8/22/2022

Ukraine - both sides can play the sanction and weaponising game

 Russia is again shutting down Nord Stream 1 for three days at the end of August, for maintenance. Olaf Schulz and other Europeans are saying they do not buy into the maintenance talk and that Russia is weaponising it's energy supply against Europe. Given that this is true, what is the surprise? Are the Europeans not following the USA in weaponising the US$ to sanction Russia? It works both ways, and not all things work in ways that the USA and West thinks must work in their interest only. Those days are over.


Call it blackmail if they like, Russia is just taking a leaf from the USA and Western countries playbook. Now that it is played the other way round, they are complaining. When they were doing the sanctioning against other countries like Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran and Russia, they were so gung ho about how successful the sanctions were going to be and gloating about it. Surprisingly, no country that they have sanctioned have collapsed. Cuba endured more than half a century of sanctions and is more self reliant than before. And they think Russia will collapse because of the thousands of sanctions?

It is indeed laughable that the Russian economy is realistically stronger than before and the Ruble has not turned into rubble. Ironically, it is the US$ that is going to be turned into rubble sooner than expected. Spin as they like about how Russia is about to collapse and is facing a lot of problems with it's economy caused by those sanctions. Really? Why doesn't Europe make Russia collapse immediately by cutting off all oil and gas imports from them? Why complain instead when Russia cuts down it's gas flow to Europe? Who is realistically collapsing?

The Europeans are going to face a winter of chaos and discontent. The UK is facing coming strikes in transport services among others. Millions of UK households are not paying their energy bills. What if their heating is cut off for non payment this coming winter? There is going to be a second revolution on the cards. Nothing Industrial about that I can assure you. And it is not something that Liz Truss can handle.
 
  Anonymous

5 comments:

A-Non-Yes-Mouse said...

The Ukrainian War against Russia was initiated long ago, when Zelensky took over the Premiership.

He has used the Pro-Nazis to systematically annihilate the Russian-speaking Ukrainians, slowly but steadily. This has been going on for at least seven years, until Russia could not swallow it any more

This Ukrainian War against Russia was actually started by Zelensky. Now, he is crying father and crying mother that the Russians have invaded Ukraine. What nonsense!



Anonymous said...

The war in Ukraine was planned even before Zelensky was installed in his role as the de facto stooge of the USA and Nato. They wanted Ukraine to join Nato which had been expanding since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, as Ukraine is rich in many essential mineral resources and a prime exporter of food items. Most important of all was that Ukraine, by joining Nato, will essentially be expanding Nato's reach right up to Russia's doorstep on it's Western border. Now, with the Baltic States, Finland and Sweden joiningg Nato as well, and if Ukraine is in as well, only Belaurus is not a threat to Russia. See what I mean?

That is why a regime change was necessary to put their stooge, a comedian no less, Zelensky there, so they can do the manipulation to carry out their agenda of taking control of all that resources, besides enabling Nato to have closer and broader front to confront Russia along it's Western border.

This is similar to the USA's desire to rope in countries in East and South Asia to encircle China right now. India is already there to do the USA's bidding as a member of the QUAD. ASEAN members, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia are China's allies, and would not take the bait that easily, while Vietnam knows which side of the divide is favouring them, and would not want to antagonise China. Moreover, the Vietnam War has given them the wisdom of knowing who to trust. As for the rest of ASEAN, it could still be work in progress for the USA, using the CIA and NGOs, with instigation and veiled threats all thrown in.

As it is, throughout the eight years after signing the Minsk Agreement, Zelensky, under USA's control, totally ignored it's terms and agreement, and instead continue to commit genocide against the Russian speaking people living in Eastern Ukraine. Apart from that the USA and Nato had insidiously been planning and siting weapons and operating biological weapons lab in Ukraine, intended to be targeted at Russia. Their motive, clear and simple, has nothing to do with countries around Europe, besides being tailor made for Russia.

A-Non-Yes-Mouse said...

Polonium Could Have Been Easily Produced By UK and USA

The deadly nerve agent that caused the poisoning of the Russian ex-spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter, in Britain could have been developed in the U.S. and the U.K. instead of Russia.

The then UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had said that it was “overwhelmingly likely” that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin directed the March 4 poisoning of former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. So far, there has been no proof forthcoming. It's all about probabilities. Speculative.

Johson had indicated that the weapon used in the attempted murder was believed to be from the Novichok family of nerve agents. He added that it could have been developed by the Soviet Union (many years ago, before the collapse of the USSR).

As far as Moscow is concerned,
the Uk's accusations against Putin in the nerve gas attack are surprisingly shocking. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied involvement in this case.

Some countries in the West, have been doing such Novichok research for a long time now.

The scientist has singled out both the U.K. and the U.S. as countries where the Novichok-class agent was reportedly developed, adding that it “may very well be that the substance used on Skripal’s poisoning could have come from the stocks” of these two Western countries.

A-non-y-mouse.

Anonymous said...

Very likely a false flag incident. The Americans and Brits are very good at this. And it was so convenient and so easy for them to do it and conveniently blame it on Putin.

The next thing they are planning to do is to blow up the nuclear plant in Ukraine and blame it on Putin as well.

The evilness of the AngloSaxon tribe knows no bounds. See how the Covdi19 pandemic is slowly and steadily revealing the Americans as the source of the virus.

Anonymous said...

The Americans and Brits are masters of fabrication, lying and subterfuge.

What we see today around the world wherever evil schemes are hatched to take down regimes, start conflicts, instigate protest, create chaos, we can be sure that these two countries are always behind it.

Listen closely and you will hear people saying they are involved up to their neck in the present turmoil in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar, using the CIA and NGOs to do their dirty work.

Now the USA is pushing vengeance against Mexico, for boycotting the American Summit hosted by Biden recently, because he disagreed with the exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. You can see the reason why and how countries are cowed to follow the USA dictates. They claim to uphold 'Freedom of Choice' my big foot! They lied big time and never walk the talk.

And even those vying for power in the UK are birds of the same feather. Now, even Rishi Sunnak, not even elected yet as PM of UK, is strutting his feathers and making trouble by telling Indonesia not to let Putin attend the G20 meeting in Bali. Who the hell does he think he is, trying to influence Joko Widodo and telling him who to invite and who not?