Wect tries to play games with Russia

In case youre wondering why russia is obsessing about ukraine
Rest of the world is going through highest economical growth in 20 years while Russian economy is shrinking

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It has doubled because they've switched to market determined prices instead of fixed prices.

The video mentions these
>Cold winter (reserves used)
>Not much wind during summer (reserves used)
>Supply/demand, coronavirus restrictions eased, people go back to work and energy demand has risen while
>Russia unwilling to release extra gas on top of what they're contractually obligated to
So multiple reasons, politics/Russia being only one of the many factors.

So reserves are low, demand has jumped and supply hasn't increased, so prices are higher

why are they sanctioning if there was no invasion?
are they retarded, whats the reason for this?

>reserves are low
I'm wondering who is to blame for that.

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They aren't asking why, they are explaining. And the prices here are rising even faster anyway. All prices not just gas and petrol

People were saying that for 1300 years for now

Preventive sanctions. Russia attacked = sanctions. Russia did not attacked = sanctions.

Oh like for bread around 1780s here. I wish them a lot of fun.

because it has never been about peace lmao
NATO unironically thrives on conflict in Europe
theyve been pushing Russia for years

Cold winter, not much wind during summer. I just wrote it, did you just read the short part lmao

The Times: World on the brink of starvation. Blame Russia and high gas prices.

Russian pressure on the market will have a devastating effect on fertilizer prices and crop yields.

Russia has never ruled out using gas supplies to the West as a means of putting pressure on it. Gas, in her opinion, can become either an addition to the tank divisions, or their replacement.

The gas is extremely important for the production of nitrogen fertilizers, urea, and ammonium nitrate. For the past six months, farmers around the world have been suffering from rising fertilizer prices and shortages.

Fertilizer factories are shutting down or running at half capacity as there is no way to predict how high prices will skyrocket. China has banned the export of phosphate fertilizers since autumn.

Due to a shortage of urea, Pakistani farmers have taken to the streets and blocked roads in protests. They complain that such a shortage will negatively affect the yields of wheat, sugar cane and corn.

This is a side effect of the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine - the possibility of famine

>preemptive sanctions

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White House National Security Council (NSC) official Peter Harrell:

"We cannot announce all the steps, but the intention in this case is to reduce Russia's industrial potential and production capacity over time, and not to act against ordinary Russian consumers."

According to an employee of the White House NSC, the application of these measures, according to Washington, should lead to "unbearable financial costs for large Russian financial institutions," "provoke capital outflow, inflation," and the ruin of banks. According to him, we are also talking about "the introduction of a number of rather broad export restrictions that will lead to a weakening of Russia's industrial potential in the medium and long term." Harrell believes EU countries will take similar steps.

Agency sources also noted that the US authorities are preparing possible measures to limit the supply of computer chips to the Russian Federation. In this regard, American officials are holding consultations with representatives of South Korea and the Taiwanese administration.

Sanctions for the military buildup on Ukraine's borders, meant to discourage Russia from taking direct action

thats fucking retard tier diplomacy

>but the intention in this case is to reduce Russia's industrial potential and production capacity over time, and not to act against ordinary Russian consumers
how is that supposed to work?

Dunno about that, don't know many other moves the US/EU can make here, sanctions can have a devastating effect on Russian economy. They hurt us too but they hurt Russia more.

That the funny part, he either retarded or cynical hypocrite

Yeah you fucking retard but you dont implement them before they do something lmao. Otherwise they just have nothing to lose. Thats the opposite of de-escalation

It literally like saying
>i just want to hurt your economy and currency but not the people

what are these sanctions even about and targeting? no one ever specify them
i remember in 2014 they were like freezing putins friends assets and travel bans which didnt even work

They hurt us less. We will sell all our gas to China, we don't need to sell it to EU that altruism at this point, you don't have money not market as chinese

You don't wait for them to attack until you actually something about it, of course you employ preventative measures so it wouldn't happen at all? I'm not sure if you're trolling or something.
>Otherwise they just have nothing to lose
Wat, there would be even harder sanctions and major military action when your economy is struggling with sanctions is not a great idea
If your trade is solely reliant on gas you're already fucked tbqh

Cut off all the corrupt government richfags from their offshore bribe money accounts.
Honestly they are just doing Russia a favor of anything.

I assume the sanctions are just a small taste. It's cute that the west things sanctions work when Crimea and Donbass still happened.

Shooting yourself in the foot. Being Europe’s gas station is the only thing keeping you afloat.

But why would China buy Russian gas when they already buy loads of it from Tajikistan?

> currency drops in half
> muh import replacement
stfu lakhta

targeting russia economically, especially today, surely wont''t have any significant consequences

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