"Here is a list of the most important coming non-events that we have been loudly debating and analyzing: Israel is not going to bomb Iran. The euro is not going to disappear. Outside powers are not going to engage in military action inside Syria. The upsurge of worldwide popular unrest is not going to fade away." Meanwhile, to minimal serious coverage in the media and on the internet, the Nord Stream was inaugurated in Lubmin on Germany’s Baltic Coast on Nov. 8 in the presence of Pres. Medvedev of Russia and the prime ministers of Germany, France, and the Netherlands, plus the director of Gazprom, Russia’s gas exporter, and the European Union’s Energy Commissioner. This is a geopolitical game-changer, unlike all the widely discussed non-events that are not going to happen.
Schluss mit den Sanktionen! Russland muss wieder als Partner des Westens geachtet und akzeptiert werden. Russische Bürger müssen spüren, dass sie in Europa willkommen sind. Ein Gastbeitrag.
No other European city suffered more in World War II than Leningrad under siege, when over a million people lost their lives. Russian literature delivers a rich testimony of the events which have been all but forgotten by the West. Only a few works, though, also do the disaster aesthetic justice. By Oleg Yuriev, sign and sight
According to Hitler's secret orders No. Ia 1601/41 from 22 September 1941 on "The Future of the city of Petersburg":
1."The Führer has decided to erase the city of Petersburg from the face of the earth. After victory over the Soviet Union there will not be the least reason for the continued existence of this large city. Finland has also announced that it has no interest in the continued existence of this city, which lies on its new borders. (…)
3. It has been suggested that the city be surrounded securely and levelled with continual air raids and artillery of every calibre. If this results in the city's capitulation, should it be rejected?" On 8 November 1941 Hitler explained in a speech that the enemy would be "starved out" in Leningrad. The report registers "thundering applause".
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Trotz Lieferstopp wird Russland über Umwege zum drittgrößten LNG-Lieferanten Europas.
Die EU und vor allem Deutschland haben die Abhängigkeit von Erdgas aus Russland stark verringert. So erhält die Bundesrepublik seit dem 2. September 2022 vorn dort kein Pipeline-Gas mehr, dem Tag, an dem Moskau einen Lieferstopp verhängte. Doch es gibt eine Hintertür für die Einfuhr von russischem Gas, die offenbar zunehmend genutzt wird. Seit Beginn des Ukraine-Krieges kommen nach neuen Daten des US-Thinktanks IEEFA an europäischen Flüssiggas-Terminals rund zwölf Prozent mehr LNG aus Russland an. Damit ist Russland der drittgrößte LNG-Lieferant Europas – nach den USA und Katar. Und das Gas gelangt über Umwege teilweise auch nach Deutschland