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1 posted on 02/03/2023 9:40:12 PM PST by Cronos
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How Putin’s plans to blackmail Europe over gas supply failed

The EU imposed nine sanctions packages against Russia. They got what they wished for.

2 posted on 02/03/2023 9:46:46 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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And how is the German economy and manufacturing sector doing? And by the way, there has been no Russian gas cut off. But there was a US/Brit/Pole attack on Nordstream I and II. There was a German refusal to pay. There was a German participation in in the seizure of Russian gold and currency. Krauts gleefully voted to cut Russia off Swift.

And then Germany decides Russia has blackmailed you.


3 posted on 02/03/2023 9:49:36 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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NG went from around 10 pr square ft of NG to less than 3.

Russia is selling to others on the cheap, lol.


4 posted on 02/03/2023 9:50:27 PM PST by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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Putin never imagined that EU leaders would LOVE to see their population suffer in service of their hair-shirt green ideology.


5 posted on 02/03/2023 9:51:28 PM PST by PGR88 (, )
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The hogwash is amusing.
The article is useless without mentioning that all of the above did cost the EU in the excess of $1 trillion and going to cost more in future.
Russia is developing new markets as we speak.


12 posted on 02/03/2023 10:32:29 PM PST by NorseViking
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"Within eight months of Russian troops setting foot on Ukrainian soil, the bloc of 27 European states replaced about 80% of the natural gas it used to draw through pipelines with Russia..."
That new infrastructure and energy trade agreements are not go away when the war ends. The fact is, the US, Europe and the world are adapting and working to restrict, not stop, Russia's revenues and it is working Russia is cutting down on its oil and gas production this year. They can't sell what they can't produce.

Which helps explain all the Russian shill's fear mongering over the 500,000 to 700,000 Russian soldiers about to invade Ukraine. When ignoring the fact Russia cannot support another invasion using 2.5 to 3.5 times as many soldiers as it can supply.

As Russia is gradually running out of money and means to run the war, Europe is increasingly calling Russia's bluff.

17 posted on 02/03/2023 11:17:40 PM PST by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
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This only addresses sales to the EU. Russia has sought and succeeded in gaining clients in other countries.


20 posted on 02/04/2023 12:23:11 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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putin is so arrogant he didn’t think this through.

he is so stupid he will blame everyone but himself for his own choices


31 posted on 02/04/2023 3:28:30 AM PST by Sunsong
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False. Russia continued to offer to sell, it was the west that gave the finger to arussia, cutting off our nose to spite our face. This is more propaganda.


35 posted on 02/04/2023 4:20:30 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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So much for Putin the master strategist. He threatened Europe too early with gas blackmail allowing them to fill up on storage, and then conscripted Russian men too late, just in time to freeze in Ukraine.


36 posted on 02/04/2023 4:43:21 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on bour Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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There were lots of posts here like this one.

“There are estimates that over 100M could freeze in Europe this winter.
This is exactly what globalists want.”


39 posted on 02/04/2023 5:22:56 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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UNG and BOIL are etfs you can purchase. People keep buying the dip and it keeps dipping. Lol.

40 posted on 02/04/2023 6:01:38 AM PST by Theoria
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And on the oil side:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Russian-Crude-Oil-Exports-Plummeted-At-The-End-Of-2022.html


46 posted on 02/04/2023 12:49:53 PM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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