Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Tucker brings up the US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, while interviewing film producer Jenner Furst.
Furst hits on Tucker’s point, that the US chose Ukraine because of the lack of oversight in such a lawless country.
Tucker knows where this story ends 👀
pic.twitter.com/fTOeuuhxd6— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) December 20, 2024
“the russian Central Bank is considering the possibility of “freezing” deposits of individuals”
That is a pretty extreme measure.
It is sometimes used a step in seizing assets, and sometimes as a tool to reduce capital flight.
It might be geared more toward supporting the ruble, than controlling inflation.
In any event, it is an extreme crisis move, if implemented broadly.
Hard times coming in Putostan (the Third World rump state, degenerated from what was Russia).
“Russian casualties over 800,000”
Versus one life for Putin.
The Putin Death Watch Team is wondering where the balance point will be?
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“In Russia, they have proposed executing opponents of mobilization and those who interfere with the fight for the birth rate”
Kyiv Independent reports:
“Russian losses in Ukraine are helping fuel a demographic timebomb that could see the country’s population reduced by half by the end of the century, experts have told the Kyiv Independent.
“The impact on Russian society is devastating,” said Harley Balzer, emeritus professor of government and international affairs at Georgetown University...
...According to Ukrainian figures, on Jan. 7, Russian losses passed another grim milestone, surpassing 800,000... According to Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, more than half of these losses — 427,000 — occurred during 2024, accelerating as the year progressed with no sign of slowing. Russian forces suffered their deadliest day since the start of the full-scale invasion on Dec. 19, taking 2,200 casualties. For comparison, the U.K. suffered 750,000 military casualties during the six years of World War II...
...“The Russian Federation was trapped long before its invasion of Ukraine in what I described as a demographic straitjacket,” Nicholas Eberstadt, who holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), told the Kyiv Independent.
Eberstadt says that in terms of many indicators such as urbanization, education attainment levels, and family formation patters, Russia presents as a “typical European country.”
“What’s not at all typical European is the very low level of human capital that we see in Russian Federation,” he says.
“Life expectancy for young men is on par with a fourth-world country. Life expectancy at age 15 for a Russian man right before the (COVID-19) pandemic was about the same as his counterpart in Haiti.”
A large study into why Russian males had such short life expectancies published in 2014 concluded one of the main factors in early deaths was excessive alcohol consumption.
Other factors cited in a more recent investigation last year by the independent Russian media outlet Cherta, included high rates of murder, suicide, car crashes, and other fatal accidents.
On top of this, Russia has long-faced a decline in birth rates which Eberstadt says started to go down after 2015.
“Demographers look at what they call a total fertility rate (TFR) which is births per women,” Eberstadt says, adding: “You need basically 2.1 in most countries to maintain your population.”
According to figures from the World Bank, Russia’s TFR was last at 2.1 in 1988. After declining steadily it began to rise again after 2000, but only reached a peak of around 1.8 in 2015, before falling again to 1.4 by 2022.
Recognizing the impending demographic timebomb, Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone to great lengths to encourage his people to have more babies...
...Yet even with these efforts, the Kremlin only hopes to reach a TFR of 1.8 by 2036, far below the 2.1 needed to sustain the Russian population, estimated to be around 146 million currently...
...“The number of dead soldiers, especially given how many of them are 40 to 60-years-old, is not the crucial thing here,” Balzer says, adding: “The crucial thing is what it’s doing to Russian society.”
Balzar points to the soaring rates of PTSD and alcohol and drug addiction among Russian soldiers returning home, as well as an increase in murder and violent crime incidents involving veterans.
“That’s not an environment where people are anxious to have more children,” Balzer says...
...Aside from declining birth rates, there’s also what Eberstadt refers to as the “Russian paradox.”
While the populations of developed nations, even while in decline numerically, continue to innovate and contribute to the fields of science, technology, and general progress, Russia remains somewhat of a backwater despite having relatively high levels of education.
“There’s a huge pool of talent in (Russia), really impressive talent,” Eberstadt says. “What’s mysterious, if not bizarre, is how little of that talent nowadays translates into productive knowledge or into economic wealth.”
Faced with half the current population, Russia will struggle even more to be what Balzer referred to as a “viable country.”
Although the future looks bleak for Russia, any negative effects of an impending demographic crisis are unlikely to occur soon enough to stop its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
Putin is not going to like this:
Kyiv Independent reports:
“U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Jan. 7 that NATO should raise its defense spending benchmark from 2% of GDP to 5%, echoing his earlier calls for Europe to spend more on its security.
“I think NATO should have 5%,” Trump said at a news conference in Florida...
...Allies are reportedly discussing raising the spending level to 3% by 2030, still below Trump’s proposed target.
As of 2025, some NATO members like Italy, Canada, or Spain have not even reached the current 2% target, though the number of allies that do has risen to 24 last year.
According to NATO estimates, Poland spent the greatest portion of its GDP on defense (4.12%) in 2024, followed by Estonia (3.43%) and the U.S. (3.38%).”
I also understand why putin invaded Ukraine, understanding does not mean condoning.
Putin realized that his only chance of expanding his Russian empire was taking Ukraine before it became part of NATO.
Pretty simple. The rest, threatened by NATO invasion, globull homo cabal, nazis… just cover for his dreams and desires.
🍈 freak out posting barrage lol
Ukraine has halted the transshipment of Russian natural gas through Ukraine (Druzhba Pipeline) to European customers, but oil continues to flow through associated Druzhba oil pipelines.
A bill was just proposed to halt that too.
“Ex-President Petro Poroshenko and members of his European Solidarity opposition party submitted a bill on Jan. 7 banning the transit of Russian oil and gas through Ukraine’s territory during martial law.
The move came after Ukraine decided not to prolong a deal on the transit of Russian gas to the EU through Ukrainian pipelines past Dec. 31, 2024. Ukraine continues to facilitate the transit of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline, fulfilling a contract valid until the end of 2029.
“Every day, the Druzhba oil pipeline transports 300,000 barrels of Russian oil... Every day when the halt to Russian oil transit is delayed, tens of millions of dollars flow to Russia,” Poroshenko said at a press briefing.
“In 2025 in total, Russia plans to receive $7.5 billion only from the sale of oil through Ukrainian transit.”
The text of the bill, signed by Poroshenko and 17 other European Solidarity MPs, has not yet been published. The legislation must be considered by relevant committees, approved in two readings, and signed by the president before becoming law, potentially a lengthy process...
...The EU banned the import of Russian seaborne crude oil and certain petroleum products in June 2022 as part of sanctions imposed in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Certain member states were given exemptions due to their dependency on Russian supplies, allowing them to continue buying Russian pipeline oil. Russian crude continues to flow to Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, which also runs through Ukraine.
Halting the oil transit might (will) fuel further discord between Ukraine and Hungary with Slovakia. The two EU countries, led by Moscow-friendly populists, have already lashed out against Kyiv over its decision not to prolong gas transit, claiming it undermines their energy security.” (Orban has already threatened to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU if they cut off tis oil flow)
(Replacement plans and preparations must be complete, before any such cutoff. It must be coordinated with the European Commission.)
“freak out posting barrage”
Hey, it’s a living.
😂
Good one.
New goal to end the war in Ukraine - May Day.
Kyiv Independent reports:
“U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to end Russia’s war against Ukraine within 100 days of his inauguration, Keith Kellogg, Trump’s choice for special Ukraine peace envoy, told Fox News on Jan. 8...
...Kellogg defined the “near term” as 100 days out from inauguration, and said it was his personal and professional goal to help Trump broker a solution by that point.
“People need to understand, he’s not trying to give something to Putin or to the Russians, he’s actually trying to save Ukraine and save their sovereignty,” Kellogg said.
“And he’s going to make sure that it’s equitable and it’s fair.”...
...”I think they’re going to come to a solvable solution in the near term. ... Let’s set it at 100 days,” he said.
Kellogg did not discuss details of any potential peace agreements under consideration by the incoming administration.
Kellogg, 80, previously held key roles as executive secretary and chief of staff of the U.S. National Security Council under President Trump, and served as a senior advisor to then-Vice President Mike Pence. He was planning a visit to Kyiv, which has reportedly been postponed until after Trump’s inauguration.”
Ukraine will help Moldova keep Transnistria going, without Russian gas.
Kyiv Independent
“Kyiv and Chisinau are working together to find solutions to the ongoing energy crisis in Moldova, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced on Jan. 8.
The Russian state energy company Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Moldova on Jan. 1, triggering widespread power outages and heating failures in the Russian-occupied Transnistria region.
Zelensky and Sandu held a telephone conversation on Jan. 8 in which they discussed the energy crisis and Russia’s role.
“An important task now is to help Moldova overcome its energy challenges and prevent Moscow from stirring up social tensions. ... We are ready to help,” Zelensky said in his evening address.
Zelensky said the current crisis represents “an obvious attempt by Russia to manipulate energy resources against the Moldovan authorities.”
According to Sandu’s press service, the two leaders are collaborating on “common solutions” to prevent the emergency from devolving further, including using alternative fuel sources, such as coal.”
(The main electricity generating plant for Transnistria has already converted from burning natural gas, to using coal instead - which Ukraine has a lot of.)
🍈 freak out posting barrage lol
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🍈 works all day in a dimly-lit, gray-colored office in St Petersburg collecting items to post on this obscure thread on an obscure website which are generally meaningless to show his superiors he is worth his salt and not be sent to the Front.
“And he’s going to make sure that it’s equitable and it’s fair.”...
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How does one make a brutal, unwarranted invasion fair?
USA is the big winner, replacing Russian natural gas sales to Europe. After two unusually warm Winters, while Europe cut the lion’s share of gas imports from Russia (from 40% of gas imports, down to 8%), Europe is now experiencing normal Winter cold, And US producers are stepping up to fill their tanks. US export capacity grew strongly in 2024, but 2025 is on track to see three times as much capacity growth - a whopping 15% this year.
OilPrice.com reports:
“The early winter cold snaps prompted Europe to boost its liquefied natural gas imports to a near one-year high in December, with arrivals of American LNG also at their highest since January 2024.
Following two consecutive milder winters, Europe now sees the first proper winter since the 2022 energy crisis and is depleting its natural gas in storage at the fastest pace in seven years...
...European LNG imports jumped in December to an 11-month high at 10.89 million metric tons, according to data from commodity analysts Kpler cited by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell....
...Europe’s December import volumes represented a 23% surge compared to the LNG arrivals in November of 8.86 million tons and were the highest since the 11.18 million tons of imports in January last year, the data showed.
Half of the 10.89 million tons imported in December 2024 came from the United States. Europe’s imports of American LNG are estimated to have also hit an 11-month high at 5.22 million tons.
Since 2022, U.S. LNG has played an increasingly bigger role in meeting part of European gas demand after Russia cut off deliveries to most of its EU customers in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Norway has replaced Russia as Europe’s top pipeline natural gas supplier, while the U.S. has delivered at least half of the LNG that European countries import...
...U.S. LNG can come to the rescue this year as supply from America is growing with the start-up of Venture Global’s second facility, Plaquemines LNG, in Louisiana, and the commissioning of Cheniere’s Corpus Christi Stage 3 project. Both Plaquemines LNG and Corpus Christi Stage 3 achieved first gas in late December 2024 and are expected to ramp up operations and exports throughout this year.
U.S. LNG exports surged to a new high of 8.5 million metric tons in December, pushing the annual total up by 4.5% compared to 2023, according to LSEG data. Of the total exports in December, 5.84 million tons, or 69%, went to Europe, up from 5.09 million tons in November.
The 2024 total reached 88.3 million tons, which was up from 84.5 million tons a year earlier and cemented the United States’ position as the biggest LNG exporter globally.
U.S. LNG exports are expected to jump by 15% in 2025, reaching almost 14 Bcf/d, thanks to higher export capacity with the Plaquemines LNG and Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3 plants, the EIA said in the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) for December.
Europe’s gas demand this year could be a boon to U.S. LNG exporters as European gas storage will need to be filled to at least 90% of capacity by November 1, 2025, in anticipation of the 2025/2026 winter.”
Hey don't laugh. These barrages took down The Speedo and left the three of you as virtually the only contributors. That is a win for Peace & Prosperity. It won't be long before The Trump pulls the plug on this mess and then I'll really Dance and Sing! while youse guys slither away.!
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