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Quote from: DrBeer on February 20, 2023, 10:59:11 AM

Quote from: Synchronice on February 16, 2023, 11:14:24 AM

Quote from: DrBeer on February 11, 2023, 08:13:54 PM

Self-hypnosis is cool, but useless

Please provide a list of enterprises for example in Germany that have ceased operations due to the unavailability or high cost of gas from alternative sources? And then let's see how it really is, and not fantasy according to propaganda manuals

PS I am absolutely sure that if you answer something, it will be an ordinary set of fakes from Russian propaganda

I'll help him, this is what I have heard from the person who was saying Germans would freeze: Germany didn't freeze because it has the strongest economy in Europe, this helped them.
Now their prediction is that Germany survived this year but they are in danger for next year.
There are so many predictions from pro-russians but not so funny is that these people change their words when their predictions fail but still are highly confident that they are wise and their next predictions will come true. Again, it will fail and they'll find an explanation like Germany has a big economy and they survived.

I partially agree ... And I will also express my opinion.
The fact is that in the EU, there are a sufficient number of both "manual media" and journalists (as well as politicians, "opinion leaders", "specialists", ....) performing the tasks of the Kremlin dwarfs. This has been known for a long time, and before, through one, they openly supported Russia, in the hope that Putin's plan would work, and Europe would become the obedient servant of the Kremlin, and they would be at the "Kremlin trough", supported by the Kremlin, which generously pays for moral prostitution.
Did not work ! And now they are not so openly, covertly, continue to post news as part of the "information propaganda operation." Now budget data in Russia is classified, but you can find data for 2016-2020 in the archives - billions of dollars were allocated there to "support loyal media in the EU"! And they continue to work them out, and continue to receive funding, through such stuffing that looks quite realistic.
But it is worth digging into the "problem", and it turns out that if there are fears, then only in the Kremlin, fears that they will be left without money, having irreversibly lost the European gas market. What should Germany be afraid of if in 3 months, after the cessation of supplies from Russia, they rebuilt their consumer gas market, and replaced more than 90% of the gas supplied from Russia with STABLE and ALTERNATIVE supply channels? Due to the warm winter - at the moment, almost 75% of the gas remains in the storage facilities in Germany, of the volume that was stored for this winter. Spring is coming and temperatures are high. There's still a year ahead of us to improve supply, lower prices, and stock up, even if next winter is very cold.
Once again I repeat - check ALL the information, it's not difficult. But you will see how many falsehoods and deliberate distortions of information are pouring even from the pages of such respected publications.

Now there is another warning - Putin on Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the west over Ukraine, suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear test. Now what is more alarming than this?

This is a natural step in the current situation. Cold War between the Western world and Russia.

However, this does not mean that Russia will use nuclear weapons. The use of even tactical nuclear weapons is an absolutely insane move. Nuclear weapons were not originally intended for its use in military conflicts. It is exclusively a tool to deter a potential adversary from aggressive actions.

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia will cause a very negative reaction from China and India.

I'm not talking about the USA, Great Britain and other countries of the Western world....

Therefore, I perceive it solely as a tool for escalating tension.