and after Dec. 5th, Russian oil will be cut off from Europe ... that's another $1 billion per week that will be lost
gonna be an expensive winter for Russia, if it doesn't leave Ukraine
And yet:
“As Europe falls into recession, Russia climbs out”
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/10/11/as-europe-falls-into-recession-russia-climbs-out
How many billions of dollars is Canada giving to Ukraine to match the U.S. billions?
Russia has plenty of oil and natural gas and it citizens will stay warm this winter and have plenty of food to eat.
Western Europe is already into a massive economic crisis of its own making by rejecting Russian resources its citizens desperately need. They are the ones already hurting badly and having to chop down trees for firewood.
“gonna be an expensive winter for Russia, if it doesn’t leave Ukraine”
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The Russians, not surviving in winter. Did you just actually type this stupidity? So what were the Russians doing in the winters for the past 500 years? It’s like asking how will the eskimos survive in winter.
I think Russians can handle a winter better than marshmellow western Euroweenies.
“The eighth package of sanctions adopted by the EU in response to Russia’s annexation”
The eighth time is a charm?
America is hurting economically and it is sure to get worse. Our government is purposely destroying its own economy. I’m much more concerned about that.
China and India accounted for 45.2% of Russia’s oil exports - that’s not counting the Asian market S. America Africa and other nations.
Energy is fungible...
Europeans will freeze and be unable to fuel their vehicles. The Saudis and opec are cutting production. America has cut production.
The buyer imposed “price cap” has already failed lol.
However, Russia has significantly increases sales to China, India and other nations to the East. And a massive pipe line in being built between Russia and Siberia.
But won’t Europe freeze without it? (or that’s the natural gas?)
Are they getting oil from elsewhere?
It won’t change if Russia leaves Ukraine. Look at the recent Asian forum. Russian energy is going to find buyers and fuel the Asian growth. Europe is not very successful in finding alternative supply.
Col. Douglas Macgregor: "Keep in mind, these reservists are going into groups of Russian forces that are collecting in the south and on the borders in western part of Russia and Belorussia. These forces are going to be quite large by the time they amass. They won't be used in mass in a concentrated fashion until November. What you're seeing happen right now after all of these massive counterattacks launched by the Ukrainians that achieved, frankly, nothing from a strategic standpoint at all. They have taker such horrendous losses that now local Russian forces are taking back the terrain that was lost. This happening down in Lyman. It's happening in the direction of Bakhmat. It's happening in Kherson. The very few kilometers they managed to scrape out are being lost. I think what we're watching are modest attacks by the Russians to straighten lines and set the conditions for the really large offensive that will break in November."
Video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-DVoj09js&list=LL&index=2
The first world is being “Great reseted”. All Putin has to do is survive a little longer and he can watch Europe and America melt down economically and socially.