in the 1990s, but only succeeded (somewhat) in Belarus. Everywhere else kept on drifting away, a movement that has now accelerated.
Nope. They thought it'd be a one-sided war where the Ukrainians would let themselves be shot or captured without retaliation. If they thought there wouldn't be a war, they wouldn't have started with a massive volley of missile strikes on Ukrainian military facilities. Unfortunately for them, they used largely outdated intelligence so about 60% of their missiles hit irrelevant targets -- emptied base, decommissioned aircraft, etc. That Ukrainian air defenses had largely resisted and were still active has crippled Russian air support.
As for the lack of infantry, they were simply too slow for the operation the Russians had planned which was a cavalry sprint with airborne reinforcements. But they couldn't hold Hostomel and the rest is history.
Russian military presence in the region is dwindling rapidly, and especially its military presence. Central Asia is stuck between three regional powers, Russia, China, and Turkey. Russia used to be first place, now it's in third place. China is in first place and will make sure Russia does not come back.
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OK! what are other options in Foreseeable future? EU and China. EU is onboard with US, That left china.
LOL! Do you think China is more trustworthy Than EU & US?
Who is going to trust China?
Yup! Agree on this.Resources. Not their construction tech, but the stuff underground. India needs Russia's vast natural resources, and not just oil and gas.
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You can see that while Russia sits on top, India isn't even in the top 10.
YUP! agree here too.
RFF killing civilians in Donbass and all over Ukraine is okay because there's civilian casualties from the fire exchage between FSB "separatists" and Ukrainian forces?
Russia started shelling Kherson with incendiary shells after they lost control of it. This has zero military justification, it is entirely caused by Russia's unquenchable lust for war crimes and genocide. But officially, as far as Russia is concered, those people are Russian citizens, they've written it in their Constitution and all. So Russia is killing Russian citizens with artillery. In occupied territories, Russia is also killing Russian citizens with large-scale torture and summary execution; again because of Russia's infinite thirst for war crimes and genocide.
So cut the crocodile tears about the unfortunate people of the Donbass. They're the victims of Russia, like all the rest, not those of Ukraine. Only a moron would think these cities would be shelled if Russia hadn't created with its own military and a few local criminals some phony local regimes with zero legitimacy that have taken control of the area against the wishes of the local people.
It's a delusional list . Even 1 doesn't seem realistic.
What Do you mean?
KSA, UAE, Israel and Egypt isn't going to like that.
Also, Militarising Iran will eradicate last leverage Russia have on Israel.
Syria, Will be an Intreseting playground.
I like how reality has been twisted here.
It's the EU countries seeking exemptions from sanctions in order to continue importing Russian energy.
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There are no plans to put nukes in such missile though, and if there were they could do it from the Baltics, or from Finland right now without Ukraine anyway. None of these theories hold.
Islamic fundamentalism started centuries ago and never ended. Iran was funding suicide bombers against Israel before the Afghan War started. And Russia caused the problems in Afghanistan by overthrowing the king by proxy in 1973. India and the USSR both recognised the new illegitimate government just 2 days after the coup! So you need to start accepting some responsibility yourselves for how Afghanistan turned out, it was a nice, civilised country until 1973, you and Russia ruined it.
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Go to China and say that. LOL, that's a good one.
Russia and China split over Cambodia, China didn't like the USSR's growing influence.Always an excuse. You were useless, that's why China shot ahead. Just imagine where you'd be if you'd allied with NATO from the start. Ask yourself that question honestly.
Don't do it, go EV, hydrogen is ridiculously inefficient over the full cycle by comparison.
Figured, so China will use more gas.
Lots of people in China don't have a car yet.
Russia will get weaker due to the war, war never makes any of its participants stronger, it impoverishes and weakens.
The T-14 is cancelled. And current Russian tanks don't lead anything. And airpower always beat army, every day of the week and twice on Sunday.That's simply not the case. China has 1.3bn people and a border with Russia, and a large economy. Saying Russia needs India more, is like Britain saying that Turkey is more important than the EU going forward. No offence to Turkey of course, but facts are facts.
Well, I think that's probably what Nixon and Kissinger thought in 1971 too. It's interesting though that Indians intervention to prevent a genocide in East Pakistan in 1971 but often castigate NATO for doing the same in Serbia in 1999.
To have accepted it so fast afterwards, like the Soviets, India must have been in on it. You have to admit it smells, and you would accuse us if it was the other way round.