Posted on 09/21/2022 4:04:57 AM PDT by Cronos
Vladimir Putin today made a speech announcing that the conflict in Ukraine would be escalated, resulting in citizens attempting to leave the country.
In Putin's speech, he said there would be a partial mobilization of the military. Reservists and ex-military personnel with "certain military specialties and relevant experience" will be subject to conscription, he said.
Following this, according to the Russian online newspaper Lenta, flights to Armenia, Turkey and Georgia sold out.
"All tickets for direct flights to Istanbul and Yerevan were sold out in a few minutes after Putin's address," the publication's Twitter page wrote in a caption.
It also shared screenshots of the pages and how they could not be booked.
E Rosalie L, a Johns Hopkins interdisciplinary scholar, also said that the costs of flights began to skyrocket yesterday, when Putin was initially set to make his speech.
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All European countries have sufficient physical inventories for home use
Most European countries bar Germany and Bulgaria have enough for industry
Ego is not a dirty word
Why you Trump haters are still allowed on this forum is beyond me.🤔
so you wouldn’t mind dying for Biden’s ego?
Why do you ask Russian boys to die for Putin’s ego?
This war is only detrimental to Russia - whichever way it goes.
In the long term, the most devastating effect of the supply crisis may be on Europe's energy market and its financial and contractual underpinnings. Due to the wild rise in price, a number of futures and options contracts for fuel are going into default, with hardships for the companies involved and their lenders. Force majure and arbitration provisions are being invoked, which touches off further price and supply uncertainty and potential follow on effects for end users. At some point, central banks and regulators are likely to finance and impose a resolution, with a hit to public finances.
One good effect though may be a rethink of Europe's foolish attempt to rapidly shift toward reliance on green energy. Human nature being what it is, experience, especially painful experience, is often the best teacher of hard lessons.
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