dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑söndag 17 mars 2024 12:11
Att jämföra Österrike med Transnistrien är direkt löjeväckande. Börja med att läsa Politico-artikeln, vars referens klipptes bort i den sedvanliga citatförfalskningen:
Ukraine Has its Foot on Gazprom’s Throat
CEPA skrev:The Kremlin needs Gazprom to maintain supplies to pro-Russian Slovakia and Hungary, where it offers cheaper gas as a quid pro quo to politically sympathetic governments. This is a central element of Russian foreign policy as it seeks to split the EU and block military and financial support for Ukraine. Without Russian gas, their leaders would have fewer incentives to support Russian interests.
Maintaining gas transit to the separatist region of Transnistria is also crucial for the Kremlin. Without the provision of free gas, the reintegration of this region with Moldova might become possible.
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Germany-based Uniper, for example, has already won a $14.5bn arbitration case against Gazprom, with many other claims still pending. Austria’s OMV has a contract extending until 2040, and a claim for non-delivery could amount to billions of dollars. Even Moldova would have legal grounds to sue Gazprom.
Nej, det är det verkligen inte! Både Österrike och Transnistrien är kustlösa (utbrytar)stater och därmed helt beroende av sina grannländer, i detta fall Ukraina...
Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 31 juli 2024 23:14
Ryssarna får det inte lätt utan dessa chaeboler. Hanwha tillverkar både militära fordon och tankfartyg. Mer oroande är att emiratierna har ett finger med i spelet:
U.S. Targets Russia’s LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ in Sweeping New Sanctions Package
gCaptain skrev:The U.S. Department of State announced broad sanctions against Russia’s burgeoning LNG shadow fleet. LNG carriers had begun calling at the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project in the Russian Arctic earlier this month as first reported by gCaptain.
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Showing how determined the U.S. is in curtailing Russia’s new dark LNG fleet from the start, measures also include four additional LNG newbuilds, North Air, North Mountain, North Sky, and North Way. The vessels recently changed ownership to a Dubai-based entity White Fox Management FZCO and were rumored to eventually begin trading in sanctioned LNG. The Management company has also been sanctioned.
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The U.S. has previously expressed its intention “kill the Arctic LNG 2 project” and the latest round of measures continue its efforts to interdict the trading of LNG.
Föga förvånande har farhågorna besannats, men USA fortsätter att dra åt snaran. Oljeschejkerna är kanske inte lika neutrala som indierna.
Enceladus skrev: ↑lördag 03 augusti 2024 2:18
Saudiarabien gör inte dessa uppoffringar för att Putin ska beväpna saudiernas ärkefiende! Bibi kan däremot agera fritt eftersom USA alltid finns där för honom.
Power, oil and a $450m painting - insiders on the rise of Saudi's Crown Prince
BBC skrev:The prince was apparently so impatient for his father to become king that in 2014, he reportedly suggested killing the then-monarch – Abdullah, his uncle – with a poisoned ring, obtained from Russia.
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In 2017, a Saudi prince reportedly acting for MBS spent $450m (£350m) on the Salvator Mundi, which remains the world’s most expensive work of art ever sold. The portrait, reputed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci, depicts Jesus Christ as master of heaven and Earth, the saviour of the world. For almost seven years, ever since the auction, it has completely disappeared.
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Saudi Arabia’s incredible spending spree on world-class sport – it is the sole bidder to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034, and has made multimillion-dollar investments in staging tournaments for tennis and golf – has been called “sportswashing”. But what we found is a leader who cares less about what the West thinks of him than he does about demonstrating the opposite: that he will do whatever he wants in the name of making himself and Saudi Arabia great.
Står MBS i tacksamhetsskuld till Putin på grund av förgiftningsförsöket av sin farbror? Det skulle förklara de enorma uppoffringar som han har gjort på sistone.
dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 16 juli 2024 14:14
Kennedy-eran är en epok som många försöker kl-ttra sina egna uppfattningar på, trots att flertalet inte ens var med då.
RFK Jr suspends US presidential campaign, endorses Trump
Reuters skrev:His campaign had signaled over the past few days that a change was coming, as Kennedy set his Phoenix address. His running mate Nicole Shanahan said in an interview earlier that if the pair stayed in the race as independents, they could ultimate boost Harris' chances.
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Kennedy said this month in a video posted online that he dumped a dead bear in New York City's Central Park a decade ago and staged it to look like a bike had hit it. He proclaimed he had "so many skeletons in my closet" after a former family babysitter accused him of sexual assault. He denied that a picture of him posing with the barbecued carcass of a large animal belonged to a canine.
And then there was the brain worm. Kennedy had a parasite in his brain more than a decade ago, but has since fully recovered, a fact unearthed by the New York Times and confirmed by the campaign.
Äpplet har i alla fall fallit väldigt långt från trädet. Trots sitt namn lyckades RFK Jr. stjäla en del väljare från Trump - och just därför hoppar han av sin kampanj!
dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑söndag 18 augusti 2024 18:27
Det var nog mer Musk som person, än elbilarna, jag tänkte på. Han är ju inte helt okänd för världen, om man säger så. Kanske han kan resa tillsammans med Tucker Carlson. De känner ju varandra:
Till skillnad från Putin har Musk ett rykte som måste upprätthållas. Annars händer detta:
BMW overtakes Tesla in European EV sales for first time, report says